Ghebreyessus Kesete, Ndip Edmund M, Waddell Michelle K, Asojo Oluwatoyin A, Njoki Peter N
Hampton University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Hampton, Virginia 23668, United States.
J Chem Educ. 2022 Jan 11;99(1):307-316. doi: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00416. Epub 2021 Dec 8.
This reflective overview describes the benefits of participation in authentic undergraduate research for students at a Historically Black College and University (HBCU). The department of chemistry and biochemistry at Hampton University has an undergraduate research environment that empowers and fosters a success-oriented research experience for our diverse students. By engaging undergraduate students in research early in their careers, we successfully motivate students to make informed decisions about pursuing STEM careers and entering graduate schools with high confidence. Our structured undergraduate research experiences are created within an inclusive environment that instills a sense of belonging and recognizes the talent all our students bring to STEM. We reflect on our experiences using faculty-student research collaborations within nurturing support systems that leverage African American culture while setting high expectations to improve scientific skills and retain our HBCU students in STEM.
这篇反思性综述描述了历史悠久的黑人学院和大学（HBCU）的学生参与真实本科研究的益处。汉普顿大学化学与生物化学系拥有一个本科研究环境，为我们多样化的学生赋能，并培养以成功为导向的研究体验。通过让本科生在其职业生涯早期就参与研究，我们成功激励学生就追求STEM职业和满怀信心地进入研究生院做出明智的决定。我们结构化的本科研究体验是在一个包容性的环境中创建的，这种环境灌输了归属感，并认可我们所有学生为STEM领域带来的才能。我们通过师生研究合作，在培育支持系统中反思我们的经验，该系统利用非裔美国人文化，同时设定高期望以提高科学技能，并让我们HBCU的学生留在STEM领域。
