Identifying the Community Cultural Wealth of Successful Black Science Students through Participatory Action Research

通过参与性行动研究确定成功黑人理科学生的社区文化财富

• 批准号: 1831153
• 负责人: Julie Stanton
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc
• 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: 2018-10-01 至 2023-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1831153&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Identifying; Community; Cultural; Wealth; Successful

Black students persist in undergraduate science degree programs at a lower rate than all other racial and ethnic groups. Many of the barriers that Black students face in science programs have been identified. However, a major shortcoming of prior research is a lack of focus on the strengths that Black students use to succeed in science. To address attrition of Black students in science, it is critical to understand not only the barriers they face, but also the mechanisms by which academically successful Black students complete undergraduate science degrees. This IUSE Exploration and Design research project will use a participatory action research approach to investigate the strengths of academically successful Black undergraduate science majors. Research results will be widely-disseminated to raise awareness of Black students' community cultural wealth, which is the knowledge, skills, abilities, and contacts that they use for educational success. This qualitative study will help to build a foundation for testing hypotheses about Black students' community cultural wealth, thus contributing to the national need to study critical issues in undergraduate STEM education.The overall goal of this research project is to understand the persistence of Black students in earning undergraduate science degrees. To achieve this goal, a team of faculty and undergraduate researchers will collaborate to examine the mechanisms Black students use to succeed in their undergraduate science majors. The aims of this project are to: (1) investigate the capital, knowledge, skills, abilities, and contacts used by Black science majors; and (2) raise faculty awareness of the community cultural capital that successful Black students draw upon. The capital that Black science majors use to succeed will be characterized at a doctoral university (University of Georgia) and a college that primarily awards associate degrees (East Georgia State College). Research results will be used to create a student-led workshop for raising faculty awareness of the capital Black students bring to their science majors. It is expected that this awareness will help faculty to better support Black students' persistence in earning undergraduate science degrees. This awareness may also contribute to more effective faculty support for all students. The workshop will also help address implicit bias, the unconscious attitudes and stereotypical opinions people have against certain groups of people. This project seeks to contribute to a diverse, globally competitive STEM workforce by characterizing the community cultural wealth that Black students bring to their undergraduate science majors and by determining actions for raising awareness of this capital.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.

黑人学生坚持攻读本科科学学位课程的比例低于所有其他种族和族裔群体。黑人学生在科学项目中面临的许多障碍已经被发现。 然而，先前研究的一个主要缺点是缺乏对黑人学生在科学上取得成功的优势的关注。为了解决黑人学生在科学领域的流失问题，至关重要的是不仅要了解他们面临的障碍，还要了解学业上成功的黑人学生完成本科科学学位的机制。该 IUSE 探索与设计研究项目将采用参与式行动研究方法来调查学术上成功的黑人本科科学专业的优势。研究结果将广泛传播，以提高对黑人学生社区文化财富的认识，即他们用于教育成功的知识、技能、能力和联系。这项定性研究将有助于为检验有关黑人学生社区文化财富的假设奠定基础，从而满足国家研究本科 STEM 教育关键问题的需要。该研究项目的总体目标是了解黑人学生获得本科科学学位的坚持程度。为了实现这一目标，一个由教师和本科生研究人员组成的团队将合作研究黑人学生在本科科学专业取得成功所使用的机制。本项目的目的是：（1）调查黑人科学专业所使用的资本、知识、技能、能力和人脉； (2) 提高教师对成功黑人学生所利用的社区文化资本的认识。黑人科学专业取得成功的资本将集中在博士大学（佐治亚大学）和主要授予副学士学位的学院（东佐治亚州立学院）。研究结果将用于创建一个由学生主导的研讨会，以提高教师对黑人学生为其科学专业带来的资本的认识。预计这种意识将帮助教师更好地支持黑人学生坚持获得本科科学学位。 这种意识也可能有助于教师为所有学生提供更有效的支持。该研讨会还将帮助解决隐性偏见、人们对某些群体的无意识态度和刻板印象。 该项目旨在通过描述黑人学生为本科科学专业带来的社区文化财富，并确定提高这种资本意识的行动，为多元化、具有全球竞争力的 STEM 劳动力做出贡献。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

BLACK WOMEN, WHITE COATS: BLACK WOMEN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS' USE OF COMMUNITY CULTURAL WEALTH TO PERSIST IN HEALTHCARE CAREERS

黑人女性，白大褂：黑人女性本科生利用社区文化财富坚持医疗保健事业

• DOI: 10.1615/jwomenminorscieneng.2022040103
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering
• 作者: Breeden, Roshaunda L.;Means, Darris R.;Beckham, Morgan A.;Rose, Hayliegh Shanice;Walls, Christin Michelle;Idehen, Osaruese;Marshall, Brandon;Stanton, Julie Dangremond
• 通讯作者: Stanton, Julie Dangremond

A Deeper Calling: The Aspirations and Persistence of Black Undergraduate Students in Science at a Predominantly White Institution

更深层次的召唤：在以白人为主的机构中黑人本科生对科学的渴望和坚持

• DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2022.0019
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: The Review of Higher Education
• 作者: Means, Darris R.;Stanton, Julie Dangremond;Mekonnen, Birook;Oni, Omowunmi;Breeden, Roshaunda L.;Babatola, Oluwadamilola;Osondu, Chimezie;Beckham, Morgan A.;Marshall, Brandon
• 通讯作者: Marshall, Brandon