title: Considering Student Voices: Examining the Experiences of Underrepresented Students in Intervention Programs.
abstract: Qualitative studies that examine the experiences of underrepresented minority students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields are comparatively few. This study explores the self-reported experiences of underrepresented graduate students in the biomedical sciences of a large, midwestern, urban university. Document analysis of interview transcripts from program evaluations capture firsthand accounts of student experiences and reveal the need for a critical examination of current intervention programs designed to reverse the trend of underrepresentation in the biomedical sciences. Findings point to themes aligned around the benefits and challenges of program components, issues of social adjustment, the utility of supportive relationships, and environmental impacts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202 gsanchez@iupui.edu.
authors.forename: Gina Sanchez
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Gibau
mesh_terms: D004500:Education, Graduate; D004738:Engineering / Q000193:education; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics; D008611:Mentors; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D015397:Program Evaluation; D012586:Science / Q000193:education*; D013334:Students; D013672:Technology / Q000193:education; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities; D014505:Urban Population