Workshop: Applications to Interviews (A2I) - Preparing for the Faculty Job Market

全国建筑工程和管理学院缺乏多样性，这反映了建筑业。研究表明，学生更有可能追求有明显榜样的职业。然而，除了缺乏相同种族和/或性别的可见榜样之外，研究还记录了女性和其他代表性不足的少数群体与博士生导师的会议往往更少更短。因此，这些学生可能不会得到同样的支持，因为他们准备申请材料的教师职位。推而广之，这些学生可能对面试过程准备不足。对最近一所大学建筑工程和管理系教师搜索的初步审查显示，虽然妇女和代表性不足的少数民族可能会被列入电话面试的候选名单，但他们收到校园面试邀请的比例与他们的大多数男性同事不同。面试申请（A2 I）研讨会旨在解决女性和代表性不足的博士生考虑在建筑工程和管理教师职业的面试准备差距。该研讨会提供了一个独特的互动论坛，分享和讨论追求教师职位的动机，以及成功准备申请和面试这些职位的策略。A2 I研讨会将在亚利桑那州州立大学与建筑研究大会（CRC）2020年会议一起举行。参与者包括博士。学生以及初级和高级教师在建筑工程项目从各种机构类型，从两年制学院和研究广泛的大学，历史上黑人学院和大学和部落学院和大学。重点将是从建筑工程和管理领域历来代表性不足的群体中招募参与者。小组活动和小组讨论将用于促进与申请和面试教师职位有关的专业发展。初级教师和博士生之间的近同行指导将催化的兴趣，并追求，教师职位以及专业网络的形成。吸引更多多元化的教师是吸引未被充分代表的本科生和研究生进入建筑工程和管理课程的关键一步。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。

Construction engineering and management faculty nationwide lack diversity, which reflects the construction industry. Research documents that students are more likely to pursue careers where they have visible role models. Beyond the lack of visible role models of the same race and/or gender, however, research also documents that females and other underrepresented minorities tend to have fewer and shorter meetings with their PhD advisors. Therefore, these students may not receive the same support as they prepare application materials for faculty positions. By extension, these same students may be under-prepared for the interview process. A preliminary review of recent construction engineering and management faculty searches at one university reveals that while women and underrepresented minorities might be short-listed for phone interviews, they do not receive invitations for campus interviews at the same rate as their majority male colleagues. The Applications to Interviews (A2I) workshop intends to address the interview preparation gap for women and underrepresented PhD students considering faculty careers in construction engineering and management. The workshop provides a unique and interactive forum for sharing and discussing motivations for pursuing faculty positions, as well as strategies to successfully prepare to apply and interview for such positions. The A2I workshop will be held at Arizona State University in conjunction with the Construction Research Congress (CRC) 2020 Conference. Participants include Ph.D. students as well as junior and senior faculty in construction engineering programs from a variety of institution types ranging from two-year colleges and research extensive universities to Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Tribal Colleges and Universities. A focus will be to recruit participants from historically underrepresented groups in construction engineering and management. Small group activities and panel discussions will be used to facilitate professional development related to applying and interviewing for faculty positions. Near-peer mentoring between junior faculty and PhD students will catalyze the interest in, and pursuit of, faculty positions as well as the formation of professional networks. Engaging a more diverse faculty is a critical step to attract underrepresented undergraduate and graduate students to construction engineering and management programs.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.