CAREER: Effects of Community Cultural Wealth on Persistence of Black and Hispanic Women in the P-20 Computing Workforce Pipeline in Texas

学院早期职业发展(Career)计划是国家科学基金会范围内的一项活动，旨在为有潜力在研究和教育中充当学术榜样的早期教师提供支持，在其部门或组织的使命中领导进步，并为终身领导教育和研究的整合奠定基础。该项目将研究社区文化财富对黑人和西班牙裔妇女在计算机教育和劳动力中的持久性的影响。这项研究的参与者包括从八年级到本科生学习计算机科学课程和学位课程的全国队列学生。研究生的一部分包括继续学习，进入研究生学习或工作。项目目标包括对关于社区文化财富对美国计算机教育和劳动力的持久性的影响的知识库的贡献，以及对可用于研究妇女在计算机领域的教育和职业发展轨迹的定量和定性数据的有力汇编。综合研究和教育计划应用文化人类学的方法来调查有色人种妇女在计算机方面的生活经历，并将纵向、混合方法与首席研究员在以前的工作中开发的ACCEYSS(为STEM成功装备青年的合作社区协会)综合概念框架相结合。很少有研究考虑社区文化财富对黑人和西班牙裔妇女和女孩在计算机领域的持久性所起的作用。这项研究的结果不仅将有助于STEM教育的基础研究，而且产品、专业发展研讨会和年度会议将为正规和非正式环境中的K-16教育工作者、研究人员、政策制定者和行业领袖建设能力，以积极影响黑人和西班牙裔青年在STEM和计算机领域的坚持不懈。该奖项由改进的本科生STEM教育：拉美裔服务机构(HSI)和EHR核心研究(ECR)项目支持。HSI项目旨在加强本科生STEM教育，并在HSIS建设能力。ECR强调基础STEM教育研究，以产生该领域的基础知识。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) program is a National Science Foundation-wide activity that offers awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education, to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization, and to build a foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research. This project will examine the effects of community cultural wealth on the persistence of Black and Hispanic women in computing education and the workforce. Participants in the study include a national cohort of students enrolled in computer science coursework and degree programs from eighth grade through undergraduate study. A post-graduate component includes continued study of persistence into graduate study or the workforce. Project goals include contributions to the knowledge base on the influence of community cultural wealth on persistence in computing education and the workforce in the United States and a robust compilation of quantitative and qualitative data that can be used to study educational and career trajectories for women in computing. The integrated research and education plan applies methods from cultural anthropology to investigate the lived experiences of women of color in computing and combines longitudinal, mixed-methods approaches with the ACCEYSS (Association of Collaborative Communities Equipping Youth for STEM Success) integrative conceptual framework, developed by the principal investigator in previous work. Few studies have considered the role of community cultural wealth on the persistence of Black and Hispanic women and girls in computing. Not only will findings from this study contribute to fundamental research in STEM education, but products, professional development workshops, and an annual conference will build capacity for K-16 educators, researchers, policymakers, and industry leaders in formal and informal settings to positively impact the persistence of Black and Hispanic youth in STEM and computing. This award is supported by the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) and EHR Core Research (ECR) Programs. The HSI program aims to enhance undergraduate STEM education and build capacity at HSIs. ECR emphasizes fundamental STEM education research that generates foundational knowledge in the field.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.