How STEM Lab Settings Influence Graduate School Socialization and Climate for Students of Color

• In Event: STEM Identity, Validation, and Socialization

Abstract

This study examined how STEM lab environments affected graduate students of color at two institutions. STEM labs were characterized as families, yet students of color often described them as isolating, dysfunctional, and competitive environments fueled by absent or ill-equipped PI’s. Consequently, students were forced to build their own support structures.

Authors

• Sarah L. Rodriguez, Texas A&M University, Commerce

• Rosemary J Perez, Iowa State University

• Jessica Michelle Schulz, Iowa State University