Toward a Model of HBCU STEM Doctoral Student Socialization and Career Intentions (Poster 11)

• In Event: Friday Poster Session 3:05 pm

Abstract

There has been a growing body of research on the experiences of Black STEM doctoral students with results consistently demonstrating inequities and compounding challenges in STEM degree attainment for this population. Studies on Black STEM doctoral students have primarily focused on those attending PWIs. Further, the limited studies on STEM students at HBCUs focused mostly on undergraduate students. This sequential mixed methods study adds to the limited literature by examining how HBCU STEM doctoral students make meaning of lived educational experiences and career intentions within the intersection of being a person of color and, in many instances a woman. Findings are useful for developing more racially and contextually responsive models of student socialization for HBCU doctoral STEM students.

Authors

• Veronica G. Thomas, Howard University

• Rhonda Erica Baylor, Morgan State University

• Elizabeth D. Ricks, Howard University

• Briayanna Johnson, Howard University