RSEC: Research Sites for Educators in Chemistry

威奇托州立大学（WSU）化学系由化学学部、MPS多学科活动办公室和EPSCOR在“化学教育工作者研究基地”（RSEC）计划下提供支持。Paul Rillema博士是首席研究员。威奇托州立RSEC计划将通过研究合作的发展，将其注意力集中在大约30所两年制和四年制的机构上。来自机构的至少两名教师将获得资助，在华盛顿州立大学进行一到两个学期和一个夏天的研究。威奇托州立RSEC的第二个组成部分是一个教学博士后项目，他们将参与两年或四年制大学的研究和教学培训。培训将由华盛顿州立大学教师和两年制和四年制教师参与者组成的团队提供。教学博士后研究员每学期将在华盛顿州立大学教职员工和两年制或四年制大学教职员工的指导下教授一门课程。教师参与者还将邀请一名来自其所在机构的有前途的学生作为团队成员在实验室与他们一起工作，从而促进团队在其所在机构的持续运作。最后，每位教学博士后将从华盛顿州立大学或两年制或四年制大学中选择一名本科生，学习指导本科生进行研究的技巧。化学教育工作者研究基地将参与的两年制学院、学士学院和硕士大学的教师与一个地理区域内的研究型大学的教师聚集在一起，以提高所有学术和研究机构的研究和教育机会，个人可以同时承担研究人员、教育工作者和学生的责任。在这里，所有人都可以共同努力，为教育注入发现的激情，并通过学习者视角的多样性丰富研究。像威奇托州立大学这样的RSECs提供了向更广泛的社区传播研究知识、技能、实践和伦理的机制，包括那些代表性不足的群体；协助参与机构发展可行的、可持续的研究项目；让参与机构的教师和学生参与进来，让教师和学生更广泛地参与进来。

The Chemistry Department of Wichita State University (WSU) is supported by the Chemistry Division, the MPS Office of Multidisciplinary Activities, and EPSCOR under the "Research Sites for Educators in Chemistry" (RSEC) program. Dr. D. Paul Rillema is the Principal Investigator. The Wichita State RSEC program will focus its attention on some 30 two- and four- year institutions via the development of research collaborations. A minimum of two faculty from institutions will receive support to spend one or two semesters and a summer at WSU doing research. A second component of the Wichita State RSEC is a program of teaching postdoctoral fellows who will be involved in research and trained for teaching in two- or four-year institutions. The training will be provided by a team of WSU Faculty and the two- and four-year faculty participants. The teaching postdoctoral fellows will teach one course per semester under the guidance of a WSU faculty member and from a two- or four-year institution faculty participant. The faculty participants will also invite one promising student from their institution to work alongside them as team members in the laboratory during the summer thus facilitating the continued functioning of the team at their home institutions. Finally, each teaching postdoctoral fellow will select an undergraduate student either from WSU or a two- or four-year institution to learn the ropes of directing undergraduate students in research.Research Sites for Educators in Chemistry bring together the faculty of participating two-year colleges, baccalaureate colleges, and master's universities with faculty at research universities within a geographic region to enhance the research and educational opportunities at all Academic and research institutions provide abundant opportunities where individuals may concurrently assume responsibilities as researchers, educators, and students, and where all can engage in joint efforts that infuse education with the excitement of discovery and enrich research through the diversity of learner perspectives. RSECs such as this one at Wichita State University provide mechanisms for disseminating the knowledge, skill, practices and ethics of research to a broader community, including those from underrepresented groups; assist in developing viable, sustainable research programs at participating institutions; and involve faculty and students at the participating institutions with a broader cross-section of faculty and students.