CAREER: Centering the Engineering Identity of Black Men to Enhance Representation and Degree Completion

职业：以黑人的工程身份为中心，以提高代表性和学位完成度

• 批准号: 2237867
• 负责人: Jerrod Henderson
• 金额: $ 56.34万
• 依托单位: University of Houston
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-08-01 至 2028-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2237867&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CAREER; Centering; Engineering; Identity; Black

This project seeks to strengthen the future U.S. engineering workforce by enabling and encouraging the participation of all citizens in the engineering enterprise, particularly Black men. According to the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Engineering & Engineering Technology by the Numbers 2020 Report, Black men represented 2.8% of those who earned engineering bachelor's degrees. The lack of representation of Black men in engineering exemplifies the broader absence of voices from underserved populations whose knowledge, lived experiences, and perspectives hold the potential to address society's most complex issues. Through this project, the persistence and participation of Black men in engineering will be impacted. The goal of the education and research plan will be to uncover the engineering identity trajectories of Black men at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) over time. This will include developing a national virtual and face-to-face mentoring network that introduces Black male engineering majors to mentors in industry, government, and academia to form a cohort-styled community for emotional support, which will enhance their persistence and build their sense of belonging. Nearly 200 Black men enrolled in the College of Engineering at the University of Houston will be impacted over the duration of the project.Based on the dearth of literature that has sought to elucidate the nuanced experiences of Black men in engineering, especially at HBCUs and HSIs, this work will employ a longitudinal, multi-method study design which will include Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis and photovoice to determine their engineering identities and to elucidate how those identities can be supported. Research questions include 1) How do Black male engineering undergraduate students come to identify themselves as engineers over time? 2) In what ways do Black male engineering undergraduate students in HSIs and HBCUs describe their engineering identities? 3) In what ways does a Black Male Engineering Mentoring Network support resiliency, engagement in communities of practice, building social capital, and engineering identity?; and 4) How can project-inspired engineering identity conversations facilitate practices that support positive and inclusive engineering identities? By centering the voices of Black men, through the integrated research and education plan, this work will inform the engineering education community about avenues for enhancing representation and degree completion for Black men. Dissemination of the project results through publications in open-access formats, posting on the project's Instagram page, and annual novel photovoice photo exhibit/symposium will impact thousands of stakeholders and offer tangible ways that institutions can support and retain Black men in engineering. In addition, the findings from this project will inform conversations around diversity and student support in engineering for a broader audience, including faculty, staff, students, industry partners, and the public.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.

该项目旨在通过启用和鼓励所有公民参与工程企业，尤其是黑人男性来加强未来的美国工程劳动力。根据美国工程教育学会（ASEE）工程与工程技术的数据，根据《数字2020年的报告》，黑人占工程学士学位的人中有2.8％。黑人在工程学中缺乏代表性的体现，这表明了在服务不足的人群中更广泛的声音，这些人群的知识，生活经验和观点具有解决社会最复杂问题的潜力。通过这个项目，黑人在工程学中的持久和参与将受到影响。教育和研究计划的目的是在西班牙裔服务机构（HSIS）和历史上黑人学院和大学（HBCUS）中揭示黑人的工程身份轨迹。这将包括开发一个国家虚拟和面对面的指导网络，该网络向行业，政府和学术界的导师介绍了黑人男性工程专业的专业，以形成一个式情感支持社区，以增强他们的毅力并建立他们的归属感。 Nearly 200 Black men enrolled in the College of Engineering at the University of Houston will be impacted over the duration of the project.Based on the dearth of literature that has sought to elucidate the nuanced experiences of Black men in engineering, especially at HBCUs and HSIs, this work will employ a longitudinal, multi-method study design which will include Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis and photovoice to determine their engineering identities and to elucidate how those可以支持身份。研究问题包括1）黑人男性工程本科生如何随着时间的推移将自己确定为工程师？ 2）HSI和HBCU的黑人男性工程本科生以什么方式描述了他们的工程身份？ 3）黑人男性工程指导网络以什么方式支持弹性，参与实践社区，建立社会资本和工程认同？ 4）如何以项目启发的工程身份对话促进支持积极和包容的工程身份的实践？通过将黑人的声音通过综合的研究和教育计划，这项工作将为工程教育社区提供有关增强黑人代表和学位完成途径的信息。通过开放访问格式的出版物，在项目的Instagram页面上发布项目结果以及年度新颖的Photovoice Photo Photo展览/研讨会将影响成千上万的利益相关者，并提供机构可以支持和保留黑人工程中的黑人。此外，该项目的调查结果将为包括教职员工，员工，学生，行业合作伙伴和公众在内的多样性和学生支持的对话提供有关对话的信息。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响的审查标准来通过评估来获得支持的。