The Form and Function of STEM Research Mentoring: A Mixed-Methods Analysis Focusing on Ethnically Diverse Undergraduates and Their Mentors

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 180-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachael D. Robnett ◽  
Paul A. Nelson ◽  
Eileen L. Zurbriggen ◽  
Faye J. Crosby ◽  
Martin M. Chemers
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Ethnically Diverse ◽  
Mentoring Relationships ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
Research Mentoring ◽  
Diverse Backgrounds ◽  
And Gender ◽  
And Function ◽  
Ethnicity And Gender

This mixed-methods study examines mentoring relationships in an ethnically diverse sample of undergraduates in majors related to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Guided by an intersectionality framework, we examined whether features of research mentoring differ at the intersection of ethnicity and gender. Survey data from undergraduates ( N = 486; 76% members of underrepresented ethnic groups; 66% women) revealed ethnic and gender variation in the amount of mentoring that participants reported receiving. Findings also showed that higher levels of instrumental mentoring at the study’s outset predicted higher STEM self-efficacy 1 year later. This finding was not moderated by ethnicity or gender, suggesting that instrumental mentoring bolsters self-efficacy among students from diverse backgrounds. To supplement the quantitative findings, we collected open-ended data from a subset of participants’ mentors ( N = 97). Thematic analysis of these data provides insight into the range of strategies that mentors used to bolster students’ STEM self-efficacy.

Queer Bible Readings in Global Hermeneutical Perspective

2020 ◽  
pp. 64-80
Author(s):  
Jeremy Punt
Keyword(s):  
Queer Theory ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Sex And Gender ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Feminist Interpretation ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
The Social ◽  
And Gender ◽  
And Function

Queer readings of the Bible are indebted to feminist interpretation but work with a broader and more fluid notion of sex and gender than feminism. Not exhausted by them, queer biblical interpretations typically revolve around two distinct emphases, “queering” or investigations into the social construction of sex and gender, and “queerying” which traces the theoretical and political interests of such constructions, and their involvement in social dynamics and power. This essay explains queer biblical interpretation by showing that queer theory (de)constructs sex and gender; unravels established notions of fixed identity; contests heteronormativity; becomes indecent; outwits or goes beyond ascribed sex and gender; and queers biblical reception. Queer theory exposes sex and gender as powerful systems of convention that require, define, and even prescribe the form and function of sex and gender.

Who is your ideal mentor? An exploratory study of mentor prototypes

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 160-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Frances Bailey ◽  
Elora C Voyles ◽  
Lisa Finkelstein ◽  
Kristina Matarazzo
Keyword(s):  
Mentoring Relationships ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mentoring Relationship ◽  
Matching Process ◽  
Mentoring Functions ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Ethnicity And Gender ◽  
The Ideal ◽  
Mentoring Characteristics

Purpose – One of the main aspects of a mentoring relationship involves the expectations that mentees have of an ideal mentor. However, the traits that mentees envision in an ideal mentor are unclear. The purpose of this paper is to present series of studies examined mentees’ ideas about their ideal mentor’s physical characteristics and mentoring functions. The authors also examined gender and racial (white/nonwhite) differences in ideal mentor preferences. Design/methodology/approach – The two studies examined what mentees envision when they picture their ideal mentor, and whether the ideal mentor prototypes varied by participants’ ethnicity and gender. Study 2 further examined mentees’ ideal mentor characteristics in a forced choice ranking scale and the ideal mentor scale (Rose, 2003). Findings – When asked to describe their ideal mentor’s appearance, participants provided detailed descriptions of the ideal mentor’s features. They also emphasized mentoring characteristics and behaviors, such as guidance. Participants’ preferences for their ideal mentor’s gender and race varied by the question format (open-ended description vs scale).When asked to envision their ideal mentor (Study 2), participants emphasized guidance, interpersonal warmth, and ethical integrity. Other mentoring characteristics and behaviors emerged in the content coding framework. Prototypes of the ideal mentors varied based on ethnicity and gender, but also on how the question was presented. Originality/value – These findings suggest that the ideal mentor prototype involves guidance, understanding, and role modeling ethical values. Like other organizational roles (i.e. leaders), awareness of these traits informs how employees view mentors and what they expect from mentoring relationships. Facilitators of mentoring programs can consider the ideal mentor prototype during the matching process and the initial stages of the mentoring relationship.

Worlds of evidence

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-67
Author(s):  
Patricia Canning ◽  
Yufang Ho ◽  
Sara Bartl
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Legal History ◽  
Forensic Investigation ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
Football Fans ◽  
World Theory ◽  
Witness Statements ◽  
And Function

Abstract The Hillsborough football stadium disaster (1989) in Sheffield, UK, led to the deaths of 96 football fans and resulted in the longest jury case in British legal history (2016). This article examines the witness statements of two Sheffield residents who claim to have attended the match. Using a mixed-methods approach that incorporates a cognitive linguistic framework (Text World Theory) with visualisation software (VUE) we consider both form and function of a number of linguistic features, such as meta-narrative, evaluative lexis, syntax, and modality to investigate how institutional voices permeate and potentially distort layperson narratives. Our analysis casts doubt on the veracity of the statements and raises questions about what can be considered evidential in a forensic investigation.

