Bridging the Gap: Linking Network Structures and Social Capital for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Researchers

• In Event: 54.041 - Understanding Access and Student Success in Graduate Education

Abstract

This paper explores the relationship between graduate students’ and post-doctoral researchers’ social networks and their access to social capital. Specifically, we examine how a student’s or post-doctoral researcher’s gender is linked with network position on research teams and access to novel information.

Authors

• Graham Miller, University of Iowa

• Christopher C. Morphew, University of Iowa