Authorship and its negotiation in labs is incredibly important in order to ensure that credit is given where due, and that potential authors are prepared to take on the responsibilities of being an author. There seems to be a gap in knowledge in the area of authorship in academic research labs. We have used grounded theory to study authorship in undergraduate research partnerships. This study is based on interviews with ten triads of faculty, graduate student mentors, and undergraduate researchers in the STEM fields at public and private research universities in the Northeast region of the United States. From these data, a theoretical model for authorship in undergraduate research partnerships has been generated and will be presented in this talk. Based on the theoretical model, recommendations for publishing with undergraduates will be offered.

Understanding authorship in undergraduate research partnerships

256th National Meeting (2018)

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