Collaborative Research: IMPLEMENTATION: Broadening participation of marginalized individuals to transform SABER and biology education

专业协会在提供一个分享研究成果和建立联系的平台方面发挥着重要作用。然而，大多数专业协会都在努力解决与缺乏代表性和纳入历史上在科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）教育和职业道路中代表性不足的人口群体成员有关的问题。其中一个专业协会包括生物教育研究促进协会（SABER），这是一个主要关注本科生物教育研究的领先国际协会。与该组织相关的奖学金影响着每个本科生的生物学学习环境。此外，该组织的成员也是其他专业协会的成员，这使得SABER成为推进与各种生物学子领域的多样性，公平性和包容性相关的系统性变革的关键杠杆，从而有助于对本科生物学教育产生更大的影响。SABER自成立以来，正如2019年的自我研究所证明的那样，一直在努力解决其组织结构各个层面的多样性和代表性问题，包括关键领导职位。这方面直接影响到这个社会的文化和气候，最终影响到与本科生物学教育相关的多样性，公平性和包容性努力的实施。尽管其组织结构发生了重大变化，但仍需要作出协调一致的努力，以实现与公平和包容有关的永久性变革。该项目旨在通过纳入不同的观点和声音来实现可持续变革，从根本上改变本组织的文化，并实施促进文化变革环境的举措。该项目的目标如下：（1）广泛和系统地为SABER做广告和招聘，以扩大其覆盖范围，包括目前还不知道SABER的组织、机构和个人;（2）为那些在生物学领域代表性不足的群体成员或在历史上黑人学院和大学以及其他少数民族服务机构工作的个人提供旅行支持，以参加全国会议，（3）为SABER领导职位上的个人提供与包容相关的指导，以及（4）开发网络、指导和领导机会，以维持SABER内部不同成员的参与。我们认为，增加SABER中代表性不足的科学家的数量并纳入他们的观点，将使这个社会的文化发生转变，以通过以下方式帮助促进包容：（1）创造温馨的空间，促进不同个体的归属感和专业成长，（二）通过在SABER领导层内培养和授权环境管理员，并为他们提供旅行，为成员创造一个支持性的环境支持和指导活动，以及（3）引入结构性变革，最终影响SABER作为一个组织的文化和氛围，为不同的个人创造多样化的社会领导途径。最后，由于SABER的成员是生物学其他子领域的成员，这些努力将直接影响其他专业协会在努力成为包容性。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得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的支持。

Professional societies play an important role in providing a platform for sharing research findings and networking. However, most professional societies grapple with issues related to lack of representation and inclusion of members of demographic groups that have historically been underrepresented in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education and career paths. One among these professional societies includes the Society for the Advancement in Biology Education Research (SABER), a leading premier international society with a primary focus on undergraduate biology education research. Scholarship related to this organization impacts every undergraduate biology learning environment. Additionally, members of this organization are also members of other professional societies, which makes SABER a critical lever for advancing systemic changes related to diversity, equity, and inclusion across various biology sub-fields and thus, helping to exert a larger impact on undergraduate biology education. SABER since its inception and as exemplified by a self-study in 2019, has struggled with issues of diversity and representation at every level of its organizational structure, including key leadership positions. This aspect directly impacts the culture and climate of this society which ultimately affects the implementation of diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts related to undergraduate biology education. Despite significant changes in its organizational structure, a concerted effort is needed to institute a permanent change related to equity and inclusion. This project aims to enact sustainable change by including diverse perspectives and voices to fundamentally change the culture of the organization and implement initiatives that promote an environment to enable cultural change. The goals of this project are as follows: (1) broadly and systematically advertise and recruit for SABER to broaden its reach to organizations, institutions, and individuals who are not currently aware of SABER, (2) offer travel support for individuals that are members of groups typically underrepresented in biology or who work at historically black colleges and universities and other minority serving institutions to attend the national meeting, (3) offer mentorship related to inclusion to individuals in leadership positions at SABER, and (4) develop networking, mentoring, and leadership opportunities to sustain the involvement of diverse members within SABER. We posit that increasing the number and including the perspectives of underrepresented scientists within SABER will enable a shift in the culture of this society to help advance inclusion by (1) creating welcoming spaces that foster an enhanced sense of belonging and professional growth of diverse individuals, (2) creating a supportive environment for members by developing and empowering environmental stewards within the SABER leadership and by offering them travel support and mentoring activities, and (3) introducing structural changes that will ultimately affect the culture and climate of SABER as an organization to create pathways that diversify the society’s leadership for diverse individuals. Finally, as members of SABER are members of other sub-fields of biology, these efforts will directly impact other professional societies in their efforts to becoming inclusive.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.