CAREER: When Two Worlds Collide: An Intersectional Analysis of Black Women's Role Strain and Adaptation in Computing Sciences

亚拉巴马大学将研究黑人本科女性在计算科学（CS）的学术和职业相关成果。计算领域目前的需求很高，具有良好的劳动力成果和对多样化观点的需求。尽管如此，黑人妇女在沿着CS专业道路上仍然代表性不足。影响黑人女性进入计算机专业的一些因素是她们的大学经历，特别是她们面临的挑战或偏见，以及培养韧性的优势和支持。该项目还将制定教育举措，以促进公众参与这些领域黑人妇女的平等问题。总的来说，这些活动将有助于促进CS的多样性和扩大机会，在计算的整体效益social.The混合方法的研究计划，这CAREER项目包括一项全国性的调查，以研究如何黑人本科妇女的挑战，多层次的心理社会风险和多层次的心理社会优势联合收割机结合起来，塑造关键的学术和职业相关的计算成果。这项研究将比较黑人妇女与其他重要群体的结果（即，黑人男性和白色女性），因为迫切需要更好地了解他们在种族和性别造成的偏见交叉点上的独特经历。此外，定性数据将被用来进一步解释黑人妇女的种族性别的经验，以及它如何影响他们的学术和职业相关的成果。作为对研究的补充，该项目的教育计划将包括以下举措：1）培养CS教育的学者社区，以进一步扩大CS参与的工作; 2）将STEM和艺术联合收割机结合起来（即蒸汽）通过制作和传播纪录片，以提高对影响黑人妇女的CS学术和职业相关成果的挑战和优势的认识; 3）创建和传播媒体知情的课程，以激发思考和对话的经验，黑人妇女在计算，沿着战略，为组织转型;和4）的方法在社交媒体上为计算机专业的黑人女大学生创建虚拟平台，以发展社区和团结。该奖项反映了NSF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。

The University of Alabama will examine Black undergraduate women’s academic and career-related outcomes in the computing sciences (CS). Computing fields are currently in high demand with favorable workforce outcomes and a need for diverse perspectives. Nonetheless, Black women remain underrepresented along CS professional pathways. Some factors that influence Black women’s trajectories into computing professions are their college experiences—especially the challenges or biases that they face, as well as the strengths and supports that foster resilience. This project will also develop educational initiatives to promote public engagement in equity issues regarding Black women in these fields. Collectively, these activities will help to promote CS diversity and to expand opportunities in computing for the overall benefits to society.The mixed-methods research plan for this CAREER project includes a national survey to examine how Black undergraduate women’s challenges, multilevel psychosocial risks and multilevel psychosocial strengths combine to shape key academic and career-related outcomes in computing. This study will compare outcomes for Black women to other important groups (i.e., Black men and White women) given the dire need to better understand their unique experiences at the intersection of biases due to their race and gender. Moreover, qualitative data will be used to further explain Black women’s race-gendered experiences and how it impacts their academic and career-related outcomes. As a compliment to the research, the educational plan for this project will include initiatives to: 1) nurture a community of scholars in CS education to further the work of broadening CS participation; 2) combine STEM and the arts (i.e. STEAM) via production and dissemination of a documentary to increase awareness about the challenges and strengths that impact Black women’s CS academic and career-related outcomes; 3) create and disseminate a media-informed curriculum to provoke thought and dialogue about the experiences of Black women in computing, along with strategies for organizational transformation; and 4) create virtual platforms on social media for undergraduate Black women in computing to develop community and solidarity.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.