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The role of professional identity in graduate school success for under‐represented minority students
Author(s) -
KimPrieto Chu,
Copeland H. Liesel,
Hopson Rodney,
Simmons Toya,
Leibowitz Michael J.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
biochemistry and molecular biology education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.34
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1539-3429
pISSN - 1470-8175
DOI - 10.1002/bmb.20673
Subject(s) - identity (music) , graduate students , psychology , sense of community , underrepresented minority , pedagogy , professional development , medical education , mathematics education , social psychology , medicine , physics , acoustics
We examined the relationship between sense of professional identity and academic success among under‐represented minority graduate students in a biomedical doctoral program. We found that a sense of professional identity is related to science success among under‐represented minority students, but not for non‐underrepresented minority students. Sense of professional identity appears to be linked to the use of mentors and to development as a scientist and member of the professional community, rather than someone who simply performs laboratory experiments. © 2013 by The International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 41(2):70‐75, 2013