Who mentors undergraduate student researchers? An analysis of faculty involvement at a four-year university. Issue 1 (1st January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chamely-Wiik, Donna; Cooney, Brian T.; DeDonno, Michael A.
• Is Part Of: Mentoring & tutoring. Volume 28:Issue 1(2020)
• Page Start: 78
• Page End: 97
• Publication Date: 2020-01-01
• Subjects: Undergraduate research -- mentoring -- faculty mentor profile; Mentoring in education -- Periodicals; Tutors and tutoring -- Periodicals; 371.1460941
• DOI: 10.1080/13611267.2020.1737784
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1361-1267

Abstract

ABSTRACT: In this study, we investigated a profile of faculty who mentor undergraduate researchers at a four-year Hispanic-serving, public research university. Six variables were investigated: ethnicity, gender, age, tenure status, teaching evaluations, and research productivity. Data were compiled from institutional databases. Findings showed a greater percentage of tenured faculty mentoring undergraduate researchers while the percent of minority UR faculty mentors was consistent with institutional percentages. Additionally, findings included a higher percentage of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Undergraduate Research (UR) underrepresented minority faculty mentors compared to STEM Institution (INST) underrepresented minority faculty. For research productivity, UR faculty mentor funding comprised 28.0% of all external grant awards and 36.0% of all external funding during the sampling period. The majority funding for INST and UR faculty were found to be in the STEM disciplines. These findings provide evidence of potential predictors to describe UR faculty mentor profiles and can be considered important information for determining future educational policies and practices.