Doctoral candidate Aubrie Pfirman is conducting a phenomenographical study of how women and students of color in chemistry Ph.D. programs perceive the student-advisor relationship.

 

Her anticipated graduation is May 2018.  Publications and presentations resulting from this work to date:

 

• (under review) Pfirman, A.L., Gallagher, E., and Patel, K., “Why underrepresented students embark upon ‘the perilous passage’ to a Ph.D. in chemistry”

 

• (to appear) Pfirman, A.L. and Gallagher, E., “Closing the Gap Between Being a Dissertation Advisor and Being a Mentor,” accepted to 10th Annual Mentoring Conference, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, November 2017

 

• Pfirman, A.L. and Gallagher, E., “The Ideal Ph.D. Advisor: A Work in Progress,” Gordon Re- search Conference: Chemistry Education Research and Practice, refereed poster session, Bates College, Lewiston, ME (June 2017)