Mentorship in Action for an Agriculture Education Doctoral Student (with Dr. Torrie Cropps)

Dr. Torrie Cropps is in guest chair today and is sharing her graduate school journey. In this episode, she shares how mentorship played an important role in getting to and through graduate school. She also discusses the transition from attending an HBCU to a PWI as well as interesting findings from her research related to the experiences of Black doctoral students in agricultural disciplines.

About Dr. Torrie Cropps

Torrie Cropps is a Research Scientist in STEM Education at University of Texas at Dallas in the Office of Diversity Equity and Inclusion. Her research there focuses broadly on strategies to promote equity for racially/ethnically marginalized doctoral students in STEM disciplines pursuing careers in the academy. She also assists in the creation of educational materials for hiring equity and analyzes climate survey data. Additionally, Dr. Cropps is a Lecturer of Environmental Justice in the department of American Studies. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics and her Master of Science in Agricultural Education from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Dr. Cropps earned her PhD in Agricultural Education from Purdue University. Her dissertation focused on the experiences of Black women doctoral candidates in agricultural disciplines at PWIs.

Her research interests include the mentoring, advising, and socialization of marginalized graduate students; Black collegiate women; marginalized groups in STEM+agriculture; and critical qualitative research.

Connect with Dr. Torrie Cropps through her website www.torriecropps.com/ and on Twitter. 

Things Mentioned in This Episode:

• Cropps, T. A. (2023). Black doctoral women’s socialization experiences in agricultural science and education departments. Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education.