TABLE 1.

Interview questions

1. How did you hear about the study? What motivated you to participate in the study?

2. Could you give me a brief summary of your academic background, and what is it that you are currently doing?

3. Have you ever felt like an impostor? What were some of the events around the first time you felt like an impostor?

4. What does it mean to feel like an impostor? How does it feel?

5. How did your identity as a Native American shape your impostor experiences? Do you hold other identities that make you feel like an impostor?

6. What are some of the situational or environmental factors during STEM training contributing to impostor phenomenon? Could you talk about the academic environment that might trigger impostor feelings?

7. Are there personal factors that make you feel like an impostor? Specifically, do you think family plays a role in your experience of impostor phenomenon?

8. Is there anything about your workplace interactions that make you feel like an impostor?

9. How does the phenomenon manifest in your day-to-day life?

10. Do you talk about your impostor feelings? [With whom?] Or do you mostly keep them to yourself?

11. What could happen differently that you will not feel like an impostor?

12. Is there anything else you would like to share that we haven’t discussed? Do you have any questions for me?

[I thank the participants for their time.]