scholarly journals Waist Circumference as Measure of Abdominal Fat Compartments

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott M. Grundy ◽  
Ian J. Neeland ◽  
Aslan T. Turer ◽  
Gloria Lena Vega
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽  
Waist Circumference ◽  
Ethnically Diverse ◽  
Abdominal Fat ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Fat Depots ◽  
Heart Study ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Dallas Heart Study ◽  
Ethnicity And Gender

This study examines intercorrelations among waist circumference (WC), intraperitoneal fat (IPF), and subcutaneous abdominal fat (SAF) in ethnically diverse Dallas Heart Study consisting of 1538 women and 1212 men (50% Black). Correlations between fat depots and triglyceride or HOMA2-IR, biomarkers of metabolic syndrome, are also reported. Total abdominal fat (TAF), ASF, and IPF masses were measured by magnetic resonance imaging. The highest correlations with WC according to ethnicity and gender were noted for TAF(R2=0.81-0.88)with progressively lower correlations with ASF (0.65–0.82) and IPF (0.29–0.85). The percentage of IPF relative to TAF was not significantly correlated with WC. For all WC categories, higher IPF/ASF ratios were associated with higher triglyceride levels. In contrast, differences in ratios had little or no association with HOMA2-IR. However, when all data were pooled, IPF was positively correlated with both triglyceride (r=0.358(men) and 0.363 (women)) and HOMA2-IR (r=0.480(men) and 0.517 (women)); after adjustment for ASF, IPF was still correlated with triglyceride (r=0.353(men) and 0.348 (women)) and HOMA2-IR (r=0.290(men) and 0.221 (women)). WC measures TAF reliably, but its association with IPF depends on IPF/ASF ratios that vary by gender and ethnicity.

scholarly journals Reassess - Realign - Reimagine: A Guide for Mentors Pivoting to Remote Research Mentoring

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Pfund ◽  
Janet L. Branchaw ◽  
Melissa McDaniels ◽  
Angela Byars-Winston ◽  
Steve Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reflective Practice ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Mentoring Relationships ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Psychosocial Needs ◽  
Research Mentoring ◽  
Diverse Backgrounds ◽  
New Strategies ◽  
Support Research

Maintaining your research team’s productivity during the COVID-19 era can be a challenge. Developing new strategies to mentor your research trainees in remote work environments will not only support research productivity, but also help to keep your mentees’ academic and research careers on track. We describe a three-step process grounded in reflective practice that research mentors and mentees can use together to reassess, realign and reimagine their mentoring relationships to enhance their effectiveness, both in the current circumstances and for the future. Drawing on evidence-based approaches, a series of questions for mentees around documented mentoring competencies provide structure for remote mentoring plans. Special consideration is given to how these plans must address the psychosocial needs and diverse backgrounds of mentors and mentees in the unique conditions that require remote interactions.

Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) of DNA and RNA

1989 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 34-35
Author(s):  
Patricia G. Arscott ◽  
Gil Lee ◽  
Victor A. Bloomfield ◽  
D. Fennell Evans
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Structures ◽  
Inorganic Materials ◽  
Resolving Power ◽  
Scanning Tunneling ◽  
Tunneling Microscopy ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
Dna And Rna ◽  
Calf Thymus ◽  
And Function ◽  
The Relationship

STM is one of the most promising techniques available for visualizing the fine details of biomolecular structure. It has been used to map the surface topography of inorganic materials in atomic dimensions, and thus has the resolving power not only to determine the conformation of small molecules but to distinguish site-specific features within a molecule. That level of detail is of critical importance in understanding the relationship between form and function in biological systems. The size, shape, and accessibility of molecular structures can be determined much more accurately by STM than by electron microscopy since no staining, shadowing or labeling with heavy metals is required, and there is no exposure to damaging radiation by electrons. Crystallography and most other physical techniques do not give information about individual molecules.We have obtained striking images of DNA and RNA, using calf thymus DNA and two synthetic polynucleotides, poly(dG-me5dC)·poly(dG-me5dC) and poly(rA)·poly(rU).

Personality's Correlates of Adult Development and Aging

2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 131-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gian Vittorio Caprara ◽  
Mariagiovanna Caprara ◽  
Patrizia Steca
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Adult Development ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Efficacy Beliefs ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
Development And Aging ◽  
And Gender

Three cross-sectional studies examined stability and change in personality over the course of life by measuring the relations linking age to personality traits, self-efficacy beliefs, values, and well-being in large samples of Italian male and female participants. In each study, relations between personality and age were examined across several age groups ranging from young adulthood to old age. In each study, personality constructs were first examined in terms of mean group differences accrued by age and gender and then in terms of their correlations with age across gender and age groups. Furthermore, personality-age correlations were also calculated, controlling for the demographic effects accrued by marital status, education, and health. Findings strongly indicated that personality functioning does not necessarily decline in the later years of life, and that decline is more pronounced in males than it is in females across several personality dimensions ranging from personality traits, such as emotional stability, to self-efficacy beliefs, such as efficacy in dealing with negative affect. Findings are discussed in terms of their implications for personality theory and social policy.

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