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.

增加进化人类学多样性(IDEAS)是一项重大的新倡议，旨在增加少数群体在物理(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已灭绝的祖先的变异和进化的学科，其特点是研究人员提供从法医鉴定到人类工效学到了解气候对人类系统的影响等方方面面的见解。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，但它显然不是多样化的，考虑到从多个角度工作的团队实现的科学成果，这是一个错失的机会。通过将多个视角结合在一起，不同的团队降低了他们的确认偏差水平，并产生了更好的科学结果。此外，具有不同种族研究人员的领域更有可能拥有能够成功预测、识别和驾驭潜在敏感的社会和政治问题的个人，包括我们在全球各国的领先现场调查人员经常遇到的问题。该项目将建设基础设施，以培训和留住目前正在攻读物理(生物)人类学的少数族裔学生，并创建推广计划，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、教案和访问科学家计划来加强K-12课堂的科学教育。IDEAS计划的一个主要重点是在美国体育人类学家协会(AAPA)年度会议上进行指导和外联活动，这是该学科中科学信息的主要交流。IDEAS工作坊将把少数族裔和第一代大学生带到AAPA会议，在整个会议期间进行会前会议、科学和指导研讨会以及网络活动。IDEAS学院将与以科学领域为基础的学生相匹配，担任现场和为期一年的导师。社交媒体和社区推广工作将旨在培养人们对人类和灵长类生物学和进化的兴趣。在年会期间，IDEA学者将参加AAPA K-12教师培训工作坊，并在当地为少数族裔服务的学校进行课堂访问。IDEAS学者还将在当地少数族裔服务的大学进行科学演讲。Ideas门户网站链接到社交媒体，包括YouTube频道，该频道将主持对少数族裔科学家(有些是西班牙语科学家)的视频采访，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等少数族裔服务协会合作，将体质人类学带到少数族裔大学社区，并将开发宣传材料，包括题为《我如何成为体质人类学家》的小册子(英文和西班牙文)，以吸引学龄儿童参与。更广泛的影响基础设施将为合作科学家提供各种手段，以建立和扩大他们自己的更广泛的影响计划，并在跨学科的更广泛的影响计划之间发展协同效应。这一基础设施包括用于将他们的研究机会与少数族裔学生联系起来的门户网站、卫星想法研讨会、为YouTube频道制作主题视频，以及为我们访问的教室图书馆制定课堂计划。我们的项目对AAPA和纪律的影响也将通过对成员的年度人口和气候调查进行监测，并将由专业评估人员进行有效性评估。