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Resources

Books

Navigating the Peer Mentoring Relationship: A Handbook for Women and other Underrepresented Populations in STEM​

Author(s): AMANDA ROCKINSON-SZAPKIW, JILLIAN WENDT, KATHERINE WADE-JAIMES

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Instruments, Surveys, & Scales

The STEM Self-Efficacy Scale (Rockinson-Szapkiw, in progress) is in development. The instrument has been shown to have good face and content validity as well as internal reliability (.92). It is currently being examined for construct validity. 

  • Academic Form
  • Career Form
  • Mentoring Form 
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Research

Rockinson-Szapkiw, A.J., Wendt, J. & Herring, J., Gishbaugher, J.(2021, coming soon). A mixed-method study: The experiences of mentee’s in a virtual STEM peer mentoring program.

Gishbaugher, J., Rockinson-Szapkiw, A.J.,  Tawfik, A., & Theiling, T. (2021, coming soon). Designing for self-efficacy: e-Mentoring training for ethnic and racial minority women in STEM

Rockinson-Szapkiw, A.J., Gishbaugher, J., Theiling, T., & Tawfik, A. (2021, coming soon). Expanding the learning design experience definition: A study of learner experience in a virtual peer mentoring training program.

Rockinson-Szapkiw, A.J., & Wendt, J. & Stephen, J. (2020). The efficacy of a virtual peer mentoring experience for racial and ethnic minority women in STEM at historically black institutions: Academic, professional, and psychosocial outcomes for mentors and mentees. Journal for STEM Education Research, 3(3). https://rdcu.be/cdAOc ** AERA Mentorship and Mentoring Practices SIG Distinguished Research Paper Award

Rockinson-Szapkiw, A.J., & Wendt, J. (2020). A multi-site case study: The benefits and challenges of a blended peer mentoring program for women peer mentors in STEM. International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, 9 (4). https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJMCE-03-2020-0011/full/html

Wendt, J., Rockinson-Szapkiw, A.J., & Conway, A. (2019). Using technology to foster peer mentoring relationships: Development of a virtual peer mentorship model for broadening participation of underrepresented racial and ethnic minority women in STEM. In (Eds.). Winfield, L.E., Thomas, G., Watkins. L.M., Wilson-Kennedy, Z.S. Growing Diverse STEM Communities: Methodology, Impact, and Evidence. (pp. 255-268). Washington, DC: American Chemical Society. https://pubs.acs.org/isbn/9780841235328

Rockinson-Szapkiw, A. J., Spaulding, L. S., &* Lunde, R. M. (2017). Women in distance doctoral programs: How they negotiate their identities as mothers, professionals, and academics in order to persist. International Journal of Doctoral Studies, 12, 49-71. Retrieved from http://www.informingscience.org/Publications/3671

Rockinson-Szapkiw, A. J., Sosin, L. S., & Spaulding, L. (2018). Does family matter? A phenomenological inquiry exploring the lived experiences of women persisting in distance education, professional doctoral programs. International Journal of Doctoral Studies, 13, 497-515. https://doi.org/10.28945/4157 

 

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