title: The role of professional identity in graduate school success for under-represented minority students.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Psychology, The College of New Jersey, New Jersey, USA.
authors: Chu
authors: C
authors: Kim-Prieto
authors: H Liesel
authors: HL
authors: Copeland
authors: Rodney
authors: R
authors: Hopson
authors: Toya
authors: T
authors: Simmons
authors: Michael J
authors: MJ
authors: Leibowitz
mesh_terms: D004500:Education, Graduate; D004522:Educational Status; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000193:education*; D012574:Schools; D012933:Social Identification