Jerilyn Green

Hi! I am Jerilyn, and I am from the Virgin Islands. Currently, I am pursuing my doctorate in education and hope to use my experience at NSTEM to help interns and students appreciate and embrace science, technology, electronics, and mathematics (STEM) as career fields that transform personally and professionally. My undergraduate degree and Masters are in business. My first exposure to STEM courses and programs was in high school; I was a technology major. My knowledge of STEM was heightened as an undergraduate. In my undergraduate years, I had many friends and classmates who were STEM majors, and I got to see firsthand the benefits and the stress STEM majors endure while pursuing their degrees. Every college student strives for success while matriculating at their chosen institution. However, as I look back and read the current trends and events, some STEM majors seem increasingly overwhelmed with their studies.

Science, technology, electronics, and mathematics (STEM) may be intimidating for some students, and as a result, they may not be highly interested in these courses and programs and choose not to pursue them as a career or profession. Some students persist and succeed to the end in their majors, while some drop out. The pressure to succeed in college and university is a continuing challenge. Some students manage stress well, while some may not. I would like to understand better the enrollment, retention, and graduation rate of STEM students in STEM courses and programs. In researching, studying, and working with STEM students and professionals, I would like to understand more why some institutions can help some students persist successfully in completing their programs while some struggle. There is a high demand for STEM professionals, and I would like to encourage more high school and college students to embrace STEM as a lifelong profession.