Abstract
An intrinsic case study explores the personal and professional support provided to international science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) postdoctoral scholars through postdoctoral offices at colleges and universities across the United States (US). Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 US postdoctoral office directors to explore this topic. Participant interviews were analyzed inductively and resulted in four themes: (1) Understaffed and underfunded; (2) Identification and communication challenges; (3) Social and professional development programming; and (4) Targeted support through specialized programs. The identified themes could be particularly instructive to US postdoctoral office directors and international faculty sending Ph.D. graduates to the US for postdoctoral training.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | SEFI 2024 - 52nd Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering, Proceedings |
| Subtitle of host publication | Educating Responsible Engineers |
| Editors | Jessica Dehler Zufferey, Greet Langie, Roland Tormey, Balazs Vince Nagy |
| Pages | 937-944 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9782873520274 |
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| State | Published - 2024 |
| Event | 52nd Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering: Educating Responsible Engineers, SEFI 2024 - Lausanne, Switzerland Duration: Sep 2 2024 → Sep 5 2024 |
Publication series
| Name | SEFI 2024 - 52nd Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering, Proceedings: Educating Responsible Engineers |
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Conference
| Conference | 52nd Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering: Educating Responsible Engineers, SEFI 2024 |
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| Country/Territory | Switzerland |
| City | Lausanne |
| Period | 9/2/24 → 9/5/24 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2024 SEFI 2024 - 52nd Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering, Proceedings: Educating Responsible Engineers. All rights reserved.
Funding
This research is sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP; award #18-21008). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations belong solely to the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| U.S. Department of Energy Chinese Academy of Sciences Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Project Oak Ridge National Laboratory Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment National Science Foundation National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center National Natural Science Foundation of China | 18-21008 |
| U.S. Department of Energy Chinese Academy of Sciences Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Project Oak Ridge National Laboratory Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment National Science Foundation National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center National Natural Science Foundation of China |
Keywords
- case study
- international STEM postdoctoral scholars
- US postdoctoral office directors
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Engineering (miscellaneous)
- Education