GP-UP: Creating a diverse group of leaders: The Environmental Science Pathways Scholars Program E(SP)2 at Barnard College

该奖项全部或部分由《2021年美国救援计划法案》（公法117-2）资助。地球科学是所有科学、技术、工程和数学领域中种族和民族多样性最低的（Bernard et al., 2018, NSF 2017）。E(SP)2是一个独特的项目，通过课堂、实地、实验室和实习机会让学生沉浸在地球科学的各个领域，同时通过教师和同伴指导、补充指导和队列同志提供重要的支持。学生在被巴纳德学院录取或在第一年之后进入E(SP)2，创建混合队列。在E(SP)2的第一年之前，学者们将参加一个暑期桥梁项目，向他们介绍学院的资源和支持项目，教师和其他学生。在第一年，学者们将通过期刊俱乐部和资助的春假实地考察来磨练科学思维习惯。学者还将参与环境科学专业基石入门课程的补充教学，提供深度协作学习。在E(SP)2的第二年，学者们报名参加了一门有学分的科学传播与拓展课程，该课程通过环境正义（EJ）的视角授课，包含服务学习内容，由我们的社区合作伙伴BioBus共同授课。E(SP)2的核心将是在实验室进行为期两个暑假的资助独立研究，并有机会在第二个暑假进行与ej2相关的实习。E(SP)2也将采用独特的、以学生为主导的评估过程，以提高我们对吸引和留住不同学生的最重要因素的认识。巴纳德学院的环境科学路径学者计划[E(SP)2]是一所全女子本科院校，它将创建一个培育和智力参与的地球科学社区，以促进因种族或种族而被排除在科学之外的人（Science PEERs; Asai, 2020）以及那些被认为是第一代或低收入大学生的教育和成功。E(SP)2将以巴纳德学院为基础，以现有的成功机会项目为基础，通过与拉蒙特-多尔蒂地球观测站、纽约市社区组织和纽约州康沃尔的黑岩森林合作，提供代表许多地球科学职业道路的独特经验。E（SP)2旨在实现以下目标：1)在巴纳德学院培养一个更加多样化的学生和校友社区，2)加强与纽约市研究人员和环境正义（EJ）组织的合作，3）在毕业后促进巴纳德科学同龄人的队伍，并在毕业后留在科学领域，4)通过课程和课外经验促进正义，公平，多样性和包容性。最终，E(SP)2学者将建立他们在科学实践、思考和交流方面的信心和技能，成为科学社区的重要成员。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。

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).The Geosciences are the least racially and ethnically diverse of all Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math fields (Bernard et al., 2018, NSF 2017). E(SP)2 is a unique program that immerses students in various realms of Geoscience with class, field, lab, and internship opportunities while providing significant support through faculty and peer mentorship, Supplemental Instruction, and cohort comradery. Students enter E(SP)2 upon admission to Barnard College or following their first year, creating hybrid cohorts. Prior to their first year in E(SP)2, Scholars will participate in a Summer Bridge program introducing them to the College resources and support programs, faculty, and other students. During the first year, Scholars will hone scientific habits of mind through a credit bearing Journal club and a funded Spring Break field trip. Scholars will also participate in Supplemental Instruction for keystone introductory courses in the Environmental Science Major, providing deep collaborative learning. In their second year of E(SP)2, Scholars enroll in a credit-bearing Science Communication and Outreach class taught through an environmental justice (EJ) lens with service learning components, co-taught by our community partner, BioBus. The centerpiece of E(SP)2 will be two summers of funded independent research in a laboratory, with the opportunity to pursue an EJ-related internship during their second summer. E(SP)2 will also employ a unique, student-led evaluation process to enhance our knowledge of the factors that contribute most to attracting and retaining diverse students. The Environmental Science Pathways Scholar Program [E(SP)2] at Barnard College, an all women’s undergraduate institution, will create a nurturing yet intellectually engaging Geoscience community to promote the education and success of persons excluded from science because of ethnicity or race (Science PEERs; Asai, 2020) and those who identify as first generation or low-income college students. Based out of Barnard College and building upon existing successful opportunity programs, E(SP)2 will provide unique experiences representing the many Geoscience career paths by leveraging partnerships with the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, NYC community organizations, and Black Rock Forest in Cornwall, NY. E(SP)2 aims to achieve the following goals: 1) Foster a more diverse student and alumnae community at Barnard College, 2) Strengthen collaborations with NYC researchers and Environmental Justice (EJ) organizations, 3) Advance cohorts of Barnard Science PEERs through graduation with retention in the sciences beyond graduation, and 4) Promote justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion through curricular and co-curricular experiences. Ultimately, E(SP)2 Scholars will build their confidence and skills in scientific practice, thinking, and communication as valued members of a scientific community.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.