An Individual Investigator Development Plan for Building Capacity to Study Undergraduate Latinas Interest in Graduate School

个人研究者发展计划，旨在培养研究拉丁裔本科生对研究生院兴趣的能力

• 批准号: 2225399
• 负责人: Lizandra Godwin
• 金额: $ 35万
• 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: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-08-01 至 2025-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2225399&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Individual; Investigator; Development; Plan; Building

Advancing participation in engineering is significant for meeting NSF’s goals and benefits national priorities. The University of New Mexico aims to improve understanding of the impacts of Latinas’ undergraduate experiences on their graduate school and career aspirations in engineering. As a designated Hispanic-serving Institution, the University of New Mexico is an ideal site for this study. Through advancing knowledge of the impact of intersectional identities on interest in graduate engineering, the project may inform institutional transformation for enhancing diversity in engineering and influence national STEM graduate training efforts for Latinas. The professional development plan will build research capacity while piloting an integrated study which aims to add to the knowledge base on barriers to graduate engineering education. This project supports the development of a diverse and skilled workforce in engineering and builds capacity for conducting engineering education research at the institution.The goals of the project are to engage with Latinas to understand their perspectives, ideas, and decisions about graduate school and to understand the intersectional context through which Latinas consider graduate programs. Through this project, the PI will enhance skills to advance knowledge on broadening participation research in STEM and build research capacity at a minority-serving institution. Building upon the community cultural wealth theoretical framework, which recognizes and values cultural knowledge from communities of color, the project seeks to understand Latinas’ experiences by building case studies of individual students. A strong dissemination plan will share the outcomes of the project to a broad audience. The project will be evaluated through formative and summative assessments focusing on project alignment with the logic model, skill development in STEM education research, and knowledge gained concerning Latinas’ graduate school aspirations. The project is supported by NSF's EHR Core Research Building Capacity in STEM Education Research (ECR:BCSER) program, which is designed to build investigators’ capacity to carry out high-quality STEM education research.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.

促进工程参与对于实现NSF的目标和国家优先事项具有重要意义。新墨西哥大学旨在提高对拉丁裔本科生经历对其研究生院和工程职业抱负的影响的理解。作为指定的西班牙裔服务机构，新墨西哥大学是进行这项研究的理想场所。通过了解交叉身份对研究生工程兴趣的影响，该项目可以为加强工程多样性的制度转型提供信息，并影响拉丁裔国家STEM研究生培训工作。专业发展计划将建立研究能力，同时试行一项综合研究，旨在增加有关研究生工程教育障碍的知识基础。该项目支持发展多元化和熟练的工程劳动力，并建立在该机构进行工程教育研究的能力。该项目的目标是与拉丁美洲人接触，了解他们对研究生院的观点、想法和决定，并了解拉丁美洲人考虑研究生课程的交叉背景。透过这项计划，项目主任将会提升技能，提升知识，以扩大参与STEM研究的范围，并在为少数族裔服务的院校建立研究能力。在社区文化财富理论框架的基础上，该框架承认并重视来自有色人种社区的文化知识，该项目旨在通过建立个别学生的案例研究来了解拉丁裔的经历。强有力的传播计划将向广大受众分享项目的成果。该项目将通过形成性和总结性评估进行评估，重点关注项目与逻辑模型的一致性、STEM教育研究中的技能发展以及与拉丁裔研究生院愿望有关的知识。该项目由美国国家科学基金会EHR STEM教育研究核心研究能力建设项目（ECR:BCSER）支持，该项目旨在培养研究人员开展高质量STEM教育研究的能力。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。

项目成果

WIP: Research Identity among First-Year Engineering Latina Students at a Research- Intensive Hispanic Serving Institution

WIP：研究密集型西班牙裔服务机构一年级工程拉丁裔学生的研究认同

• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
• 作者: Lizandra C. Godwin