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Narrative Analysis of a Woman’s Experience Transferring from a TYC Reveals Impact of Supporting Characters

Laura A. H. Wood

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Physics and Astronomy Department, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824

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Vashti Sawtelle

*Address correspondence to: Laura A. H. Wood (E-mail Address: [email protected]) or Vashti Sawtelle (E-mail Address: [email protected]).

Lyman Briggs College, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824

Physics and Astronomy Department, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824

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Published Online:28 Jul 2022https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.21-09-0253

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Submitted: 15 September 2021

Revised: 23 May 2022

Accepted: 13 June 2022

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© 2022 L. A. H. Wood and V. Sawtelle. CBE—Life Sciences Education © 2022 The American Society for Cell Biology. This article is distributed by The American Society for Cell Biology under license from the author(s). It is available to the public under an Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike 4.0 Unported Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0).

We are deeply grateful to the student participants in this work, particularly Nicole, who generously shared such a rich story of her life with us. We also acknowledge our support from the ANSER and S-STEM research team as well as the entire PERL at Michigan State University. Additionally, without the editing support of Carissa Myers and Bryan Stanley, as well as their openness to discuss ideas and help the authors navigate writing obstacles, this paper would not have been completed. This work was supported by NSF award number DUE 1742381.