The Diversity Project-A Transformative Field Research Experience That Engages Students by Empowering Them to Conduct Original Marine Research.

多样性项目——一种变革性的实地研究体验，通过赋予学生进行原创海洋研究的能力来吸引他们。

• 批准号: 1823461
• 负责人: Paul Barber
• 金额: $ 43.2万
• 依托单位: University of California-Los Angeles
• 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: 2018-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1823461&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Diversity; Project; Transformative; Field; Research

Studies show that more diverse workforces perform better and enhance overall productivity. However, diversity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is much lower than U.S. demographics, representing a growing threat to the competitiveness of the U.S. science and technology sector. This project focuses on improving the success and persistence of underrepresented minorities (URMs) in science, specifically marine science. The innovation of this work is that, rather than students working on projects developed and assigned by research faculty, faculty will mentor students through the entire process of developing, designing and conducting their own research. Preliminary results indicate that not only does this student-centered model result in students being more likely to self-identify as scientists, they also produce research of publishable caliber. As a result, students stay in science and continue into graduate school and careers in STEM, helping diversify our STEM workforce and transforming the next generation of marine scientists. Underrepresented minorities (URMs) are significantly less likely to participate in STEM careers than other ethnicities, particularly within the geosciences. This pattern is partially a result of the fact that field experiences, a foundational activity that promotes retention and fosters careers in geosciences, can often be exclusionary towards women and URMs. The Diversity Project (TDP), founded in 2005, was designed to increase diversity in marine science by providing a transformative international undergraduate research experience for URMs. Until 2012, TDP employed a traditional top-down research experience for undergraduates (REU) model where students work on a subset of the PI's research. However, beginning in 2013, TDP implemented a novel bottom-up, student-centered approach that focused on maximizing student engagement, exploration, and excitement. Rather than being assigned projects, students are mentored through the process of scientific inquiry, starting with observations, formulating hypotheses, and ending with designing and conducting their own research to test those hypotheses. Preliminary research suggests that this bottom-up model results in more students publishing their research, higher participation in national and international scientific conferences, and increased interest in graduate school compared to the traditional top-down REU model. This proposal has two primary goals: 1) To compare the efficacy of bottom-up and top-down REU field programs in advancing the success of underrepresented minority students in the geosciences through comparison of long-term metrics of student success; 2) To assess the impacts (both quantitatively and qualitatively) of bottom-up and top-down summer field research programs on the success of URM students in the geosciences.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.

研究表明，更多样化的劳动力表现更好，并提高整体生产力。 然而，科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）的多样性远低于美国的人口统计数据，这对美国科技部门的竞争力构成了越来越大的威胁。该项目的重点是提高科学，特别是海洋科学中代表性不足的少数民族（URM）的成功和持久性。这项工作的创新之处在于，而不是学生在研究教师开发和分配的项目上工作，教师将通过开发，设计和进行自己的研究的整个过程来指导学生。初步结果表明，这种以学生为中心的模式不仅使学生更有可能自我认同为科学家，而且还产生了可持续的研究成果。因此，学生留在科学，并继续进入研究生院和职业生涯在干，帮助我们的干劳动力多样化，并改变下一代海洋科学家。代表性不足的少数民族（URM）参与STEM职业的可能性明显低于其他种族，特别是在地球科学领域。这种模式部分是由于实地经验，一个基本的活动，促进保留和促进地球科学的职业生涯，往往是排斥妇女和URMs的。多样性项目（TDP）成立于2005年，旨在通过为URM提供变革性的国际本科生研究经验来增加海洋科学的多样性。直到2012年，TDP采用了传统的自上而下的本科生研究经验（REU）模型，学生在PI的研究的一个子集上工作。然而，从2013年开始，TDP实施了一种新颖的自下而上，以学生为中心的方法，专注于最大限度地提高学生的参与度，探索和兴奋。而不是被分配的项目，学生通过科学探究的过程中，从观察开始，制定假设，并设计和进行自己的研究，以测试这些假设结束辅导。初步研究表明，与传统的自上而下的REU模式相比，这种自下而上的模式导致更多的学生发表他们的研究成果，更高的参与国家和国际科学会议，并增加了对研究生院的兴趣。该提案有两个主要目标：1）通过比较学生成功的长期指标，比较自下而上和自上而下的REU实地项目在促进代表性不足的少数民族学生在地球科学方面的成功方面的功效;（2）评估影响（数量和质量）自下而上和自上而下，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的评估支持影响审查标准。

项目成果

Structural complexity shapes the behavior and abundance of a common herbivorous fish, increasing herbivory on a turf-dominated, fringing reef

结构的复杂性决定了常见草食性鱼类的行为和数量，增加了以草皮为主的岸礁上的食草性

• DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2021.151515
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
• 影响因子: 2
• 作者: Santano, Judith;Milton, Isaiah A.;Navarro, Bianca;Warren, Raines M.;Barber, Paul H.;Fong, Peggy;Fong, Caitlin R.
• 通讯作者: Fong, Caitlin R.

Ontogenetic Variation in Blade Toughness May Contribute to the Spread of Turbinaria ornata Across the South Pacific

叶片韧性的个体发生变化可能有助于Turbinaria ornata在南太平洋的传播

• DOI: 10.1111/jpy.13292
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Journal of Phycology
• 影响因子: 2.9
• 作者: Betancourt, Austin M.;Fenwick, Ileana F.;Howard, Hunter B.;Long, Alexys E.;Fong, Peggy;Barber, Paul H.;Fong, Caitlin R.
• 通讯作者: Fong, Caitlin R.

Herbivory as a limiting factor for seagrass proximity to fringing reefs in Moorea, French Polynesia

草食性是法属波利尼西亚莫雷阿岛海草接近岸礁的限制因素

• DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2020.103294
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Aquatic Botany
• 影响因子: 1.8
• 作者: Chiquillo, Kelcie L.;Mims, Brianna M.;Chong, Autumn U.;Johnson, Carly;Habtes, Sennai Y.;Fong, Caitlin R.;Barber, Paul H.;Fong, Peggy
• 通讯作者: Fong, Peggy

Testing the conceptual and operational underpinnings of field herbivory assays: Does variation in predictability of resources, assay design, and deployment method affect outcomes?

测试野外食草测定的概念和操作基础：资源、测定设计和部署方法的可预测性的变化是否会影响结果？

• DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2020.151469
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
• 影响因子: 2
• 作者: Fong, Caitlin R.;Sura, Shayna A.;Ford, Ashlyn T.;Howard, Hunter B.;Molina, Nury E.;Smith, Nefertiti N.;Fong, Peggy
• 通讯作者: Fong, Peggy