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Online Workshop Recording: STEM Identity & Career Interest for Students Traditionally Underrepresented in STEM

Online professional development workshop about research exploring factors that affect STEM interest, identity and career interest for students traditionally underrepresented in STEM.

DESCRIPTION

This workshop was recorded on 1/14/25

During this online workshop, we welcomed back Dr. Susan Sunbury from the Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian for another discussion around STEM identity and career interest in STEM. The Harvard-Smithsonian team, together with colleagues from Florida International University, developed a survey to explore factors that affect STEM interest, identity and career interest for students traditionally underrepresented in STEM. Dr. Sunbury and her colleagues Dr. Tingting Reid and Amdad Ahmed Awsaf presented initial findings from a pilot test of this instrument. 

This work builds on efforts from a project Dr. Sunbury presented with us previously during our online workshop: STEM Identity, STEM Career Interest, and Participation in Out-of-School Time Activities: https://www.nisenet.org/catalog/online-workshop-recording-stem-identity-stem-career-interest-and-participation-out-school

Presenters included:

Dr. Susan Sunbury, Educational Researcher and Project Manager, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory 

Dr. Tingting Reid, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Harvard University, Harvard College Observatory

Amdad Ahmed Awsaf, Graduate Research Assistant, Florida International University, Talking Science
 

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DESCRIPTION

This workshop was recorded on 1/14/25

During this online workshop, we welcomed back Dr. Susan Sunbury from the Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian for another discussion around STEM identity and career interest in STEM. The Harvard-Smithsonian team, together with colleagues from Florida International University, developed a survey to explore factors that affect STEM interest, identity and career interest for students traditionally underrepresented in STEM. Dr. Sunbury and her colleagues Dr. Tingting Reid and Amdad Ahmed Awsaf presented initial findings from a pilot test of this instrument. 

This work builds on efforts from a project Dr. Sunbury presented with us previously during our online workshop: STEM Identity, STEM Career Interest, and Participation in Out-of-School Time Activities: https://www.nisenet.org/catalog/online-workshop-recording-stem-identity-stem-career-interest-and-participation-out-school

Presenters included:

Dr. Susan Sunbury, Educational Researcher and Project Manager, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory 

Dr. Tingting Reid, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Harvard University, Harvard College Observatory

Amdad Ahmed Awsaf, Graduate Research Assistant, Florida International University, Talking Science
 

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YEAR CREATED
2025
OWNING INSTITUTION

Arizona State University 

FUNDING

This material is based upon work supported by NASA under cooperative agreement award number 80NSSC21M0007. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

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