Thank you to the graduate student participants who generously shared their experiences and perspectives with us for this work. This work would not be possible without the substantial assistance from the faculty instructor and the lab coordinator associated with the CURE, who were critical in facilitating our on-site case studies. Thank you to two anonymous reviewers whose feedback helped to improve this work. This work was supported by a Faculty Enhancement Award to E.E.S. (2019–2021, PSU) and the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (E.C.G.; Fellow ID no. 2018265867). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.