Improved STEM Education for 21st Century Environmental Scientists through Stratified Mentoring and Professional Networking at a Hispanic Serving Institution


Lixin Jin1, Vanessa Lougheed2, Elizabeth Walsh2, Diane Irene Doser3, Maryam Zarei Chaleshtori4 and Guadalupe Corral5, (1)The University of Texas at El Paso, Department of Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences, El Paso, United States, (2)University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, United States, (3)University of Texas at El Paso, Department of Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences, El Paso, United States, (4)University of Texas at El Paso, Geological Sciences, El Paso, TX, United States, (5)University of Texas at El Paso, Research Evaluation and Assessment Services, El Paso, TX, United States