ADVANCE Partnership: From the Classroom to the Field: Improving the Workplace in the Geosciences

ADVANCE 合作伙伴关系：从课堂到现场：改善地球科学的工作场所

基本信息

批准号：
1726021
负责人：
Allison Mattheis
金额：
$ 6.93万
依托单位：
California State L A University Auxiliary Services Inc.
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：
2017-08-01 至 2022-07-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1726021&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
ADVANCE Partnership Classroom Field Improving

项目摘要

This project addresses the need for safe and productive STEM education and research workplaces for each and every person studying and working in STEM. The project will likely result in systemic change in the geosciences and may become a model for other STEM disciplines. The focus is on the geosciences because it includes field work expectations and is one of the least diverse of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. The project will develop bystander intervention workshops for department heads, chairs, and faculty to reduce incidents of sexual harassment and to properly handle it if it happens. The partners include experts from scientific and professional societies in geoscience, education, and professional development. The project team has experience leading successful professional development programs for faculty and early-career scientists. The project will transform teaching of research ethics of current and future geoscientists by addressing sexual harassment as scientific misconduct. The partnering organizations include: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Brown University, California State Los Angeles, Colorado College, University of California Merced, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Earth Science Women's Network (ESWN), and the Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG). The project will generate systemic change for gender equity in the geosciences through development of tested bystander intervention workshops for department heads, chairs, and faculty to appropriately respond to, prevent, and eliminate sexual harassment. The novel contributions of the proposed activities include: 1) Designing a community-based approach to bystander intervention training for women and men academic leaders; 2) Updating curriculum for the ethical conduct of research to include sexual harassment as scientific misconduct; and 3) Incorporating geoscience-relevant scenarios into training and teaching materials, including field research and educational settings. The project aims to improve workplace climate at the institutional level, structurally, and individually. At the institution level by directly addressing academic cultures through the leadership of scientific societies and institutions. At the structural level through policies and processes that guide professional conduct and response to misconduct. At the individual level through education and empowerment of women and men with strategies for intervening in various situations of misconduct. The training material will include attention to the unique challenges faced by women with intersectional identities. The collaborations with professional STEM society partners will facilitate national dissemination, implementation, and sustainability. The model developed and tested in this project will be shared as a model for other STEM disciplines and could result in broader systemic change in the culture of STEM.The NSF ADVANCE program is designed to foster gender equity through a focus on the identification and elimination of organizational barriers that impede the full participation and advancement of women faculty in academic institutions. Organizational barriers that inhibit equity may exist in policies, processes, practices, and the organizational culture and climate.

该项目解决了对每个在STEM中学习和工作的人的安全和生产性STEM教育和研究工作场所的需求。该项目可能会导致地球科学的系统性变化，并可能成为其他STEM学科的模型。重点放在地球科学上，因为它包括现场工作期望，并且是科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）领域中最少的多样化之一。该项目将为部门负责人，主席和教职员工开发旁观者干预研讨会，以减少性骚扰事件，并在发生时正确处理。合作伙伴包括来自地球科学，教育和专业发展的科学和专业社会的专家。该项目团队具有领导着领导的教师和早期职业科学家的成功专业发展计划。该项目将通过将性骚扰作为科学不当行为来改变当前和未来地球科学家的研究伦理教学。合作组织包括：威斯康星大学 - 麦迪逊分校，布朗大学，加利福尼亚州洛杉矶，科罗拉多大学，加利福尼亚大学梅赛大学，美国地球物理联盟（AGU），地球科学妇女网络（ESWN）和女性地球科学家协会（AWG）。该项目将通过为部门负责人，椅子和教职员工开发测试的旁观者干预讲习班来为地球科学中的性别平等带来系统性变化，以适当应对，预防和消除性骚扰。拟议活动的新颖贡献包括：1）设计一种基于社区的方法，以针对男女学术领导者设计旁观者干预培训； 2）更新课程以进行研究的道德行为，以包括性骚扰为科学不当行为； 3）将与地球科学相关的场景纳入培训和教材，包括现场研究和教育环境。该项目旨在在结构和单独的机构层面上改善工作场所的气候。在机构层面，通过科学社会和机构的领导直接解决学术文化。在结构层面，通过指导专业行为和对不当行为的反应的政策和过程。在个人层面上，通过教育和赋予男女权力，采取策略，以干预各种不当行为。培训材料将关注具有交叉身份的妇女面临的独特挑战。与专业STEM社会合作伙伴的合作将促进民族传播，实施和可持续性。在该项目中开发和测试的模型将作为其他STEM学科的模型共享，并可能导致STEM文化的更广泛的系统性变化。NSFAdvance计划旨在通过关注和消除组织障碍的识别和消除组织障碍，从而促进性别平等，从而促进女性教师在学术机构中的全面参与和进步。抑制公平的组织障碍可能存在于政策，过程，实践以及组织文化和气候中。