STEM Culture by Aris Winger

Complicated! Evolving!

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The QSR

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Isolating

A lack of diversity

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Warm reception initially

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white males

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Filled with imposter syndrome

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Hard

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Amazing professors

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Other than the dominant narrative

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All over the place; some very high highs, and some very low lows

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Refreshingly fewer hierarchical levels and less stifling bureaucracy than at my grad school

Almost non-existent

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Equal access for all students, e.g. office hours

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Some departments use their introductory courses to weed out the “weaker” students.

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Honestly, it has been remarkably supportive, but that seems odd to put here

That the lack of URM in STEM is something people want to work on

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Poor work life balance but I love the subject I study

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Professors that reach out

Culture of collaboration over competiveness at least superficially

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Meaningful interactions and connections with my classmates

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Feeling comfortable enough to reach out

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Some faculty see my program as a way to diversify (by the numbers) their classroom/majors.

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Professors/faculty that make me feel comfortable and seen

some professors

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Overcoming a rough start as a first gen student

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I feel like students are afraid of my power

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Making it hard to make a personal connection

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It is frustrating as a faculty to hear from students about challenges they face with respect to identity and beliefs in their private lives (recently especially with Israel/Gaza) and feel like there is nothing I can do about it

being able to speak in class or ask a question because i dont know the answer

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We’re small, and Clinton in general is not diverse, so it’s hard to recruit diverse faculty

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Communication between students and people who make decisions that impact their lives (professors and administrators)

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Not being able to imagine myself in the field I want to study

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Room for creativity and experimentation (as a young faculty member)

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getting enough sleep

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Whatever I do, it’s never enough.

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Underrepresented students don’t really believe that I can empathize with them (and to be honest, in many ways I can’t!)

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So many, but I am a white male, so no DEI or gender issues

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So much anxiety and focus on grades

The culture shock of coming to Hamilton

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Seeing a count of 1 on demographics and knowing that 1 is me alone

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