Deaf individuals are disproportionately underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers, particularly those requiring doctoral degrees. The leakage in the STEM pipeline between undergraduate enrollment and the awarding of doctoral degrees to Deaf students may be attributed, in part, to a lack of Deaf individuals in academic mentoring roles. This study examines mentoring experiences of Deaf mentees and their Deaf mentors who help them navigate in the STEM community as future Deaf scientists. The experiences of 3 Deaf mentoring dyads (Deaf mentor/Deaf mentee) working in undergraduate research laboratories are captured in this phenomenological study. Informed by a Deaf navigational capital framework, participants described the nature of their mentoring dyad and the content of navigational capital extended to Deaf mentees. Three themes emerged from this study: (a) modeling how to be a Deaf scientist; (b) promoting and fostering self-advocacy skills through inclusion and access; and, (c) networking with a broader community of scholars. The building of navigational capital for Deaf mentees is discussed.

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如何成为聋人科学家：建立航海资本。

聋人在科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 职业中的代表性不足，尤其是那些需要博士学位的职业。STEM 管道在本科招生和向聋人学生授予博士学位之间的泄漏可能部分归因于缺乏学术指导角色的聋人个人。这项研究调查了聋人学员和他们的聋人导师的指导经验，他们帮助他们作为未来的聋人科学家在 STEM 社区中导航。本现象学研究记录了在本科研究实验室工作的 3 位聋人指导二人组（聋人导师/聋人学员）的经历。由聋人导航资本框架通知，参与者描述了他们的指导二人组的性质以及扩展到聋人学员的导航资本的内容。这项研究产生了三个主题：(a) 模拟如何成为一名聋人科学家；(b) 通过包容和获取促进和培养自我宣传技能；(c) 与更广泛的学者社区建立联系。探讨了聋哑学员航海资本的建设。