A Study of the Career Patterns of African-American Doctoral Chemists: 1916-1990

非裔美国博士化学家职业模式研究：1916-1990

• 批准号: 9222547
• 负责人: Willie Pearson
• 金额: $ 8.25万
• 依托单位: Wake Forest University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1993
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1993-06-15 至 1996-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9222547&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Study; Career; Patterns; African; American

Professor Pearson is comparing the relative status of African- American and White doctoral chemists in the American scientific community. Previous studies of the career patterns of American chemists have not included racial status. This research seeks to contribute to this literature by examining the participation of African-Americans in chemistry. Professor Pearson is examining the career patterns of all African- Americans known to have earned chemistry doctorates. He and his student assistants are collecting data by means of a mailed questionnaire and personal interviews. The control group is comprised of White chemists matched on four criteria: (1) Ph.D.- granting department, (2) sex, (3) thesis advisor (where possible), and (4) research specialty. Professor Pearson is analyzing the data by means of bivariate and multivariate statistics. Because much of the existing knowledge of the role of race in science in general and chemistry in particular is unsystematic and anecdotal, the results of the study will advance our knowledge of the career patterns of African-American doctoral scientists. The results should provide data that permit scholars to revise our understanding the experiences of African- American chemists vis-a-vis their white counterparts. While this history cannot correct past wrongs, it can point the way to avoiding those mistakes in the future. And to the extent that recent policy has ameliorated past wrongs, the study should help to assess what works and does not work in the effort to create true equal opportunity within science.

皮尔逊教授正在比较非裔美国人和白人博士化学家在美国科学界的相对地位。之前对美国化学家职业模式的研究没有包括种族地位。这项研究试图通过考察非裔美国人参与化学的情况来为这一文献做出贡献。皮尔逊教授正在研究所有已知获得化学博士学位的非裔美国人的职业模式。他和他的学生助手正在通过邮寄的问卷和个人访谈的方式收集数据。控制组由符合四个标准的怀特化学家组成：(1)博士授予系，(2)性别，(3)论文顾问(如果可能)，和(4)研究专业。皮尔逊教授正在用双变量和多变量统计的方法分析数据。由于现有的关于种族在科学中的作用，特别是在化学中的作用的大部分现有知识是不系统的和轶事，这项研究的结果将促进我们对非裔美国博士生科学家职业模式的了解。这些结果应该会提供数据，让学者们修改我们对非裔美国化学家相对于白人化学家的经历的理解。虽然这段历史不能纠正过去的错误，但它可以为未来避免这些错误指明方向。鉴于最近的政策已经改善了过去的错误，这项研究应该有助于评估在创造科学领域真正平等机会的努力中，哪些有效，哪些无效。