Workshop: FIELD2: Exploring Issues of Culture and Inclusion in Field Experiences for Minority Students with Faculty and Administrators: Bellvue, CO - July 2020

在本研讨会中，将从教员、站长和其他设计和实施实地课程、REU或其他经验的人的角度，通过促进讨论来探讨与实地经验相关的问题。参与者将与其他参与者一起设计框架，以解决实地的骚扰和文化偏见问题，首先是一个4小时的小型研讨会，同时举行专业会议，许多实地站主任和管理人员，如美国生态学会的负责人和管理人员都出席了会议。迷你讲习班的一小部分参与者将被邀请参加一个更长的秋季务虚会，该务虚会是为外地营地、驻地的教职员工和主任设计的，并提供非正式体验，以解决包容和骚扰问题。遴选过程将基于计划在2020年春夏学期进行实地考察的教职员工。这些经历可以是正式的(在外地站)，也可以是非正式的(例如公路旅行或营地)。第二部分FIELD2工作坊将利用“设计开发”模式，具体探讨学生和领域领导者的观点。在这种模式下，参与者首先讨论和概述针对现有领域经验中的多样性和偏见问题的设计，然后开发学生体验课程，将多样性和包容性的故事和问题转化为积极的领域体验。项目评估员还将绘制从第一个迷你研讨会到秋季务虚会期间教员对多样性、偏见和领域科学包容性的看法的进展情况。更广泛的影响包括让少数族裔学生更多地参与积极的实地体验。这一奖项反映了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。

Part 1In this workshop, issues associated with the field experience will be explored by facilitated discussion from the perspectives of faculty, station directors, and others who design and implement field-based courses, REUs, or other experiences. Participants will work together with other participants to design frameworks to address harassment and cultural bias in the field, first in a mini 4-hour-workshop in conjunction with a professional meeting where many field station directors and administrators, such as from the Ecological Society of America, are present. A smaller group of participants from the mini-workshop will be invited to a longer fall retreat designed for faculty and directors of field camps, stations, and informal experiences to address issues of inclusion and harassment. The selection process will be based on faculty who have scheduled field experiences for the 2020 spring/summer semesters. Theseexperiences can be formal (at a field station) or informal (such as road trips or camps). Early career faculty will be encouraged to submit field practicum ideas for consideration.Part 2The FIELD2 workshop will expand on the theme to specifically address the perspectives of both students and field leaders using a "Design Develop" model where participants first discuss and outline designs for diversity and bias issues in existing field experiences and then develop a curriculum for student experiences that brings diversity and inclusion stories and issues into a positive field experience. Project evaluators will also chart progress of faculty perceptions on diversity, bias and inclusion in the field sciences from the first mini-workshop through the fall retreat. The broader impacts include greater inclusion of minority students in positive field experiences.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.