RII-Track 4 - Experiencing The Matrix of Power Dynamics For Undergraduate And Graduate Black Women In Computing to Understand their Intersectional Experiences

RII-Track 4 - 体验计算领域本科生和研究生黑人女性的动力动力学矩阵，以了解她们的交叉经历

• 批准号: 2033452
• 负责人: Jakita Thomas
• 金额: $ 16.02万
• 依托单位: Auburn University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-06-01 至 2024-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2033452&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RII; Track; Experiencing; Matrix; Power

Understanding the experiences of Black women in computing, who experience racism and sexism at the same time, provides insights that can help support Black women more effectively. This research will study Black women’s unique perspectives in Computer Science (CS) education and computing, including the trials and triumphs experienced as Black women navigate various computing spaces (academic, professional, personal, etc.). Additionally, this research will explore just and equitable approaches to communicating those experiences to CS educators and those outside of the community of Black women. This fellowship will take place at the Constellations Center for Equity in Computing at Georgia Tech, working with an internationally recognized researcher in equity in CS education. The fellowship will provide training to the PI and a graduate student in approaches to designing, enacting, and assessing more equitable computing spaces that can better support Black women. By coupling those approaches with the PI’s approach to describing the unique perspective into computing that Black women provide through their lived experiences, the proposed research will develop theory and practice that can be used to create spaces that broaden and deepen the engagement of Black women in the field, bringing the nation closer to CS For All.This fellowship will provide training for the PI and a graduate student to understand the matrix of power dynamics that Black women encounter in computing as well as the forms of agency they acquire and develop to persist. The work will focus on examining the experiences of Black women in different computing contexts at various stages to articulate a Black women’s standpoint as they contend with racism and sexism, simultaneously, in computing. This research will identify design principles that can be applied to create more equitable spaces that are more inclusive, welcoming, and supportive for Black women. Finally, this research will explore the affordances of approaches to communicate those experiences in ways that authentically portray and honor the complexities and range of experiences while also developing empathy for and action around promoting equity and sustained engagement in computing. The development of methodologies for articulating the matrix of power dynamics in computing will be transformative for the PI’s research program. The fellowship will generate new theories that can help the field better understand the experiences of other marginalized groups, new principles for designing equitable spaces for these groups, and non-traditional approaches for communicating those experiences to others inside and outside of the field. The proposed project will establish a collaboration between leaders in the fields of intersectional computing and equity in computing education, as well as provide actionable insights that will support the commitment to create and enact more equitable computing spaces taken up by the PI’s department at the PI’s home institution.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.

了解黑人妇女在计算方面的经验，他们同时经历种族主义和性别歧视，提供了可以帮助更有效地支持黑人妇女的见解。 这项研究将研究黑人妇女在计算机科学（CS）教育和计算的独特视角，包括黑人妇女在各种计算空间（学术，专业，个人等）中所经历的考验和胜利。 此外，这项研究将探讨公正和公平的方法来沟通这些经验，以CS教育工作者和那些黑人妇女社区以外。 该奖学金将在格鲁吉亚理工学院的星座计算公平中心与国际公认的CS教育公平研究人员合作。 该奖学金将为PI和一名研究生提供培训，以设计，制定和评估更公平的计算空间，从而更好地支持黑人妇女。 通过将这些方法与PI的方法相结合，以描述黑人女性通过其生活经历提供的独特视角，拟议的研究将开发理论和实践，可用于创建扩大和深化黑人女性参与该领域的空间。使国家更接近CS为所有。这项奖学金将提供培训PI和研究生了解矩阵的权力动态，黑人妇女遇到的计算以及他们获得和发展以持续存在的代理形式。 这项工作将侧重于研究黑人妇女在不同阶段的不同计算环境中的经验，以阐明黑人妇女的立场，因为他们同时在计算中与种族主义和性别歧视作斗争。 这项研究将确定设计原则，可以应用于创造更公平的空间，更包容，欢迎和支持黑人妇女。 最后，本研究将探讨方法的启示，以真实地描绘和荣誉的复杂性和经验的范围，同时也发展同情和行动，促进公平和持续参与计算的方式来交流这些经验。 在计算中阐明权力动态矩阵的方法的发展将是PI研究计划的变革。 该研究金将产生新的理论，可以帮助外地更好地了解其他边缘化群体的经验，为这些群体设计公平空间的新原则，以及将这些经验传达给外地内外其他人的非传统方法。 拟议的项目将建立一个在交叉计算和计算教育公平领域的领导者之间的合作，以及提供可操作的见解，将支持PI的部门在PI的家庭机构中创造和制定更公平的计算空间的承诺。该奖项反映了NSF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。