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Literature Exploration of Graduate Student Well-Being as Related to Advising

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Conference

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Baltimore , Maryland

Publication Date

June 25, 2023

Start Date

June 25, 2023

End Date

June 28, 2023

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 6: Challenges and Coping Strategies of Engineering Graduate Students

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

Page Count

23

DOI

10.18260/1-2--43496

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https://strategy.asee.org/43496

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144

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Liesl Klein Villanova University

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Liesl Krause-Klein is a assistant teaching professor at Villanova University in their electrical and computer engineering department. She graduated from Purdue University's Polytechnic institute in 2022. Her research focused on student well-being. She is currently in charge of curriculum for capstone projects within her department.

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Greg J. Strimel Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI) Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0002-4847-4526

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Greg J. Strimel, Ph.D., is an associate professor of Technology Leadership and Innovation and program head for the Design and Innovation Minor at Purdue University. Dr. Strimel conducts research on design pedagogy, cognition, and assessment as well as the preparation of P-12 engineering teachers.

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Abstract

A significant gap exists in knowing what specific factors play into graduate student mental well-being. It is known that the role of the advisor is significant, but further information on how the advising relationship affects well-being is needed. This study explores literature related to the elements of (a) graduate student mental health factors, (b) current stress-mitigation techniques, and (c) the role of the graduate advisor in graduate student success. There are several interventions aimed toward mitigating graduate student stress, but there are few programs that aim to support advisor mentorship as well as management styles to enhance graduate student experiences as well as their advisors. The literature discussed will have significant implications for developing better methods to help provide students with solutions to their needs, which in turn may help to improve graduate student mental health and aid in faculty advisor mentoring and management responsibilities.

This literature was collected through a variety of database searches for terms related to advising, mental health, well-being, and graduate students. A majority of the literature was published in the last 20 years, with the exception of papers that were fundamental to the understanding of mental health or graduate students in general. To the author's knowledge, no other review has aimed to collect information specific to the impact of the advising relationship on graduate student mental health.

Klein, L., & Strimel, G. J. (2023, June), Literature Exploration of Graduate Student Well-Being as Related to Advising Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--43496

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