Research

Graduate Career Consortium members have engaged in cutting edge research in the field of graduate career and professional development. Members regularly publish peer-reviewed research, which feeds innovative practice in and beyond our field. On this page have curated a selection of publications by GCC members to highlight and celebrate this work and its broad impact. 


Bibliography of Publications by GCC Members*

Brandt, P.D., Whittington, D., Wood, K.D., Holmquist, C.H., Nogueira, A.T., Gaines, C.H., Brennwald, P.J., & Layton, R.L. Development and Assessment of a Sustainable PhD Internship Program Supporting Diverse Biomedical Career Outcomes (2024). eLife, 12:RP91011. doi: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.91011

Brandt, P., Varvayanis, S. S., Baas, T., Bolgioni-Smith, A., Alder, J., Petrie, K. A., Dominguez, I.,  Brown, A.M., Stayart, C.A., Singh, H., Van Wart, A., Chow, C.S., Mathur, A., Schreiber, B.M., Fruman, D.A., Bowden, B., Holmquist, C.E., Arneman, D., Hall, J.D., Hyman, L.E., Gould, K.L., Chalkley, R., Brennwald, P.J., & Layton, R.L. (2021). A cross-institutional analysis of the effects of broadening trainee professional development on research productivity. PLoS Biology, 19(7), e3000956. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000956

Branan, J., Li, X. & Wheeler, R. Building a career planning course for STEM PhDs. Nat Biotechnol 36, 1217–1219 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.4312

Chatterjee, D., Nogueira, A. T., Wefes, I., Chalkley, R., Sturzenegger Varvayanis, S., Fuhrmann, C. N., Varadarajan, J., Jacob, G.A., Gaines, C.H., Hubbard, N.M., Chaudhary, S., & Layton, R. L. (2023). Citizenship status and career self-efficacy: An intersectional study of biomedical trainees in the United States.Citizenship status and career self-efficacy: An intersectional study of biomedical trainees in the United States. PLOS ONE 19(3): e0296246. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280608.

Chatterjee, D.,* Jacob, G. A.,*+ Varvayanis, S. S., Wefes, I., Chalkley, R., Nogueira, A. T.,  Fuhrmann C.N., Varadarajan J., Hubbard N.M.,+ Gaines C.H.,+ Layton R.L.,* & Chaudhary, S.* (2023). Career self-efficacy disparities in underrepresented biomedical scientist trainees. PLOS ONE, 18(3), e0280608. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280608

Chesniak, O. M., Drane, D., Young, C., Hokanson, S. C., & Goldberg, B. B. (2021). Theory of change models deepen online learning evaluation. Evaluation and program planning, 88, 101945. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2021.101945

Clobes, A. M., & Wheeler, L. (2019). SciComm: An Oral Communication Professional Development Program for STEM Graduate Students. In 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.doi: ââ10.18260/1-2--33253. 

Colby, J. M., Wheeler, F. C., Petrie, K. A., Gould, K. L., & Schmitz, J. E. (2020). Institutional training opportunities for PhD students in laboratory medicine: an unmet career development need?. The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine, 5(2), 412-416. Doi 10.1093/jalm/jfz028.

Collins, T.R., Layton, R.L., Ramadoss, D., MacDonald, J., Wheeler, R., Bankston, A., Stayart, C.A., Hao, Y., Robinson-Hamm, J.N., Sinche, M., Burghart, S., Carlsen-Bryan, A., Eswara, P., Krasna, H., Xu, H., & Sullivan, M. (2025). Making strides in doctoral-level career outcomes reporting: a review of classification and visualization methodologies in graduate education. In Frontiers in education (Vol. 10, p. 1462887). Front. Educ. 10:1462887. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2025.1462887 ** (GCC Career Outcomes Committee Initiative)

Collins, T., Ramadoss, D., Layton, R., MacDonald, J., Wheeler, R., Bankston, A., Stayart, C.A., Hao, Y., Robinson-Hamm, J.N., Sinche, M., Burghart, S., Carlsen-Bruyan, A., Eswara, P., Krasna, H., Xu, H., & Sullivan, M. (in press). Making Strides in Doctoral-Level Career Outcomes Reporting: Surveying the Landscape of Classification and Visualization Methodologies and Creating a Crosswalk Tool. Frontiers in Education. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2025.1462887

