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.

在进化人类学中增加多样性（IDEAS）是一项重要的新倡议，旨在增加少数民族在物理（生物）人类学领域的参与，这是一门研究活着的人类，非人类灵长类动物及其灭绝祖先的变异和进化的学科，并以研究人员为特色，从法医鉴定到人体工程学，再到了解气候对人类系统的影响。尽管这门学科似乎处于吸引来自各种背景的科学家的理想位置，但它明显缺乏多样性，与从多种角度工作的小组所实现的科学成果相比，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他们的确认偏差水平，并产生更好的科学成果。此外，拥有不同种族研究人员的领域更有可能拥有能够成功预测、识别和驾驭潜在微妙的社会和政治问题的个人，包括那些我们在全球各国的领先实地调查人员经常遇到的问题。该项目将建立基础设施，以培训和留住目前学习物理（生物）人类学的少数族裔学生，并创建外展项目，以提高该学科在少数族裔社区的知名度。该方案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教室的科学教育。IDEAS计划的一个主要重点是在美国体质人类学家协会（AAPA）年度会议上进行指导和推广活动，这是该学科科学信息的主要交流。IDEAS研讨会将邀请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会议期间的网络活动。IDEAS教师将与科学领域的学生相匹配，作为现场和为期一年的导师。社会媒体和社区外展努力将旨在培养对人类和灵长类生物和进化的兴趣。在年会的同时，IDEAS学者将参加AAPA K-12教师培训研讨会，并在当地少数民族学校进行课堂访问。IDEAS学者还将在当地少数民族大学进行科学讲座。IDEAS门户网站链接到社交媒体，包括一个YouTube频道，该频道将对少数族裔科学家（其中一些是西班牙语）进行视频采访，介绍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等少数民族服务社团合作，将体质人类学带到少数民族大学社区，并将编写宣传材料，包括一本名为《我如何成为一名体质人类学家》的小册子（英语和西班牙语），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，以建立和扩展他们自己的“更广泛影响”项目，并在跨学科的“更广泛影响”项目之间发展协同效应。这些基础设施包括将他们的研究机会与少数民族学生联系起来的门户网站、卫星创意研讨会、为YouTube频道制作专题视频，以及为我们来访的课堂图书馆开发课堂课程计划。我们的项目对AAPA和学科的影响也将通过对会员的年度人口和气候调查来监测，并将由专业评估人员对有效性进行评估。