BPC-A: Institute for African-American Mentoring in Computing Sciences (iAAMCS)

佛罗里达大学将记录和展示非裔美国人计算机科学指导研究所（iAAMCS，发音为“我是CS”）对扩大计算机参与的影响。iAAMCS旨在为学生，教师和行业专业人士提供国家资源。iAAMCS的一个主要目标是显着增加追求和完成博士学位的黑人/非裔美国人的数量。在计算机领域通过一个全国性的指导模式。作为该模式的一部分，实施的计划和活动侧重于利用和开发基于证据的战略，以鼓励非洲裔美国人参与计算，特别是在博士学位。水平和超越。虽然获得学士学位的计算机科学学位的代表性与美国的代表性相当（非洲裔美国人占美国人口的13.4%），但非洲裔美国人约占硕士和博士的0.8%和1.2%。收件人，分别。此外，非洲裔美国人占博士终身教职人员的1.4%。授予机构。事实上，有大量的非裔美国人在学士学位水平提供的证据表明，有足够的人才库，以追求研究生教育的计算。该项目涉及新的和现有的iAAMCS数据的广泛评估和传播，同时继续支持学生辅导的关键方案干预。在此奖项期间，iAAMCS对计算领域和专业的集体影响将被记录，沿着iAAMCS对其参与者的经验和影响。这项工作涉及重新分析现有的定性和定量纵向数据，以及收集新的调查答复和访谈数据。将提供关于iAAMCS资源的影响和效用的进一步文件。新的教育研究将追求与级联指导，自我效能，交叉性和计算机科学身份发展的概念。iAAMCS的综合分析结果将解决与非裔美国人在Computing.This奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并已被认为是值得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的文献中的几个差距。

The University of Florida will document and demonstrate the impact of the Institute for African-American Mentoring in Computing Sciences (iAAMCS, pronounced ‘I am CS’) on broadening participation in computing. iAAMCS is intended to serve as a national resource to students, faculty, and industry professionals. A major goal of iAAMCS is to significantly increase the number of Black/African Americans pursuing and completing the Ph.D. in computing fields through a national mentoring model. The programs and activities implemented as a part of this model focus on leveraging and developing evidence-based strategies to encourage African American’s participation in computing, specifically at the Ph.D. level and beyond. Although representation in attainment of computer science degrees at the bachelor's level is on par with representation in the country (African Americans represent 13.4% of the U.S. population), African Americans represent approximately 0.8% and 1.2% of the master's and Ph.D. recipients, respectively. Furthermore, African Americans represent 1.4% of the tenure-track faculty at Ph.D. granting institutions. The fact that there is a larger number of African Americans at the bachelor's degree level provides evidence that there is a sufficient pool of talent to pursue graduate education in computing. This project involves the extensive assessment and dissemination of new and existing iAAMCS data, while continuing key programmatic interventions that support student mentoring. Over this award period, the collective impact of iAAMCS on the field and profession of computing will be documented, along with the experiences and impact of iAAMCS on its participants. This effort involves re-analyzing existing qualitative and quantitative longitudinal data, in addition to collecting new survey responses and interview data. Further documentation of the impact and usefulness of iAAMCS resources will be provided. New educational research will be pursued related to the concepts of cascade mentoring, self-efficacy, intersectionality, and computer science identity development. The results of this comprehensive analysis of iAAMCS will address several gaps in the literature related to African Americans in Computing.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.