2012 Academic Careers Workshop for Underrepresented Participants

德州农工大学提议举办职业指导研讨会，并评估其影响。指导活动对于教授的成功晋升是至关重要的，对于计算机领域中代表性不足的教员来说尤其需要。在大多数机构中，少数族裔教师或残疾教师的数量非常少，因此很难找到具有类似经历和背景的榜样和导师。为了解决这个问题，PI为代表性不足的参与者开发了一系列学术生涯指导讲习班。该系列于2005年开始，并于2007年至2011年由NSF BPC资助。学术生涯指导研讨会系列针对来自以下代表性不足群体的初级教师和高级研究生：非洲裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人、美洲原住民和残疾人。研讨会将包括来自这些小组的高级教师，他们可以作为榜样，并为计算机学术生涯提供行之有效的策略。根据这一建议，PI要求为继续开展和评估这些讲习班提供资金。研讨会将涵盖文化问题及其对诸如启动研究项目、建立网络和指导终身教职过程等主题的影响。小组成员将被要求解决诸如“维护一个人的身份”和“克服误解”等问题，这些问题解决了代表性不足的教师和潜在教师（或高级研究生）所特有的挫败感。例如，少数民族教师经常在维持自己文化的困境中挣扎，因为他们需要大量的时间来启动一个研究项目。此外，代表性不足的教师必须齐心协力，超越常规，寻找出口并支持类似种族的社区。这些问题可能导致幻想破灭，从而可能导致年轻教师选择学术界以外的其他职业机会。拟议的讲习班补充了现有的以性别为重点的妇女权利评估讲习班和不针对妇女或少数民族面临的问题的妇女权利评估讲习班。

Texas A&M proposes to run career mentoring workshops and assess their impact. Mentoring activities are critical for successful promotions in the professoriate, and they are particularly needed for underrepresented faculty in the field of computing. The number of minority faculty or faculty with disabilities at most institutions is very small, making it difficult to find role models and mentors with similar experiences and backgrounds. To address this problem, the PI has developed a series of Academic Career Mentoring Workshops for Underrepresented Participants. The series started in 2005 and has been funded by an NSF BPC grant from 2007 through 2011. The Academic Career Mentoring Workshop series targets junior faculty and senior graduate students from the following underrepresented groups: African American, Hispanic, Native American, and people with disabilities. The Workshops will include senior faculty from these groups that can serve as role models and present proven strategies for academic careers in computing. With this proposal, the PI requests funding to continue and to assess these workshops.The Workshops will cover cultural issues and their influence on topics such as starting a research program, networking, and navigating the tenure process. Panelists will be asked to address issues such as "Maintaining One's Identity" and "Overcoming Misconceptions," that address frustrations unique to underrepresented faculty and potential faculty (or senior graduate students). For example, ethnic minority faculty often struggle with the dilemma of maintaining one's culture given the significant time necessary to launch a research program. Further, underrepresented faculty must make a concerted effort, well beyond the norm, to find outlets and support communities of similar ethnicity. These problems can result in disillusionment that may result in young faculty choosing other career opportunities outside of academia. The proposed workshop complement the existing CRA-W Workshops, which focus on gender, and CRA Workshops, which do not target issues faced by women or ethnic minorities.