Increasing Participation of Underrepresented Minorities in the Geosciences by Supporting the Faculty Who Teach Them

通过支持教授他们的教师来增加代表性不足的少数群体对地球科学的参与

• 批准号: 1108210
• 负责人: Heather Houlton
• 金额: $ 18.26万
• 依托单位: American Geological Institute
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-09-15 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1108210&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Increasing; Participation; Underrepresented; Minorities; Geosciences

The American Geological Institute is working to increase the number of highly successful geoscience faculty members from underrepresented communities, with a longer term goal of increasing the diversity of the student population engaged in geoscience education and career paths. This project is addressing the key issue of supporting faculty members who are able to serve effectively as role models and mentors to underrepresented minority students, while also maximizing their own professional success. The project is engaging underrepresented minority geoscience faculty at all institutions and all geoscience faculty at minority serving institutions (MSIs). Thirty (30) early career faculty and future faculty graduate students are participating in a 2.5 day workshop pilot focused on enhancing research productivity, instructional excellence, and service to the profession. The workshop pilot, which is based on a successful model implemented by the National Academy of Engineering, includes research and grant-writing advice, networking, career opportunities from professional societies, and teaching resources, as well as targeted interactions to evaluate the unique challenges faced by underrepresented minorities in the geoscience community. Participants are nominated by their departments or invited by the conveners to become leaders in the community working towards improving diversity in the geosciences. Follow-on interactions to measure the longitudinal impact of the workshop on participant success and to evaluate changes in their perception and/or experience regarding what were identified as unique issues facing underrepresented minority faculty are included. As a persistent resource following the workshop, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is incorporating video segments from the presentations and discussions into its "PI Guide" website, which serves as a virtual community for current and aspiring PIs to share resources and best practices in developing and managing an academic career. Workshop conveners will maintain support for the participants through follow-up meetings at two professional society annual meetings.

美国地质研究所正在努力增加来自代表性不足社区的非常成功的地球科学教师的数量，其长期目标是增加从事地球科学教育和职业道路的学生群体的多样性。该项目正在解决支持教师的关键问题，他们能够有效地作为榜样和导师，以代表性不足的少数民族学生，同时也最大限度地提高自己的职业成功。该项目正在吸引所有机构中代表性不足的少数民族地球科学教师和少数民族服务机构的所有地球科学教师。 三十（30）早期职业教师和未来的教师研究生正在参加为期2.5天的研讨会试点，重点是提高研究生产力，卓越的教学和服务的专业。该讲习班试点项目以美国国家工程院实施的一个成功模式为基础，包括研究和赠款撰写建议、网络、专业协会的职业机会和教学资源，以及有针对性的互动，以评估地球科学界代表性不足的少数群体所面临的独特挑战。参与者由其部门提名或由召集人邀请，成为致力于提高地球科学多样性的社区领导者。后续的互动，以衡量参与者成功的研讨会的纵向影响，并评估他们的看法和/或经验的变化，就什么被确定为代表性不足的少数民族教师面临的独特问题。 作为研讨会之后的一项长期资源，美国国家工程院（NAE）正在将演讲和讨论的视频片段纳入其“PI指南”网站，该网站为当前和有抱负的PI提供了一个虚拟社区，以分享发展和管理学术生涯的资源和最佳实践。讲习班召集人将通过在两次专业学会年会上举行后续会议，继续支持与会者。