Fig 1.
An outline of the corresponding frameworks, constructs, and codes used to analyze both the surveys and interviews.
The code information includes explanations of each code as well as a participant example of each code. The codes in the light orange were created from the survey responses, and the codes in the darker orange were obtained from the interviews. Some of the survey codes, that were not among the top five most common, came up in the interviews and marked an important event for the participant. In this case, we attributed the code to being contributed by the interviews.
Fig 2.
An example timeline for the participant “August”.
The timeline highlights key professional stages in the interviewed participant’s education and professional careers. Green rectangles and circles represented experiences with disciplinary biology research. Orange rectangles and circles represent experiences with biology education research.
Fig 3.
The career pathway for each of the interview participants.
Green rectangles represent a professional experience in disciplinary biology, orange rectangles represent a professional experience in biology education research, and white rectangles represent professional experiences that were not focused on research.