REU Site: Chemical Science Leadership Initiative (CSLI)

这一奖项由美国国家科学基金会化学部(CHE)和EPSCoR办公室颁发，支持特拉华大学卡尔·S·布克什和莎伦·罗佐夫斯基教授领导的本科生研究体验(REU)网站。该网站支持的研究项目名为“化学科学领导力倡议”(CSLI)，致力于培养残疾学生成为未来科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)的领导者。CSLI的活动涉及关于“独身地位”和“陈规定型威胁”的心理学和社会学研究，这些研究确定了作为大型组织中少数群体成员的负面后果，以及这些负面后果如何表现为在中学后教育中的表现和持久性下降。REU的目标是为学生提供积极的学习体验，传授在研究生院取得成功所需的知识和技能，尽管外部因素带来了额外的压力。CSLI将在最先进的实验室为本科生提供的研究经验与旨在为学生在研究生院取得成功做好准备的课堂材料相结合。现有的研究机会横跨化学的所有五个子学科。此外，研讨会系列和实地考察将为参与者提供更广泛的背景，以便他们规划职业生涯并就研究生的选择做出决定。在为期10周的暑期课程结束后，学生们将在接下来的春季美国化学学会全国会议和博览会上展示他们的研究成果，并将被邀请参加美国化学学会残疾人化学家委员会的会议和活动。在STEM中，残疾人是一个明显代表不足的少数群体。研究生院已经成为STEM残疾学生放弃升学的关键时刻。尽管10%的STEM本科专业和6%的STEM研究生患有残疾，但只有1%的STEM博士学位是由残疾学生获得的。REU网站还专注于指导助理教授在总体上与协调的外展计划合作，并具体指导残疾学生。在9名核心导师中，7名是助理教授，2名是正教授，他们将担任导师对学生和导师对导师的双重角色。评估将通过特拉华州教育研究和发展中心进行。

This award from the Division of Chemistry (CHE) and the EPSCoR Office at the National Science Foundation supports a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site led by professors Karl S. Booksh and Sharon Rozovsky at the University of Delaware. The research projects supported at this Site entitled "Chemical Sciences Leadership Initiative" (CSLI), is dedicated to preparing students with disabilities to become tomorrow's leaders in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The activities of CSLI address psychological and sociological studies on "solo status" and "stereotype threat" that identify the negative consequences of being a minority group member within a large organization and how the negative consequences manifest as decreased performance and persistence in post-secondary education. The goal of the REU is to provide the students with a positive learning experience that delivers the knowledge and skills required to succeed in graduate school despite added pressures derived from external factors. CSLI combines a research experience for undergraduates in a state-of-the-art laboratory with classroom material designed to prepare students for success in graduate school. Available research opportunities span all five sub-disciplines of Chemistry. Additionally, a seminar series and field trips will provide participants with a broader context from which to plan careers and make decisions on graduate school selection options. Following the 10-week summer session, students will present their research at the following spring American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition and will be invited to participate in the meeting and activities with the ACS Committee on Chemists with Disabilities.People with disabilities are a significantly underrepresented minority in STEM. Graduate school has become a critical juncture where STEM students with disabilities disproportionately abandon educational advancement. Although 10% of STEM undergraduate majors and 6% of STEM graduate students have disabilities, only 1% of STEM doctorates are earned by students with disabilities. The REU Site also focuses on mentoring assistant professors in working with coordinated outreach programs in general and mentoring students with disabilities in specific. Of the nine core mentors, seven are assistant professors and two are full professors who will serve dual roles as mentors-to-students and mentors-to-mentors. Assessment will be performed through the Delaware Education Research and Development Center.