Black students face repeated racial microaggressions that may challenge their mental health and academic performance in engineering doctoral programs. Researchers attribute this to stereotypes and institutional climates that juxtapose their STEM and racial identities as incongruent. In this article, we analyzed the perceptions of environmental, behavioral, and verbal racial microaggressions of 33 Black doctoral students and postdocs, with a focus on their interactions with non‐Black peers. Data were collected through semi‐structured interviews with Black doctoral students from 11 Predominantly White Institutions in the United States. To analyze the experiences of our participants, we utilized two theoretical frameworks: Racial microaggressions and identity nonverification. Across the interviews, participants described various forms of racial microaggressions that greatly challenged their sense of belonging and identities as engineers. This research affirms the need to develop initiatives at the departmental and institutional levels to encourage more inclusive spaces for diverse students in STEM doctoral programs and to combat the types of exclusionary practices found in this study.

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身份失效：种族微观攻击对STEM中黑人博士生的不确定影响

黑人学生反复面临种族微攻击，这可能会挑战他们在工程博士学位课程中的心理健康和学习成绩。研究人员将其归因于将其STEM和种族身份并不一致的陈规定型观念和机构氛围。在本文中，我们分析了33位黑人博士生和博士后对环境，行为和言语种族微侵略的看法，重点是他们与非黑人同伴的互动。通过与来自美国11个主要是白人机构的黑人博士生进行半结构化访谈，收集了数据。为了分析参与者的经验，我们利用了两个理论框架：种族微攻击和身份非验证。在面试中 参与者描述了各种形式的种族微侵略，这些挑战极大地挑战了他们的工程师的归属感和身份。这项研究肯定了需要在部门和机构级别上开发计划，以鼓励在STEM博士课程中为多样化的学生提供更多的包容性空间，并打击本研究中发现的排他性实践的类型。