Examining Undergraduate Research Experiences of Latinx STEM Students in Research Intensive HSIs and Emerging-HSIs

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。该博士后研究项目将采用基于资产的框架、墨西哥裔/拉丁裔女性主义认识论和“platicas方法论”（或非正式对话），对西班牙裔服务机构（HSIs）的拉丁裔学生的本科研究经历进行比较研究。该研究预计将提供有关hsi校园环境的见解，这些校园环境通过参与本科研究经历影响拉丁裔学生对STEM的保留。除了进行研究项目外，该研究员还将实施一项专业发展计划，旨在扩大她在定量（社会网络分析）和混合方法研究设计方面的方法培训，并获得教学和指导工具，以与不同的学生合作。该研究员未来的研究方向包括调查拉丁裔学生在STEM中的交叉身份，以及探索拥抱拉丁文化的STEM毕业生途径。该研究的目的是检查社会和文化资产，拉丁语使用在两个研究密集型的HSI设置。在基于资产的框架、Rendon的拉丁STEM成功模型和以社区为中心的STEM身份模型的指导下，该项目将采用一种与文化相关的定性方法（称为“platicas”）和一种基于社会网络分析的定量方法。选择了变革性设计，因为本研究旨在对边缘化学生群体（STEM中的拉丁裔学生）使用与文化相关的方法，目的是改变STEM结果。此外，墨西哥/拉丁女性主义认识论将为研究提供一个总体框架。该研究提供了一种交叉方法，以拉丁裔STEM学生为中心，他们也是第一代大学生。这条调查线有可能提供对hsi独特校园环境的见解，通过参与本科生研究经验来促进STEM的保留。该项目响应STEM教育博士后研究奖学金（STEM Ed PRF）计划，旨在提高STEM， STEM教育，教育和相关学科的近期博士的研究知识，技能和实践，以促进他们从事基础和应用研究的准备，从而推进该领域的知识。该项目由Kaleta a . Doolin基金会与美国国家科学基金会合作资助，旨在促进STEM/STEM教育研究人员的多样性。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). This postdoctoral fellowship research project will undertake a comparative study of undergraduate research experiences for Latinx students at Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) using an asset-based framework and Chicana/Latina feminist epistemology and the "platicas methodology" (or informal conversations). The study is expected to provide insights about the campus context of HSIs that influence STEM retention of Latinx students through their participation in undergraduate research experiences. In addition to conducting a research project, the fellow will implement a professional development plan designed to expand her methodological training in quantitative (social network analysis) and mixed methods research design and to gain pedagogical and mentoring tools to work with diverse students. The fellow’s future research directions include investigating the intersectional identities of Latinx students in STEM and exploration of STEM graduate pathways that embrace Latinx culture. The study aims to examine the social and cultural assets that Latinx use in two research-intensive HSI settings. Guided by asset-based frameworks, Rendon’s Latinx STEM Success Model, and the Community-Centered STEM Identity Model, the project will employ both a qualitative culturally relevant methodology known as "platicas," and a quantitative methodology based in social network analysis. A transformative design was chosen, as this study aims to use culturally relevant methods with a marginalized student group (Latinx students in STEM) with the goal of transforming STEM outcomes. In addition, a Chicana/Latina Feminist epistemology will provide an overarching framework for the study. The study provides an intersectional approach by centering Latinx STEM students who are also first-generation college students. It line of inquiry holds potential to provide insights into the unique campus context of HSIs in advancing STEM retention through participation in undergraduate research experiences.The project responds to the STEM Education Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (STEM Ed PRF) program that aims to enhance the research knowledge, skills, and practices of recent doctorates in STEM, STEM education, education, and related disciplines to advance their preparation to engage in fundamental and applied research that advances knowledge within the field.This project is partially funded by The Kaleta A. Doolin Foundation through a partnership with the National Science Foundation to promote greater diversity within the STEM/STEM education research workforce.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.