Native STEM Portraits: A Longitudinal, Mixed-Methods Study of the Intersectional Experiences of Native Learners and Professionals in STEM

本土 STEM 肖像：对 STEM 领域本土学习者和专业人士交叉经历的纵向、混合方法研究

• 批准号: 2000619
• 负责人: Maria Ong
• 金额: $ 150万
• 依托单位: TERC Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-08-01 至 2025-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2000619&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Native; STEM; Portraits; Longitudinal; Mixed

Native students and professionals are severely underrepresented in all STEM degree programs and professions in the U.S. This underrepresentation is often overlooked in research and discussions of equity in STEM. This abstract, and this project, uses the word "Native" as an umbrella to refer to American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, First Nations, and other indigenous peoples of North America. This project will contribute to changing the conversation about Native individuals in STEM by conducting critical research on the largely unexplored topic of experiences, that act either as supports or as barriers for Native individuals to successfully continue their paths in STEM higher education and professions, with special emphasis on women, LGBTQIA+, and two-spirit individuals. This project will inform future research and make recommendations for promising practices that institutions can implement. The project will study STEM students, STEM faculty, and STEM professionals both inside and outside academe. The three main STEM areas covered in the study will be computer sciences and engineering, biological sciences, and mathematics, physics, and earth sciences. This project is supported by the EHR Core Research (ECR) program, which supports work that advances fundamental research on STEM learning and learning environments, broadening participation in STEM, and STEM workforce development.The project will: (1) identify and aggregate what is known of the challenges and supports specific to Native participation in STEM careers through a scoping review of the literature; (2) study the experiences that support and hinder individuals to successfully continue their paths in STEM higher education and professions across the spectrum, from undergraduates to professionals using surveys and photo elicitation interviews; and (3) study the experiences of administrators, support staff, and non-Native faculty in providing supports to Native students and faculty in STEM through focus groups and interviews. The project will extensively disseminate findings to a broad base of constituencies, including collaborative workshops with partner institutions; traditional academic venues such as conferences and peer reviewed publications; and visual displays that will be made available to libraries, museums, and institutions of higher education.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.

在美国所有的STEM学位项目和职业中，本地学生和专业人员的比例严重偏低。在研究和讨论STEM的公平性时，这种比例偏低的现象往往被忽视。这份摘要和这个项目使用了“土著”这个词作为保护伞，指的是美洲印第安人、阿拉斯加土著、夏威夷土著、太平洋岛民、原住民和其他北美土著人民。该项目将有助于改变关于STEM土著个人的讨论，对基本上未被探索的经验主题进行批判性研究，这些经验主题既是土著个人在STEM高等教育和职业中成功继续他们道路的支持，也是障碍，特别强调女性、LGBTQIA+和两种精神的个人。该项目将为未来的研究提供信息，并为机构可以实施的有前途的做法提出建议。该项目将研究STEM学生、STEM教职员工和学院内外的STEM专业人员。这项研究涵盖的三个主要STEM领域将是计算机科学和工程、生物科学以及数学、物理和地球科学。这个项目得到了EHR核心研究(ECR)计划的支持，该计划支持推进STEM学习和学习环境的基础研究，扩大对STEM的参与，以及STEM劳动力发展的工作。该项目将：(1)通过对文献的范围审查，确定和汇总针对原住民参与STEM职业生涯的已知挑战和支持；(2)利用调查和照片诱人访谈，研究支持和阻碍个人在STEM高等教育和专业领域成功地继续他们的道路的经验；(3)通过焦点小组和访谈，研究管理人员、支持人员和非本地教师在为STEM本地学生和教师提供支持方面的经验。该项目将向广泛的支持者广泛传播研究成果，包括与合作机构的合作研讨会；传统的学术场所，如会议和同行评议的出版物；以及将向图书馆、博物馆和高等教育机构提供的可视展示。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。