EAGER: Exploring impacts of scholarships, cross-institutional networks, and co-curricular activities on Navajo student and faculty leadership development

EAGER：探索奖学金、跨机构网络和课外活动对纳瓦霍学生和教师领导力发展的影响

• 批准号: 2037368
• 负责人: JENNY NAKAI
• 金额: $ 0.91万
• 依托单位: University of New Mexico
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-11-01 至 2022-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2037368&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EAGER; Exploring; impacts; scholarships; cross

This project will examine the impacts of scholarship support, opportunities to participate in network activities across institutions, virtual workshops, and discussion of issues impacting well-being and persistence with peers and mentors on retention and leadership development of students, recent graduates, and faculty in geoscience, environmental science, and related STEM fields. The PIs will support network building activities between the University of New Mexico, Navajo Technical University, Dine College, and the Center for Diverse Leadership in Science (CDLS). The project will support a new faculty fellows program and early career fellows program with participants from partnering institutions. Leadership development for faculty fellows will include committing to utilizing more inclusive teaching and mentoring practices over the course of this grant which would support Navajo student retention. To develop leadership capacity in early career fellows, the PIs will engage in cross-cultural interaction, develop a mentoring network, and provide opportunities for connection with students, recent graduates, and faculty from multiple institutions and through CDLS. Student retention and leadership development will also benefit from multiple activities: 1) Financial support via stipends for students and recent graduates from Navajo Technical University and Dine College, 2) Computing stipends to support laptops and broadband internet access for participation in the network, 3) Opportunities for support through individual meetings with peer and vertical mentors, and community talking circles on COVID, health and wellbeing, and leadership, and 4) Opportunities for participation in virtual workshops and research and outreach projects pertaining to environmental science and other green STEM fields at each of the participating institutions.This project responds to the COVID-19 historical conjuncture that has disproportionately impacted vulnerable populations such as the Navajo Nation. The pandemic created an environment where Navajo students have difficulty accessing essential as well as educational resources. This is inhibiting their ability to be retained in geoscience, environmental science, and other STEM fields where their diverse perspectives and leadership is needed. This project will counter these barriers with professional development opportunities and funding to directly support Navajo students, recent graduates, and early career professionals. The PIs will focus on faculty development that will support retention of Navajo students in STEM while simultaneously hoping to boost retention rates of indigenous students in geoscience, green STEM, and STEM more broadly, through experiential learning opportunities, financial support, and mentorship. The virtual workshops and leadership-focused talking circles will serve to support both early career and faculty fellows to become champions for diversity in geoscience and other fields.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.

该项目将研究奖学金支持的影响，参与机构跨机构的网络活动的机会，以及对影响与同伴和导师的福祉和持久性的问题的讨论，对学生的保留和领导力发展，最近的毕业生以及地球科学，环境，环境科学和相关STEM领域的保留和领导力发展。 PIS将支持新墨西哥大学，纳瓦霍技术大学，用餐学院和科学多元化领导力中心（CDLS）之间的网络建设活动。该项目将与合作机构的参与者一起支持一项新的教师计划和早期职业研究员计划。教师研究员的领导力发展将包括在这笔赠款的过程中利用更多包容性的教学和指导实践，这将支持纳瓦霍学生的保留。为了在早期职业研究员中发展领导能力，PIS将进行跨文化互动，发展指导网络，并为与学生，近期毕业生和来自多个机构的教职员工的联系提供机会，并通过CDL。学生的保留和领导力发展还将受益于多项活动：1）通过津贴通过助学金和纳瓦霍技术大学和用餐学院的津贴提供资金支持，2）计算津贴，以支持笔记本电脑和宽带互联网访问网络的访问机会，3）通过与PEER和垂直导师进行个人会议，以及在参与者中进行个人会议的机会，以及与参与者以及社区的领导和稳定的竞争，以及稳定的友好，以及稳定，以及稳定的，以及在健康和稳定的情况下，以及4.稳定，以及4号，以及4.和be的健康，以及4.稳定性，以及4.与环境科学和其他参与机构有关的环境科学和其他绿色茎领域有关的宣传项目。该项目对COVID-19的历史结合做出了反应，该历史结合对纳瓦霍国家等弱势群体产生了不成比例的影响。大流行创造了一个环境，纳瓦霍学生很难获得基本和教育资源。这抑制了他们在需要各种观点和领导能力的地球科学，环境科学和其他STEM领域中保留的能力。该项目将通过专业发展机会和资金来应对这些障碍，以直接支持纳瓦霍学生，近期毕业生和早期职业专业人员。 PI将专注于教师的发展，该教师将支持纳瓦霍学生在STEM中的保留，同时希望通过经验性的学习机会，财务支持和指导，从而更广泛地在地球科学，绿色STEM和STEM上提高土著学生的保留率。虚拟的讲习班和以领导力为中心的谈话界将有助于支持早期职业和教职员工，以成为地球科学和其他领域多样性的拥护者。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准通过评估来支持的。