This study examined and enriched our understanding of the career choice process for doctoral students of color in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. In addition, it explored the challenges facing all doctoral students in STEM in understanding and making meaning of diversity as it relates to individual perspectives and actions. We used an agency theoretical framework to explore career-related decisions of doctoral students. This framework captured how students “navigate, negotiate, reframe, and act” during the career decision-making process of a doctoral program.

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推与拉：种族/民族对博士生职业发展中能动性的影响。

这项研究检查并丰富了我们对科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 领域有色人种博士生职业选择过程的理解。此外，它还探讨了所有 STEM 博士生在理解和理解与个人观点和行动相关的多样性方面所面临的挑战。我们使用代理理论框架来探索博士生与职业相关的决策。该框架捕捉了学生在博士课程的职业决策过程中如何“导航、协商、重构和行动”。