Title:
Rethinking the Advising Relationship: Studies on Advisors and Advisees Experiences in Doctoral Engineering Programs
Abstract:
Doctoral attrition has been reported across multiple studies to be roughly 50%. Within engineering, disparities have been found in such rates for minoritized students as they finish the doctorate at even lesser rates than their majority counterparts. Research on doctoral student attrition has shown that one of the main reasons for which students leave Ph.D. programs is a poor relationship with their doctoral advisor. While much work has examined perspectives within the doctoral advising relationship, few studies have reported on this relationship’s formation and the initial factors that impact the relationship with a specific lens on minoritized students. This seminar will present a sampling of findings from several research studies focusing on the doctoral advising relationship. I will first describe how different STEM programs practice the advisor selection and students’ perspectives of such process in one engineering program. I will also present my most recent research that studies minoritized students’ transition into the engineering doctorate. The seminar will conclude with research-based strategies for both students and faculty on managing the advising relationship at all stages of the doctoral process.
Biography:
Mayra S. Artiles is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at Arizona State University. Her research interests include students’ transition into the Ph.D., the advising relationship in the engineering, and graduate engineering education at HSIs. She earned her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, her M.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, and her Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Prior to her transition into engineering education, Dr. Artiles worked as an electrified vehicle engineer at Ford Motor Company.
Time: Thursday, Nov 16th from 2-3pm CT
Place: Heritage Rm City Union or via zoom at https://unl.zoom.us/j/212107342
No registration is required and all are welcome.