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College of Education to collaborate on NSF grant to support underrepresented minorities pursuing engineering faculty positions

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Refereed Journal Articles

  1. Mendez, S. L., & Watson, K. (2024). Academic motherhood: Considerations of STEM postdoctoral scholar women. Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education, 17(2), 118-138.
  2. Watson, K. J., & Mendez, S. L. (2024). “In my blood”: External factors for international STEM postdoctoral scholars’ career decisions. Journal of Global Education and Research, 8(2), 103-115.
  3. Mendez, S. L., Watson, K., Starkey, K. E., & Conley, V. M. (2024). “I want to make an impact”: The science identity and career intentions of Black and Latinx postdoctoral scholars. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 30(5), 124-145.
  4. Mendez, S. L., *Watson, K., *Starkey, K. E., & Conley, V. M. (2023). “I want to make an impact”: The science identity and career intentions of Black and Latinx postdoctoral scholars. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, Online First.
  5. Mendez, S. L., *Cooksey, S. E., *Watson, K., Haynes, C., McCoy, T., Phillips, C., Higgs, F., Hicks, I., & Arnett, N. (2023). “Getting into academia can be tough”: The mentoring needs of Black and Latinx engineering postdoctoral scholars. Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 24(1), 17-23.
  6. Mendez, S. L., Cooksey, S. E., Starkey, K. E., & Conley, V. M. (2022). Professorial fit: Perceptions of engineering postdoctoral scholars. Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, Ahead-of-Print. https://doi.org/10.1108/SGPE-07-2021-0052
  7. Mendez, S. L., Cooksey, S. E., Starkey, K. E., & Conley, V. M. (2021). The socialisation of engineering postdoctoral scholars. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 46(3), 382-396. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2021.1954605
  8. Mendez, S. L., Starkey, K., Cooksey, S., & Conley, V. M. (2021). Environmental influences on the STEM identity and career intentions of Latinx STEM postdoctoral scholars. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, OnlineFirst. https://doi.org/10.1177/1538192721992436

Refereed Conference Presentations

  1. Mendez, S. L., & Tygret, J. (2024). Improving University Postdoctoral Affairs Offices: Viewpoints from Engineering Postdoctoral Scholars of Color. Paper presented at the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, OR.
  2. Mendez, S. L., *Tygret, J. A., & *Watson, K. (2023, September). The challenge of postdoc’ing in the US: Perspectives from international engineering postdoctoral scholars. Paper proposed for the European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI) Annual Conference, Dublin, Ireland.
  3. Mendez, S. L., *Watson, K., & *Tygret, J. A. (2023, June). Why STEM? The external factors influencing international STEM postdoctoral scholars’ career decisions. Paper presented at the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore, MD.
  4. Mendez, S. L., Watson, K., & Conley, V. M. (2022, June). Sacrifice: Messages STEM postdoctoral scholar women receive about career and family. Paper presented at the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. (Download Link)
  5. Mendez, S. L., Starkey, K. E., Watson, K., & Conley, V. M. (2022, April). On the front line: Science identity and career intentions of Black and Latinx postdoctoral scholars. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Virtual and in San Diego, CA.
  6. Mendez, S. L., Conley, V. M., Phillips, C., McCoy, T., Haynes, C., Watson, K., Cooksey, S., & Starkey, K. (2022, February). Valuable professional learning and development activities for Black STEM postdoctoral scholars. Paper presented at the American Society for Engineering Education CoNECD Conference, New Orleans, LA. (Download Link)
  7. Mendez, S. L., Conley, V. M., *Cooksey, S., *Starkey, K., Haynes, C., McCoy, T. Higgs, F., Hicks, I., Clark, C., Arnett, N., & Stuhlsatz, M. (2021, July). Exploring the mentoring needs of engineering postdoctoral scholars of color: Is systematic change required in the postdoctoral training environment? Paper presented at the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Virtual. (Download Link)
  8. Mendez, S. L., Taylor, J., *Starkey, K., *Cooksey, S., Conley, V. M., & Stuhlsatz, M. (2021, April). Exploring the effects of institutional research level on engineering PhD recipients’ post-graduation plans. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Virtual.
  9. Mendez, S. L., Conley, V. M., *Cooksey, S., & *Starkey, K. (2020, June). To be, or not to be, a professor: Views of engineering postdoctoral researchers. Paper presented at the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Virtual. (Download Link)

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SUPPORT FOR THIS WORK WAS PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION’S ALLIANCES FOR GRADUATE EDUCATION AND THE PROFESSORIATE (AGEP) PROGRAM UNDER AWARD NUMBERS 1821019, 1821008, 1821298, AND 1821052. THE OPINIONS, FINDINGS, AND CONCLUSIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS EXPRESSED ARE THOSE OF THE AUTHOR(S) AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION.