HerStory is Our Story: Creating a Legacy Through Engineering and Other STEM Entrepreneurship

她的故事就是我们的故事：通过工程和其他 STEM 创业创造遗产

• 批准号: 1737384
• 负责人: Kimberly Scott
• 金额: $ 5万
• 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: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-03-15 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1737384&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: HerStory; Our; Story; Creating; Legacy

Within most engineering fields of study, women of color are underrepresented in higher education. They also tend to be underrepresented throughout the engineering workforce. A past report from the U.S. Small Business Administration illustrated that female STEM PhD recipients are less likely to participate in entrepreneurial activity, such as owning a business. The project's investigators, comprising the support of the Center for Gender Equity in Science and Technology and Office of Entrepreneurship + Innovation at Arizona State University, will organize a 2 1/2-day, Women of Color Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Entrepreneurship Conference to share different STEM entrepreneurial opportunities available to women of color and showcase the successes of women of color entrepreneurs in engineering and other STEM fields. Focused on three major strands (i.e., entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship, and implicit bias), the conference will comprise six plenary sessions, four breakout sessions featuring seminars and group dialogues, and networking and mentorship opportunities. The conference will offer women of color attendees important information that shatter myths and highlight important pitfalls that often stifle STEM entrepreneurship among women of color. Three objectives will shape the conference: (a) increasing the participation of women of color in STEM entrepreneurial experiences and small business enterprise; (b) advancing entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial student engagement; and (c) transforming the ways that entrepreneurship, in general, and engineering entrepreneurship, in particular, are viewed, taught and experienced in higher education. Qualitative data will be collected and analyzed to determine the impact of the conference on attendees and gauge if the conference achieved the intended objectives. From the qualitative data collection findings, strategies will be developed and disseminated to help institutions of higher learning and the STEM industry with encouraging and supporting women of color, especially with their entrepreneurial endeavors.

在大多数工程研究领域，有色人种女性在高等教育中的代表性不足。他们在整个工程队伍中的代表性也往往不足。美国小企业管理局（U.S. Small Business Administration）过去的一份报告表明，女性STEM博士学位获得者参与创业活动的可能性较小，比如拥有一家企业。该项目的研究人员在亚利桑那州立大学科技性别平等中心和创业+创新办公室的支持下，将组织为期两天半的有色人种女性科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）创业会议，分享有色人种女性可获得的不同STEM创业机会，并展示有色人种女性企业家在工程和其他STEM领域的成功。会议将聚焦三个主要领域（即创业、内部创业和隐性偏见），包括六场全体会议、四场分组会议，包括研讨会和小组对话，以及交流和指导机会。会议将为有色人种女性与会者提供重要信息，打破神话，突出经常阻碍有色人种女性在STEM领域创业的重要陷阱。会议将有三个目标：(a)增加有色人种女性在STEM创业经历和小型企业中的参与；(b)推进创业教育和创业学生参与；(c)改变在高等教育中看待、教授和体验创业精神，尤其是工程创业精神的方式。将收集和分析定性数据，以确定会议对与会者的影响，并衡量会议是否实现了预期目标。根据定性数据收集结果，将制定和传播战略，以帮助高等院校和STEM行业鼓励和支持有色人种女性，特别是她们的创业努力。