Work in progress: A mixed methods approach to better understand researcher identity

This Work-in-Progress (WIP) paper details a mixed method approach to explore undergraduate student researcher identity. In recent years, the concept of engineering identity has increased in usage in engineering education as a factor affecting undergraduate engineering students' career choices and persistence in the field. While this expansion has laid a foundation of understanding, additional research using mixed methods to analyze identity is needed as mixed methods can provide both general trends and deeper insights into students' identities. Our constructivist-framed research contributes to this understanding by exploring engineering students' research experiences through an interweaving of quantitative survey data and connected qualitative interviews. By integrating quantitative and qualitative data, we can better understand students' researcher identities and ultimately better support their research academic and career choices.