Collins, T. R., Hoff, K., Starback, M., Brandt, P. D., Holmquist, C. E., & Layton, R. L. (2022). Creating and sustaining collaborative multi-institutional industry site visit programs: a toolkit. F1000Research 2022, 9:1317 (https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.26598.2)

Davidson, A. O., McLaughlin, J. E., Layton, R. L., Brandt, P. D., & Jarstfer, M. B. (2024). Innovations in qualifying exams: toward student-centered doctoral training. In Frontiers in Education (Vol. 9, p. 1474572). Doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2024.1474572

Doriott Anderson, V. (2024). ALD Bulletin, Association of Language Departments: 48:1. DOI: 10.1632/PCBH2278 

Fowler, G.A., Cope, C., Michalski, D., Christidis, P., Lin, L., & Conroy, J. (2018). Women outnumber men in psychology graduate programs. Monitor on Psychology, 49(11), 255-278.

Gnangnon, B., Li, K., Rezaei, D. F., Marks, M. M., Dellarocas, C., Hokanson, S. C., & Goldman, S. B. (2024). PhD progression: A micro-credentialing program motivates and supports PhD students’ professional development at a US university. Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, 15(3), 323-347. doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/SGPE-07-2023-0070

Kaslow, N. J., Bangasser, D. A., Grus, C. L., McCutcheon, S. R., & Fowler, G. A. (2018). Facilitating pipeline progress from doctoral degree to first job. American Psychologist, 73(1), 47. doi: 10.1037/tep0000117

Kaslow, N. J., Bangasser, D. A., Grus, C. L., McCutcheon, S. R., & Fowler, G. A. (2018). Facilitating pipeline progress from doctoral degree to first job. American Psychologist, 73(1), 47. Doi: 10.1037/amp0000120 

Kelm, J., Smith, A., Montgomery, C., Doriott Anderson, V., Kinkade, C., Urbin, S., Mason, D., McIntosh, J. Hall, J., Dempsey, J., & House, R. (2024). Discipline-Specific Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Professional Development Programming in the Department of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In Professional Mentoring Programs for Science Students: Career Mentoring for Students in the Physical Sciences (pp. 145-163). American Chemical Society. DOI: 10.1021/bk-2024-1470.ch012

Kozma, K., Meyer-Miner, A., Chio, J., Mak, S., El-Boraie, A., & Sealey, D. (2021). Developing an industry job simulation program for graduate and postdoctoral trainees in life sciences. Canadian Journal of Career Development, 20(2), 84-93. Doi: https://doi.org/10.53379/cjcd.2021.102

Krasna, H., Gershuni, O., Sherrer, K., & Czabanowska, K. (2021). Postgraduate employment outcomes of undergraduate and graduate public health students: a scoping review. Public Health Reports, 136(6), 795-804. doi: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0033354920976565

Layton R.L., Solberg VS.H., Jahangir A.E., Hall J.D., Ponder C.A., Micoli K.J., & Vanderford N.L. (2022). Layton RL, Solberg VSH, Jahangir AE et al. Career planning courses increase career readiness of graduate and postdoctoral trainees. F1000Research, 9:1230 (https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.26025.2).

Layton, R.L., Brandt, P.D., Freeman, A.M., Harrell, J.R., Hall, J.D., Sinche, M. (2016). Diversity Exiting the Academy: Influential Factors for the Career Choice of Well-Represented and Underrepresented Minority Scientists. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 15:ar41, 1–9. DOI:10.1187/cbe.16-01-0066

Lundsteen, N., & Edwards, A. (2013). Internship: Navigating the practices of an investment bank. Pedagogy in Higher Education, A Cultural Historical Approach, 155-169. DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139035699.010 

McLaughlin, J. E., Morbitzer, K., Meilhac, M., Poupart, N., Layton, R. L., & Jarstfer, M. B. (2023). Standards needed? An Exploration of Qualifying Exams from a Literature Review and Website Analysis of University-Wide Polices. Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, 13(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/SGPE-11-2022-0073

McLaughlin, J. E., Layton, R. L., Watkins, P. B., Nicholas, R. A., & Brouwer, K. L. (2022). Developing evidence-based resources for evaluating postgraduate trainees in the biomedical sciences. PLOS ONE, 17(12), e0278297. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278297

