Collaborative Research: A Virtual Community of Practice to Promote LGBTQ Inclusion in Engineering

协作研究：促进 LGBTQ 融入工程的虚拟实践社区

• 批准号: 1748499
• 负责人: Stephanie Farrell
• 金额: $ 47.33万
• 依托单位: American Society For Engineering Education
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2023-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1748499&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Virtual; Community; Practice

Recent research on the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) individuals in engineering has shown that the climate can be unfriendly (or "chilly") for both students and professionals. This project aims to increase the inclusion of LGBTQ students and professionals in engineering. It will provide support for new approaches to foster inclusion and research on how to enable faculty and staff to become change agents. The project will identify issues faced by LGBTQ students and professionals in engineering, identify and implement strategies to create more welcoming engineering environments, and disseminate those strategies so that they can be expanded to a national level. Successful completion of this project will result in the implementation of policies and practices in engineering environments to increase inclusion and participation of LGBTQ students and professionals. In addition, it will determine the usefulness of a Virtual Community of Practice model for efforts such as this to address other societal issues.A chilly climate for LGBTQ individual can be found in every sector of STEM professions, where cultural norms and professional ideologies make it difficult to recognize and rectify exclusionary practices. One negative consequence of this chilly environment is difficulty in recruiting and retaining talented LGBTQ individuals into the engineering profession. This project uses qualitative research to generate new knowledge about the processes of developing a community of practice to promote LGBTQ inclusion in engineering, how the members of the community develop into change agents, and what strategies are effective in reshaping norms and increasing LGBTQ inclusion in engineering departments. The results will be translated into practice through the iterative refinement of Virtual Community of Practice activities and implementation of promising practices to advance LGBTQ inclusion in engineering departments. In addition, the research will be the basis of systematic development and formative refinement of an online SafeZone course to provide inclusion training to engineering students and professionals nationwide. The impact of this project will extend beyond the boundaries of engineering to STEM more broadly, as the Virtual Community of Practice members will include members from the various STEM fields.

最近对女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、变性人和酷儿（LGBTQ）在工程领域的经历进行的研究表明，对学生和专业人士来说，气候可能是不友好的（或“冷冰冰的的”）。 该项目旨在增加LGBTQ学生和工程专业人士的参与。它将为新的方法提供支持，以促进包容性和研究如何使教职员工成为变革的推动者。该项目将确定LGBTQ学生和工程专业人士面临的问题，确定和实施战略，以创造更受欢迎的工程环境，并传播这些战略，以便它们可以扩展到国家一级。 该项目的成功完成将导致工程环境中的政策和实践的实施，以增加LGBTQ学生和专业人士的包容性和参与。此外，它将确定一个虚拟社区的实践模式的有用性的努力，如这解决其他社会问题。LGBTQ个人的冷冰冰的气候可以在STEM专业的每一个部门发现，在文化规范和专业意识形态使其难以识别和纠正排他性的做法。 这种冷冰冰的环境的一个负面后果是很难招募和留住有才华的LGBTQ个人进入工程行业。该项目使用定性研究，以产生新的知识开发实践社区的过程中，以促进LGBTQ纳入工程，社区成员如何发展成为变革推动者，以及什么样的策略是有效的重塑规范和增加LGBTQ纳入工程部门。 结果将转化为实践，通过实践活动的虚拟社区的迭代完善和实施有前途的做法，以推动LGBTQ纳入工程部门。 此外，这项研究将是系统开发和在线安全区课程的形成完善的基础，为全国的工程专业学生和专业人士提供包容性培训。该项目的影响将超越工程的界限，更广泛地扩展到STEM，因为虚拟实践社区成员将包括来自各个STEM领域的成员。

项目成果

Work in Progress: Building a Safe Queer Community in STEM—It Takes a Village to Support a Village

正在进行的工作：在 STEM 中建立安全的酷儿社区——需要一个村庄来支持一个村庄

• DOI: 10.18260/1-2--35616
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference
• 作者: Cross, Kelly;Farrell, Stephanie;Chavela Guerra, Rocio
• 通讯作者: Chavela Guerra, Rocio

WIP: NSF-funded Activity in Support of the LGBTQ+ Community: Award Search Strategy and Selection Criteria

WIP：NSF 资助的支持 LGBTQ 群体的活动：奖项搜索策略和选择标准

• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference
• 作者: Sanchez, D. A.

Demographic Data Collection on LGBTQ+ Identities: Barriers and Motivations

LGBTQ 身份的人口统计数据收集：障碍和动机

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings
• 作者: Sanchez, Daniel;Chavela Guerra, Rocio;Farrell, Stephanie
• 通讯作者: Farrell, Stephanie

An Analysis of LGBTQ+ Courses: Recommendations for Developing Content for LGBTQ+ Individuals and Allies in Academia

LGBTQ 课程分析：为学术界 LGBTQ 个人和盟友开发内容的建议

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: ASEE Conference Proceedings
• 作者: Akinci-Ceylan, Secil;Chavela Guerra, Rocio;Farrell, Stephanie
• 通讯作者: Farrell, Stephanie