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

在美国的所有STEM学位课程和专业中，本土学生和专业人士的代表性严重不足。这种代表性不足的情况在STEM公平的研究和讨论中经常被忽视。这个摘要和这个项目使用“原住民”这个词作为保护伞，指的是美洲印第安人、阿拉斯加原住民、夏威夷原住民、太平洋岛民、第一民族和其他北美原住民。该项目将通过对大部分未被探索的经历主题进行批判性研究，有助于改变关于STEM中原住民个体的对话，这些经历可以作为原住民个体成功继续STEM高等教育和职业道路的支持或障碍，特别强调女性，LGBTQIA+和双精神个体。该项目将为未来的研究提供信息，并为各机构可以实施的有前途的做法提出建议。该项目将研究学术界内外的STEM学生、STEM教师和STEM专业人士。该研究涵盖的三个主要STEM领域将是计算机科学与工程、生物科学、数学、物理和地球科学。该项目得到了EHR核心研究（ECR）计划的支持，该计划支持推进STEM学习和学习环境基础研究、扩大STEM参与和STEM劳动力发展的工作。该项目将：(1)通过对文献的范围审查，确定并汇总已知的土著参与STEM职业的挑战和支持；(2)研究支持和阻碍个人在STEM高等教育和专业领域成功发展的经验，从本科生到专业人员，使用调查和照片启发访谈；(3)通过焦点小组和访谈，研究管理人员、支持人员和非土著教师在为STEM的土著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调查结果，包括与伙伴机构合作举办讲习班；传统的学术场所，如会议和同行评议的出版物；并向图书馆、博物馆和高等教育机构提供视觉展示。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

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.