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

该项目将举办为期两天的研讨会，研究黑人女孩和妇女的数学和计算身份。研讨会的目标是1)探索黑人女孩和女性在数学和计算机科学（CS）方面的交叉经历，2)开始理解数学和CS身份如何相互关联和相互通知，3)开始理解导致黑人女性在大学学习数学和CS的因素，以及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，探讨黑人女孩和女性在数学和计算机科学领域的成功轨迹。这次讲习班的结果将为支持扩大对计算和数学的参与的全国对话提供信息。该项目由STEM+C项目资助，该项目专注于跨学科和跨学科方法的研究和开发，以整合科学、技术、工程和数学教学中的计算，并支持学生如何学习计算思考以解决STEM领域的跨学科问题的研究。研讨会的贡献涉及增加计算机科学和数学思想和观点多样性的需要，特别是对黑人妇女而言。本次研讨会将不仅仅是通过以下方式来增加这些学科多样性的必要性：1)积极调查研究，将黑人女性与其他群体在计算机和数学方面的经历区分开来；2)对黑人女孩和女性茁壮成长的条件进行批判性分析；3)通过课程和经验的视角积极调查计算机科学与数学之间的关系；4)让黑人女孩和女性表达她们在计算机和数学方面与其他群体不同的经历。组织者将制作并分发一篇文章，描述研讨会、它的制定以及从讨论和互动中产生的发现。他们还将制作一段黑人女孩和妇女的录像，分享她们的个人经历如何影响她们的数学和计算机科学身份，以及她们对这些领域的兴趣和坚持。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值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.