Research

  • Research Participants Needed : Intl PhD Students

    Are you an international Ph.D. student in a non-STEM program? We'd like to hear from you about your experiences!

    In this mixed methods collaborative study, we want to understand the academic and non-academic experiences of international doctoral students in non-STEM fields.

    To participate in the study, you must have completed at least one year in your doctoral program. The study entails completing one or both of the following:

    • an online survey (15-20 minutes)
    • an online interview (60-90 minutes)

    If you’re interested in participating, follow this link: https://bit.ly/intlphd

    If you have any questions about the study, please contact any member of the research team (who are also international doctoral students):

    • Huda Akef, huda.akef@uconn.edu (University of Connecticut, UConn)
    • Esra Şahin, esras2@illinois.edu (University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign, UIUC) 
    • Ismat Abbas, abbasi2@montclair.edu (Montclair State University, MSU)
    • Shahad Subiani, ssubiani@vols.utk.edu (University of Tennessee-Knoxville, UTK)

    MSU IRB-FY21-22-2402 (approved 3/22/22), UTK IRB-22-06938-XP (approved 6/7/22), UIUC IRB- 23196 (approved 7/31/22)

    Note: UTK accepted the reliance of UConn IRB on its review (9/1/22).

    For more information, contact: Huda Akef at huda.akef@uconn.edu