Moneta-Koehler, L., Brown, A. M., Petrie, K. A., Evans, B. J., & Chalkley, R. (2017). The limitations of the GRE in predicting success in biomedical graduate school. PloS one, 12(1), e0166742. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166742

Neely, C. J., Abras, C., Lauka, B., Oladeinde, M., & Eith, C. A. (2025, February). Bridging the gap: the OPTIONS program as a model for integrating career development into biomedical PhD training. In Frontiers in Education (Vol. 10, p. 1478553). Frontiers Media SA. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2025.1478553

Petrie, K. A., Carnahan, R. H., Brown, A. M., & Gould, K. L. (2017). Providing experiential business and management training for biomedical research trainees. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 16(3), ar51. doi: 10.1187/cbe.17-05-0074.

Ramadoss, D., Bolgioni, A.F., Layton, R.L., Alder, J., Lundsteen, N., Stayart, C.A.,  Yellin, J.B., Smart, C.L., Varvayanis, S.S. (2022). Using Stakeholder Insights to Enhance Engagement in PhD Professional Development. PLOS ONE. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262191

Schad, A.,* Layton, R. L.,* Ragland, D., & Cook, J. G. (2022). Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Mental health in medical and biomedical doctoral students during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic and racial protests. Elife, 11, e69960. Doi: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.69960

Schram, N.L., Flores-Scott, E. M., & Clasing-Manquian, P. (2023). Demographic characteristics of participants in graduate college professional and sociocultural development programming. Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, 14(2), 201-218. doi: 10.1108/SGPE-05-2022-0033

Sinche, M.,* Layton, R.L.,* Brandt, P.D., O’Connell, A.B., J.D. Hall, Freeman, A.M., Harrell, J.R., Cook, J.G., Brennwald, P. J. (2017). An evidence-based evaluation of transferrable skills and job satisfaction for science PhDs. PLOS One, 12(9): e0185023. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185023

Sherrer, K. J., & Prelip, M. L. (2019). A multifaceted approach to public health career and professional development training. Health promotion practice, 20(6), 932-940. Doi: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1524839918783744

Stayart, C. A., Brandt, P., Brown, A., Dahl, T., Layton, R.L., Petrie, K. A., Flores-Kim, E. N., Pena, C.G., Furhman, C.N., & Monsalve, G. C. (2020). Applying Inter-rater Reliability to Improve Consistency in Classifying PhD Career Outcomes [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]. F1000Research, 9(8), 8. doi: https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.21046.2

Subramanian, S., Hutchins, J. A., & Lundsteen, N. (2022). Bridging the gap: increasing collaboration between research mentors and career development educators for PhD and postdoctoral training success. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 33(2), pe1. DOI:10.1091/mbc.E21-07-0350

Van Wart, A., O’Brien, T.C., Varvayanis, S., Alder, J., Greenier, J., Layton, R.L., Stayart, C.A., Wefes, I., Brady, A.E. (2020). Applying Experiential Learning to Career Development Training for Biomedical Graduate Students and Postdocs: Perspectives on Program Development and Design. CBE—Life Sciences Education. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 19(3), es7. DOI: 10.1187/cbe.19-12-0270.

Van Wart, A., DjoriÄ, D.,+ D’Silva,+ D.M., Layton, R.L., Hardy, L.,+ Suelzer, E., Tetzlaff, J.E. (2023). An emerging field: An evaluation of biomedical graduate student and postdoctoral education and training research across seven decades. PLOS ONE, e0282262. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282262

Willis, D. S., & Schram, L. N. (2023). Graduate student diversity, equity and inclusion professional development. Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, 14(1), 63-82 doi: .https://doi.org/10.1108/SGPE-02-2022-0013

Young, C., Chesniak, O. M., Drane, D., Campa III, H., Green, N., Greenler, R.,Middlemis Maher J, McGee R, Nunez A, Goldberg BB, & Chobot Hokanson, S. (2020). Improving the design of an online course with virtual focus group feedback. F1000Research, 9, 1191. Doi: https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.26289.1


Footnotes:

* Note: Projects that evolved from GCC Committees and Initiatives.

** Note: Our bibliography includes peer-reviewed publications authored by current and former GCC members. We hope to include more formats soon!

*** Note: None of these lists are comprehensive, and inclusion on the list does not constitute endorsement of any particular work, the views of the authors are their own.



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