STEM Mentoring and Identity

STEM Mentoring and Identity

This research is exploring intersections between undergraduate student engagement of mentoring other students and their development of STEM identity (feeling like a 'STEM kind of person'). This includes two threads:

  • Undergraduate students mentoring K-12 students via STEM outreach and education programs
  • Undergraduate students serving as Learning Assistants (LAs) mentoring other undergraduate students

Sabina Schill is conducting this research for her PhD dissertation.

 

Funding:

CU Boulder Engineering Excellence Fund (EEF) grant

CU Boulder Chancellor's Graduate Award for Excellence in STEM Education: "Am I an engineer? Exploring identity development of K12 STEM outreach mentors." Fall 2019 / Spring 2020.

CU Boulder SEED Grant: "Building STEM identity among undergraduate student mentors." PI Bielefeldt, co-PI Otero, EDUC. (July 1, 2020 - Dec. 30, 2021)

 

Publications:

Schill, S.A. and A.R. Bielefeldt. 2020. Work in progress: What does it mean to mentor? Conceptions of mentoring in K-12 outreach programs. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. 

Schill, S.A. 2019. Engineering identity and K12 outreach mentors. IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE). October, 2 pp.