Experiences of Latinx STEM Scholars with White Doctoral Mentor at PWIs
Mentoring
How to define it?
formal vs informal
Benefits of mentoring
Latinx experiences in STEM & PWI
isolation, no sense of belonging
often are 1st gen - lack cultural and social capital
There's a small representation in STEM
Why are students departing from STEM?
Cross Mentoring or Cross Cultural or Cross Race
Benefits of Cross Mentoring?
STEM is homogenous so latino likely to be mentor by a White faculty
Some scholarships stated there is no difference between cross and same race mentoring
White mentors must talk about race with mentees. They must share lived experiences to built trust and empathy.
Validation Theory
Why is this topic important?
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Constructivist Framework (espitomology)
Narrative Inquiry Approach
Explores the life of individuals
Shortcomings of VT
Why am I using VT?
What characteristics of VT did Latinx STEM scholars experienced with White Mentor (academic and personal)?
Individual seek to understand the world they lived in
develop subjective meanings of experiences
Research question must be broad and general so participants can construct meaning of a situation
Construtivist researchers focus on specific context in which people live and work to understand historical and cultural settings of particiapants
Research make interpretation of what they find
Characteristics of mentoring
students of color often look for mentor with same identity who can identify with the experiences they have