Geo Opportunities for Leadership in Diversity (GOLD): Sparks for Change

多元化领导力的地理机会（金奖）：变革的火花

• 批准号: 1645453
• 负责人: Robert Kirsch
• 金额: $ 39.76万
• 依托单位: Arizona State University
• 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: 2016-10-01 至 2022-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1645453&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Geo; Opportunities; Leadership; Diversity; GOLD

Part ISparks for Change is an effort to increase the diversity of the geosciences by improving departmental culture and support of underrepresented minority (URM) faculty, using small groups as change agents. The diversity of faculty in the geosciences remains far below the population as a whole, and this has an effect on attracting and retaining a diverse student body. In this work we focus on improving the retention of underrepresented faculty by using small groups comprised of junior URM faculty interested in broadening participation (BP) efforts (?sparks?), more senior partners in the same departments (?partners?) and experienced broadening participation experts (?sponsors?) to drive change. We acknowledge that an underlying reason for a lack of focus on broadening participation efforts might be the institutional environment, where there is little departmental motivation to recognize or reward BP efforts in tenure and promotion, leading to a culture that does not view BP efforts as important, and an environment where URM faculty do not feel supported. An effective way to tackle this problem is with small groups with appropriate leadership training who are empowered and supported in developing departmental plans for changing the culture of their own department; and application of grounded theory to gather data that supports ongoing change.Part IISparks for Change is centered on a three-day workshop, with follow-up support, that will build a network of scholars focused on broadening participation in the geosciences, provide faculty with the leadership skills necessary to lead a departmental culture change and support for them in developing individualized plans for enacting change. The workshop will bring together ten small groups, comprised of a spark, partner and sponsor, from a range of different institution types, for training in leadership, sharing of broadening participation strategies and practical goal setting. Ongoing support, including evaluation of efforts, development of resources and alliance building will continue to empower the groups to enact change upon return to their institution. Sparks for Change is novel in its incorporation of small group theory as a framework for this change, and will provide us with an understanding of the effectiveness of this approach as well as insight into effective leadership practices and a set of concrete means for changing departmental culture to recognize and reward BP efforts. The goal of the program is to build a network of leaders in BP, a collection of tested strategies for improving departmental support for BP efforts, and a growing number of geoscience departments that are better equipped to attract and retain URM faculty and students, ultimately leading to a more diverse geoscience workforce.

ISparks for Change的一部分是通过改善部门文化和支持代表性不足的少数民族（URM）教师，利用小群体作为变革推动者，努力增加地球科学的多样性。地球科学教师的多样性仍然远远低于整体人口，这对吸引和留住多样化的学生群体产生了影响。在这项工作中，我们的重点是通过使用由对扩大参与感兴趣的URM初级教师（“火花”），同一部门的更多高级合作伙伴（“合作伙伴”）和经验丰富的扩大参与专家（“赞助商”）组成的小组来推动变革，从而提高代表性不足的教师的保留率。我们承认，缺乏对扩大参与努力的关注的一个潜在原因可能是制度环境，在制度环境中，院系几乎没有动力认可或奖励BP在任期和晋升方面的努力，导致了一种不认为BP努力重要的文化，以及URM教师感到不受支持的环境。解决这个问题的有效方法，是成立小组，接受适当的领导培训，并获授权和支援，以制订部门计划，改变本部门的文化；以及运用有根据的理论来收集支持正在进行的变化的数据。第二部分是一个为期三天的研讨会，并提供后续支持，该研讨会将建立一个学者网络，专注于扩大对地球科学的参与，为教师提供领导部门文化变革所需的领导技能，并支持他们制定实施变革的个性化计划。讲习班将汇集来自不同类型机构的10个小组，包括火花、伙伴和赞助者，培训领导能力、分享扩大参与战略和制定实际目标。正在进行的支助，包括对努力的评价、资源的开发和联盟的建立，将继续使这些团体在返回其机构后能够实施变革。《火花变革》的新颖之处在于，它将小团体理论作为变革的框架，并将为我们提供对这种方法有效性的理解，以及对有效领导实践的洞察，以及一套改变部门文化以认可和奖励BP努力的具体方法。该计划的目标是在英国石油公司建立一个领导网络，收集一系列经过测试的策略，以改善各部门对英国石油公司工作的支持，并使越来越多的地球科学部门能够更好地吸引和留住URM的教师和学生，最终形成一支更加多样化的地球科学劳动力队伍。

项目成果

Focusing on Leadership to Improve Diversity in the Geosciences

注重领导力以提高地球科学的多样性

• DOI: 10.1029/2018eo097357
• 发表时间: 2018
• 期刊: Eos
• 作者: Kirsch, Robert

Advancing inclusion in the geosciences: An overview of the NSF-GOLD program

推进地球科学的包容性：NSF-GOLD 计划概述

• DOI: 10.1080/10899995.2019.1647007
• 发表时间: 2019
• 期刊: Journal of Geoscience Education
• 作者: Posselt, Julie R.;Chen, Jason;Dixon, P. Grady;Jackson, Jerlando F.;Kirsch, Robert;Nuñez, Anne-Marie;Teppen, Brian J.
• 通讯作者: Teppen, Brian J.