AAPA IDEAS Program: Increasing Diversity in Biological Anthropology

AAPA IDEAS 计划：增加生物人类学的多样性

• 批准号: 1516939
• 负责人: Susan Anton
• 金额: $ 16.02万
• 依托单位: American Association of Physical Anthropologists
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-01-15 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1516939&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: AAPA; IDEAS; Program; Increasing; Diversity

Increasing Diversity in Evolutionary Anthropological Sciences (IDEAS) is a major new initiative that aims to increase minority participation in the field of physical (biological) anthropology, a discipline that studies the variation and evolution of living humans, non-human primates and their extinct ancestors, and features researchers who provide insights on everything from forensic identification to human ergonomics to understanding climate influences on human systems. Although the discipline would seem to be in an ideal position to attract scientists from a variety of backgrounds, it is remarkably non-diverse, a lost opportunity in light of the scientific gains that are realized by groups working from multiple perspectives. By bringing together multiple perspectives, diverse teams lower their levels of confirmation bias and produce better scientific outcomes. In addition, fields with ethnically diverse researchers are more likely to have individuals who can successfully anticipate, recognize and navigate potentially delicate social and political issues, including those that are commonly encountered by our leading field investigators in countries across the globe. This project will build infrastructure to train and retain minority students currently in physical (biological) anthropology and create outreach programs to raise the discipline's visibility in minority communities. The program further provides for the enhancement of scientific education in K-12 classrooms through the development of teacher training, lesson plans and visiting scientist programs.A main focus of the IDEAS program is mentoring and outreach activities at the annual American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA) meeting, the main interchange of scientific information in the discipline. The IDEAS Workshop will bring minority and first generation college students to the AAPA meeting for a pre-meeting, science and mentoring workshop and networking activities throughout the meeting. IDEAS Faculty, matched with students based on scientific area, will serve as on-site and year-long mentors. Social media and community outreach efforts will aim to foster interest in human and primate biology and evolution. In conjunction with the annual meeting, IDEAS Scholars will participate in AAPA K-12 teacher training workshops and conduct classroom visits at local minority serving schools. IDEAS Scholars will also present science talks at local minority serving colleges. The IDEAS web portal links to social media, including a YouTube channel that will host video interviews with minority scientists (some in Spanish) about their scientific work and career path, and connect minority students with targeted research and training opportunities. The IDEAS team will partner with minority serving societies such as NESCent and SACNAS to bring physical anthropology to minority college communities and will develop promotional materials including a booklet entitled How I Became A Physical Anthropologist (in English and Spanish) to engage school-age children. The Broader Impacts infrastructure will offer a variety of means for partner scientists to build and expand their own Broader Impacts program and develop synergies between Broader Impact programs across the discipline. This infrastructure includes the web portal for connecting their research opportunities with minority students, satellite IDEAS Workshops, topical video production for a YouTube channel, and class lesson plan development for our visiting classroom library. The influence of our programs on the AAPA and discipline will also be monitored via yearly demographic and climate surveys of the membership and will be assessed by a professional evaluator for effectiveness.

增加进化人类学科学的多样性（IDEAS）是一项重大的新举措，旨在增加少数群体对体质（生物）人类学领域的参与，该领域是一门研究活人类、非人类灵长类动物及其灭绝祖先的变异和进化的学科，其特色是研究人员提供从法医鉴定到人体工程学到了解气候对人类系统的影响等各个方面的见解。 尽管该学科似乎处于吸引来自不同背景的科学家的理想位置，但它明显缺乏多样性，鉴于从多个角度工作的团体所实现的科学成果，这是一个失去的机会。通过汇集多种观点，不同的团队可以降低确认偏差的水平并产生更好的科学成果。此外，具有多元化研究人员的领域更有可能拥有能够成功预测、识别和解决潜在微妙社会和政治问题的个人，包括我们在全球各国的领先实地调查人员经常遇到的问题。 该项目将建设基础设施，以培训和留住目前从事体质（生物）人类学研究的少数族裔学生，并制定推广计划，以提高该学科在少数族裔社区的知名度。 该计划还通过制定教师培训、课程计划和访问科学家计划，进一步加强 K-12 课堂的科学教育。 IDEAS 计划的主要重点是美国体质人类学家协会 (AAPA) 年度会议上的指导和外展活动，该会议是该学科中科学信息的主要交流场所。 IDEAS 研讨会将带领少数族裔和第一代大学生参加 AAPA 会议，参加会前、科学和指导研讨会以及整个会议期间的社交活动。 IDEAS 教师将与基于科学领域的学生相匹配，担任现场导师，为期一年。社交媒体和社区外展工作将旨在培养对人类和灵长类动物生物学和进化的兴趣。 结合年会，IDEAS Scholars 将参加 AAPA K-12 教师培训研讨会，并在当地少数族裔服务学校进行课堂参观。 IDEAS 学者还将在当地少数族裔服务的大学举办科学讲座。 IDEAS 门户网站链接到社交媒体，包括一个 YouTube 频道，该频道将举办对少数族裔科学家（一些用西班牙语）的视频采访，了解他们的科学工作和职业道路，并将少数族裔学生与有针对性的研究和培训机会联系起来。 IDEAS 团队将与 NESCent 和 SACNAS 等少数族裔服务协会合作，将体质人类学引入少数族裔大学社区，并将开发宣传材料，包括一本题为《我如何成为体质人类学家》（英语和西班牙语）的小册子，以吸引学龄儿童。更广泛影响基础设施将为合作伙伴科学家提供多种手段来建立和扩展他们自己的更广泛影响计划，并在整个学科的更广泛影响计划之间发展协同作用。 该基础设施包括用于将少数族裔学生的研究机会与他们联系起来的门户网站、卫星 IDEAS 研讨会、YouTube 频道的专题视频制作以及为我们来访的课堂图书馆制定课程计划。我们的计划对 AAPA 和纪律的影响也将通过每年对会员进行的人口和气候调查进行监测，并由专业评估员评估其有效性。