Emerging Leaders in Engineering Workshop and Travel Grant

在工程领域，女性教授很少，尤其是有色人种女性。该项目解决了扩大工程参与的主要障碍，并与当前国家科学基金会扩大STEM整体参与的目标密切相关。该项目主要关注有色人种女性，包括创建一个为期1天的研讨会，目标人群是工程领域代表性不足的博士生、博士后、助理教授和副教授（例如，非洲裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人和印第安人）。这项工作的一个关键目标是为上述群体提供具体的专业发展，以帮助培养对工程教授的更大准备和欣赏，并为与全国其他同事建立网络和信息共享创造更多机会。研讨会的其他目标集中在领导力、指导和工作与生活的平衡上。该项目包括强大的研究和评估组成部分，旨在产生重要信息，以改善工程专业有色人种女性的招聘和保留。它还包括开发一个全面的网站，提供有关讲习班的信息，并宣传参加讲习班的成果。

In engineering, there is a dearth of women in the professoriate, especially women of color. This project addresses a major impediment to broadening participation in engineering and is closely aligned with current National Science Foundation goals to broaden participation in STEM overall. With a primary focus on women of color, this project involves creating a 1-day workshop targeting underrepresented doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows, assistant professors, and associate professors in engineering (e.g., African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans). A key objective of the effort is to provide the aforementioned groups with specific professional development to help foster greater preparation and appreciation for the engineering professoriate and create more opportunities for networking and information sharing with other colleagues around the nation. Other objectives of the workshop focus on leadership, mentoring, and work-life balance. The project includes strong research and evaluation components that aim to generate important information to improve recruitment and retention of women of color in the engineering professoriate. It also includes the development of a comprehensive website to provide information about the workshop and to promote the results from workshop participation.