Identity Trajectories of Faculty Members through Interdisciplinary STEAM Collaboration Paired with Public Communication
, Renee Pelan 2, Rachel L. Kajfez 3, Cassie Wallwey 4,*, Abigail M. Clark 5 and Sathya Gopalakrishnan 6
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsSee attached.
Comments for author File: 
Comments.pdf
Minor typos to correct:
Page 7, Line 231 - Comfortability is not a word; replace with comfort
Page 7, Line 236 - 238 - the sentence about pandemic impact is a bit difficult to parse. Consider rewording.
Page 7, line 257 - trajectory. first describe --> needs editing
Page 10, line 366 - already familiar *with*.
Page 10, line 392 - meaningful only has one l
Page 10, line 399 - use of facultys' seems a bit odd-- maybe instead "faculty members'"
Page 13, lines 513- 518 - the sentence starting with "Faculty reported" is quite long and difficult to parse. Consider splitting into 2-3 sentences.
Author Response
Please see attached document
Author Response File: Author Response.pdf
Reviewer 2 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsThis is a well-written and innovative paper in the field of STEAM education.
To further improve the paper, please find below the following suggestions:
Context: add more context to the paper as "urban city in the Midwest" might not be clear to all readers.
The literature review needs to be extended. Currently, the only literature on the subject appears in the introduction.
The reader might ask why the authors only report in 2024 on a study conducted from 2019 - June 2021, when the exit interviews took place. Explain this.
The conclusion: In the conclusion, refer back to the research question in lines 70 - 71 and ensure it is answered. Also, add a sentence or two with suggestions for further/more research on the topic.
Best wishes.
Comments on the Quality of English LanguageThe manuscript needs to be checked for minor language errors. See, for example, lines 285 - 286.
Author Response
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Author Response File: Author Response.pdf
Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsThank you for taking my feedback into account - I hope you feel that it strengthened your paper.
Author Response
Yes! We greatly appreciate your feedback and do believe it strengthened the quality of the paper and made it clearer for audiences. Thank you for your time and feedback!
