REU Site: A Summer Research Program that Integrates Deaf, Hearing and Sign Language Interpreting Participants to Advance Chemistry Research and to Enhance Science Communication

REU 网站：夏季研究计划，将聋哑人、听力正常人和手语翻译参与者结合起来，以推进化学研究并加强科学交流

• 批准号: 1757874
• 负责人: Kevin Caran
• 金额: $ 34万
• 依托单位: James Madison University
• 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: 2018-05-01 至 2023-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1757874&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Summer; Research; Program

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site award to James Madison University (JMU), located in Harrisonburg, VA, supports the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2018-2020. In this program, funded by the Division of Chemistry in the Mathematical and Physical Science Directorate, Professors Kevin Caran, Christine Hughey, and colleagues in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry host an REU site that integrates deaf, hard of hearing (D/HH), and sign language-interpreting students in chemical research. JMU faculty members provide research opportunities in all major sub-disciplines of chemistry, with expertise centered in synthesis, biophysical chemistry and materials. In addition, students participate in a series of professional development activities aimed at enhancing effective science communication with other chemists, scientists in other disciplines, the public, and those with communication disorders (e.g. deaf and hard-of-hearing). Participants include students and faculty from JMU and outside institutions that serve deaf students or institutions that do not have extensive research infrastructure. By involving students in all aspects of the research process, from experimental design to dissemination of results, this program aims to lower the barriers, particularly for D/HH students, that hinder the pursuit of graduate studies in STEM fields.The JMU Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry provides research opportunities for D/HH students and faculty. The students participate in a variety of research projects. Some examples include: the hydrogenation of carbon monoxide to formaldehyde, the development of hybrid materials for photovoltaic applications, and the use of molecular dynamics to elucidate the mechanisms of the binding of ubiquitin to its substrate protein. D/HH participants are supported with professional American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters and student interpreters in both professional and social settings. This immersive experience provides interpreting students the opportunity to learn and work in a science environment with the goal of developing professional interpreters with experience in the laboratory. In addition to the full-time student interpreters, additional ASL-interpreting students are invited to campus to observe the REU program for one week. The incorporation of these students expands the impact of the program by exposing a larger number of interpreting students to the challenges and opportunities involved in deaf communication in chemistry laboratories. All REU hearing participants, including faculty and students from outside colleges and universities, benefit from interactions with D/HH students and faculty, as hearing participants gain an appreciation for the challenges and opportunities associated with the inclusion of persons with disabilities. As a result of these interactions, this REU program aims to lower barriers for collaboration between these groups in the future.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

本科生（REU）网站授予詹姆斯麦迪逊大学（JMU），位于弗吉尼亚州哈里森堡，支持10名学生在2018年至2020年的夏季培训10周。在这个程序中，由化学在数学和物理科学理事会，教授凯文·卡兰，克莉丝汀休伊，和同事在化学和生物化学系主办的REU网站，整合聋人，听力困难（D/HH），和手语翻译学生在化学研究部门的部门资助。JMU教师提供化学的所有主要子学科的研究机会，以合成，生物物理化学和材料为中心的专业知识。此外，学生参加一系列专业发展活动，旨在加强与其他化学家，其他学科的科学家，公众和那些有沟通障碍的人（例如聋人和听力障碍者）的有效科学交流。参与者包括来自JMU和外部机构的学生和教师，这些机构为聋人学生或没有广泛研究基础设施的机构提供服务。通过让学生参与研究过程的各个方面，从实验设计到结果的传播，该计划旨在降低障碍，特别是D/HH学生，阻碍在STEM领域进行研究生学习。JMU化学和生物化学系为D/HH学生和教师提供研究机会。学生参加各种研究项目。一些例子包括：一氧化碳氢化为甲醛，光伏应用的混合材料的开发，以及使用分子动力学来阐明泛素与其底物蛋白质结合的机制。D/HH参与者在专业和社会环境中得到专业美国手语（ASL）口译员和学生口译员的支持。这种身临其境的体验为口译学生提供了在科学环境中学习和工作的机会，目标是培养具有实验室经验的专业口译员。除了全职学生口译员，额外的ASL口译学生被邀请到校园观察REU计划一周。这些学生的纳入扩大了该计划的影响，使更多的口译学生接触到化学实验室聋人交流所面临的挑战和机遇。所有REU听证会的参与者，包括教师和学生从外面的学院和大学，受益于与D/HH学生和教师的互动，作为听证会的参与者获得与残疾人的包容性相关的挑战和机遇的赞赏。由于这些互动，REU计划旨在降低这些团体之间未来合作的障碍。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并且通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响进行评估，被认为值得支持审查标准。

项目成果

Detection and quantification of transition metal leaching in metal affinity chromatography with hydroxynaphthol blue

• DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2019.113347
• 发表时间: 2019-10-01
• 期刊: ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY
• 影响因子: 2.9
• 作者: Kokhan, Oleksandr;Marzolf, Daniel R.
• 通讯作者: Marzolf, Daniel R.

Far-Infrared Synchrotron Spectroscopy of a Potentially Important Interstellar Isotopologue of Vinyl Alcohol: CH 2 CHOD

潜在重要的乙烯醇星际同位素体的远红外同步加速器光谱：CH 2 CHOD

• DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b11514
• 发表时间: 2019
• 期刊: The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
• 作者: Bunn, Hayley;Hull, Killian;Miller, Isaac;Raston, Paul L.
• 通讯作者: Raston, Paul L.

The Synchrotron-based Far-infrared Spectrum of Glycolaldehyde

基于同步加速器的乙醇醛远红外光谱

• DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/abde40
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
• 作者: Collier, Breanna;Krueger, Kristopher;Miller, Isaac;Zhao, Jianbao;Billinghurst, Brant E.;Raston, Paul L.
• 通讯作者: Raston, Paul L.

On the Possibility That Bond Strain Is the Mechanism of RING E3 Activation in the E2-Catalyzed Ubiquitination Reaction

• DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.2c00423
• 发表时间: 2022-06
• 期刊: Journal of chemical information and modeling
• 影响因子: 5.6
• 作者: Jay-Anne K. Johnson;I. Sumner

How Do Inorganic Students Represent Molecular Orbitals? A Multi-Institutional Study from the Foundation-Level Inorganic Chemistry Course

无机学生如何表示分子轨道？

• DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c00823
• 发表时间: 2024
• 期刊: Journal of Chemical Education
• 影响因子: 3
• 作者: Reisner, Barbara A.;Kinkaid, Melissa M.;Pratt, Justin M.;Bentley, Anne K.;Stewart, Joanne L.;Smith, Sheila R.;Raker, Jeffrey R.;Lin, Shirley
• 通讯作者: Lin, Shirley