Collaborative Research: Exploring the Intersectional Relationship Between Mathematics and Computing Identities for Black Girls and Women

该项目将举办一个为期两天的研讨会，研究黑人女孩和女性的数学和计算身份。研讨会的目标是1)探索黑人女孩和妇女在数学和计算机科学(CS)方面的交叉经历，2)开始了解数学和CS身份是如何联系和相互影响的，3)开始了解导致黑人女性在大学学习数学和CS的因素，4)围绕这些问题建立更广泛的研究议程。研讨会将汇集思想领袖，考察黑人女孩和妇女在数学和计算机科学方面的成功轨迹。这一讲习班的结果将为全国对话提供信息，以支持扩大对计算和数学的参与。该项目由STEM+C计划资助，该计划专注于研究和开发跨学科和跨学科的方法，将计算整合到科学、技术、工程和数学教学中，并支持研究学生如何学习计算思维，以解决STEM领域的跨学科问题。讲习班的贡献在于需要增加计算机科学和数学领域的思想和观点的多样性，特别是对黑人妇女而言。这次研讨会将不仅仅是通过以下方式增加这些学科的多样性的论述：1)积极调查研究，将黑人妇女在计算机和数学领域的经历与其他群体区分开来；2)对黑人女孩和妇女成长的条件进行批判性分析；3)通过课程和经验镜头积极调查计算机科学和数学之间的关系；以及4)让黑人女孩和妇女阐述使她们在计算机和数学领域有别于其他群体的经验。组织者将编写并分发一篇文章，描述研讨会、研讨会的实施以及讨论和互动得出的结果。他们还将制作一段黑人女孩和妇女的视频，分享她们的个人经历如何影响她们的数学和CS身份，以及她们在这些领域的兴趣和坚持性。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project will conduct a two-day workshop examining black girls' and women's mathematics and computing identities. The goals of the workshop are to 1) explore the intersectional experiences of black girls and women in math and computer science (CS), 2) begin to understand how math and CS identities relate and inform each other, 3) start understanding factors that lead black women to study math and CS in college, and 4) establish a more extensive research agenda around these issues. The workshop will bring together thought leaders to examine the trajectories of success for black girls and women in mathematics and CS. The results of this workshop will inform the national dialogue in support of broadening participation in both computing and mathematics. The project was funded by the STEM+C program, which focuses on research and development of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches to the integration of computing within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics teaching and learning and supports research on how students learn to think computationally to solve interdisciplinary problems in the STEM fields. The contributions of the workshop address the need to increase the diversity of ideas and perspectives in computer science and mathematics, particularly for black women. This workshop will go beyond simply adding to the discourse for the need to increase diversity in these disciplines by 1) actively investigating research to differentiate the experiences of black women from other groups in computing and mathematics, 2) providing a critical analysis of the conditions under which black girls and women thrive, 3) actively investigating the relationship between computer science and mathematics through both curricular and experiential lenses, and 4) engaging black girls and women to articulate the experiences that differentiate them from other groups in computing and mathematics. The organizers will create and distribute an article describing the workshop, its enactment and the findings that emerge from the discussion and interaction. They will also develop a videography of black girls and women sharing how their personal experiences affect their math and CS identities as well as their interest and persistence in these fields.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.