Unequal Socialization: Understanding Inequality in STEM Doctoral Education Across Different Developmental Stages

The manuscripts in this dissertation explore how inequality is manifested at specific points in time across the doctoral degree timeline in the biological sciences. They trace differences in doctoral student development through the role of relationships that mediate pathways through graduate education and into the career. This includes the cultivation of research skills and expertise in the earlier stages of doctoral study, the nature of relationships with faculty advisors in the later stages of socialization, and professional identity development during the career transition.