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Workshops and an Attitudes Survey for Broadening Participation in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; January, 2017 and March, 2017; New Orleans, LA

扩大生态学和进化生物学参与的研讨会和态度调查；

基本信息

批准号：
1701086
负责人：
Henry Bart
金额：
$ 3.81万
依托单位：
Tulane University
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2017
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2017-01-01 至 2023-09-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1701086&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Workshops Attitudes Survey Broadening Participation

项目摘要

Researchers will explore reasons why black Americans ("blacks") rarely pursue careers in ecology and evolutionary biology, despite decades of investment by state and federal agencies to boost their participation in those and other fields of science. This project consists of two workshops and a survey. First, ecologists, evolutionary biologists, and social scientists will meet to develop a survey that will be sent to a large number of students, with the goal of understanding how they decide on various career paths. After analysis of the survey's results, a larger group of scientists and representatives from professional organizations will meet to reach consensus on the most important obstacles to students pursuing careers in ecology and evolutionary biology, and to propose new ways of assisting those students. This work is important because advancement of science depends on a diverse workforce to provide novel ideas that would remain undiscovered if all scientists had similar backgrounds.Previous research to understand the low participation of blacks in ecology and evolutionary biology suggests they have higher levels of religiosity than other underrepresented groups and that their reluctance may also hinge on misconceptions about evolution. The principal investigators (PIs) of this project hypothesize that lack of role models, lack of experience working in the outdoors, and cultural factors (e.g., religious beliefs, values) are barriers to inclusion, lowering blacks' sense of identity and belonging in the fields of ecology and evolutionary biology. To test this hypothesis, the PIs have developed a survey to assess the roles these factors play in shaping attitudes of undergraduate students to careers in different disciplines of science. Participants at a small initial workshop will rigorously review and assess the efficacy of the survey. After revisions are made, the survey will be administered to a large and diverse sample of students. Participants at a second workshop will review the results of survey and consider their implications for broadening participation in careers of science, with an emphasis on blacks and the disciplines of ecology and evolutionary biology.

研究人员将探索为什么美国黑人（“黑人”）很少从事生态学和进化生物学的职业，尽管几十年来州和联邦机构一直在投资促进他们参与这些和其他科学领域。这个项目包括两个工作坊和一个调查。首先，生态学家、进化生物学家和社会科学家将会面制定一份调查，该调查将发送给大量学生，目的是了解他们如何决定各种职业道路。在对调查结果进行分析后，一个由科学家和专业组织代表组成的更大的小组将开会，就学生从事生态学和进化生物学事业的最重要障碍达成共识，并提出帮助这些学生的新方法。这项工作很重要，因为科学的进步依赖于多样化的劳动力来提供新颖的想法，如果所有的科学家都有相似的背景，这些想法就不会被发现。先前对黑人在生态学和进化生物学中的低参与度的研究表明，他们比其他代表性不足的群体有更高的宗教信仰水平，他们的不情愿也可能取决于对进化的误解。该项目的主要研究者（pi）假设，缺乏榜样，缺乏户外工作经验，文化因素（如宗教信仰，价值观）是融入的障碍，降低了黑人在生态学和进化生物学领域的认同感和归属感。为了验证这一假设，pi开展了一项调查，以评估这些因素在塑造本科生对不同科学学科职业的态度方面所起的作用。在一个小型的初始研讨会上，参与者将严格审查和评估调查的有效性。在进行修订后，调查将被管理到一个大的和不同的学生样本。第二次讲习班的参加者将审查调查的结果，并考虑其对扩大科学事业参与的影响，重点是黑人以及生态学和进化生物学的学科。