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

GP-UP：创建多元化的领导者群体：巴纳德学院环境科学途径学者计划 E(SP)2

• 批准号: 2120013
• 负责人: Logan Brenner
• 金额: $ 31.17万
• 依托单位: Barnard College
• 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: 2021-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2120013&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: GP; UP; Creating; diverse; group

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.

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少的(Bernard等人，2018年，NSF 2017)。E(SP)2是一个独特的项目，它通过课堂、实地考察、实验室和实习机会让学生沉浸在地球科学的各个领域，同时通过教师和同行指导、补充指导和同伴关系提供重要支持。学生在被巴纳德学院录取时或在第一年之后进入E(SP)2，创造了混合队列。在他们进入E(SP)2的第一年之前，学者们将参加一个暑期桥项目，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，学者们将通过一个学分日记俱乐部和一个资助的春假实地考察来磨练科学的思维习惯。学者还将参加环境科学专业Keystone入门课程的补充指导，提供深度合作学习。在他们E(SP)2的第二年，学者们报名参加一个有学分的科学传播和外展课程，该课程通过环境正义(EJ)镜头教授，由我们的社区合作伙伴BioBus共同教授。E(SP)2的核心将是在实验室进行两个暑期的资助独立研究，并在第二个暑期有机会进行与EJ相关的实习。E(SP)2还将采用独特的、学生主导的评估程序，以加强我们对最有助于吸引和留住不同学生的因素的了解。巴纳德学院(Barnard College)的环境科学路径学者项目[E(SP)2]是一所全女性本科生院校，将创建一个有教养但在智力上具有吸引力的地球科学社区，以促进因种族或种族而被排除在科学之外的人(Science Peers；Asai，2020)以及那些认为自己是第一代或低收入大学生的人的教育和成功。E(SP)2以巴纳德学院为基础，以现有的成功机会计划为基础，通过利用与Lamont-Doherty地球天文台、纽约市社区组织和纽约州康沃尔的黑岩森林的合作伙伴关系，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Barnard学院培养更多样化的学生和校友群体；2)加强与纽约市研究人员和环境正义组织的合作；3)通过毕业促进Barnard Science同行群体，在毕业后保留科学知识；4)通过课程和联合课程经验促进公正、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、思维和交流方面的信心和技能，作为科学界宝贵的成员。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。