Professional Development for Early Career DBER Scholars through In-Person and Virtual Career Panel Workshops
ABSTRACT In discipline-based education research (DBER), early career scholars, such as graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, observe a slew of possible career pathways. Yet, there is a lack of opportunities to learn about such pathways, particularly when transitioning from traditional scie...
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| author | Miranda M. Chen Musgrove Elizabeth Genné-Bacon Kelsey Gray Ashley B. Heim Anupriya Karippadath Rita Margarida Magalhães Brie Tripp Anna J. Zelaya |
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| description | ABSTRACT In discipline-based education research (DBER), early career scholars, such as graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, observe a slew of possible career pathways. Yet, there is a lack of opportunities to learn about such pathways, particularly when transitioning from traditional science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) disciplinary training into a DBER position. Thus, the DBER Scholars-in-Training Professional Development subcommittee was created within the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER) community to develop a collection of workshops that would serve the greatest professional development needs of early career scholars entering DBER. Through a series of surveys disseminated over multiple years, early career scholars expressed interest in better navigating their career options, which led to the development of the career panel workshop, held during the 2019 and 2020 SABER Annual National Conferences. In this report, we explore the development, implementation, and results of two career panel workshops and compare and contrast the 2019 in-person workshop with the 2020 virtual workshop. We also offer our insights on the value of the career workshop, discuss the next steps, and explore valuable resources for those planning on organizing similar events. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f740c32a304b4ade9adab58bef648eff2022-12-22T02:07:06ZengAmerican Society for MicrobiologyJournal of Microbiology & Biology Education1935-78771935-78852022-04-0123110.1128/jmbe.00190-21Professional Development for Early Career DBER Scholars through In-Person and Virtual Career Panel WorkshopsMiranda M. Chen Musgrove0Elizabeth Genné-Bacon1Kelsey Gray2Ashley B. Heim3Anupriya Karippadath4Rita Margarida Magalhães5Brie Tripp6Anna J. Zelaya7Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USADepartment of Medical Education, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USAGrand Challenges Initiative, Chapman University, Orange, California, USADepartment of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USADepartment of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USACenter for the Advancement of STEM Teaching, Learning, and Evaluation, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USADepartment of Neurobiology, Physiology, & Behavior, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, USADepartment of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USAABSTRACT In discipline-based education research (DBER), early career scholars, such as graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, observe a slew of possible career pathways. Yet, there is a lack of opportunities to learn about such pathways, particularly when transitioning from traditional science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) disciplinary training into a DBER position. Thus, the DBER Scholars-in-Training Professional Development subcommittee was created within the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER) community to develop a collection of workshops that would serve the greatest professional development needs of early career scholars entering DBER. Through a series of surveys disseminated over multiple years, early career scholars expressed interest in better navigating their career options, which led to the development of the career panel workshop, held during the 2019 and 2020 SABER Annual National Conferences. In this report, we explore the development, implementation, and results of two career panel workshops and compare and contrast the 2019 in-person workshop with the 2020 virtual workshop. We also offer our insights on the value of the career workshop, discuss the next steps, and explore valuable resources for those planning on organizing similar events.https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jmbe.00190-21conference workshopprofessional developmentcareersgraduate studentspostdoctoral researchers |
| spellingShingle | Miranda M. Chen Musgrove Elizabeth Genné-Bacon Kelsey Gray Ashley B. Heim Anupriya Karippadath Rita Margarida Magalhães Brie Tripp Anna J. Zelaya Professional Development for Early Career DBER Scholars through In-Person and Virtual Career Panel Workshops Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education conference workshop professional development careers graduate students postdoctoral researchers |
| title | Professional Development for Early Career DBER Scholars through In-Person and Virtual Career Panel Workshops |
| title_full | Professional Development for Early Career DBER Scholars through In-Person and Virtual Career Panel Workshops |
| title_fullStr | Professional Development for Early Career DBER Scholars through In-Person and Virtual Career Panel Workshops |
| title_full_unstemmed | Professional Development for Early Career DBER Scholars through In-Person and Virtual Career Panel Workshops |
| title_short | Professional Development for Early Career DBER Scholars through In-Person and Virtual Career Panel Workshops |
| title_sort | professional development for early career dber scholars through in person and virtual career panel workshops |
| topic | conference workshop professional development careers graduate students postdoctoral researchers |
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