Factors Influencing Scientific Research Careers among American Indians

项目摘要 即使与其他代表性不足的群体相比，美洲印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民(AIAN) 人口在STEM中没有得到很好的代表，令人失望的是，并不总是在比较中详细说明 劳动力数据，因为他们的人数很少。针对AIAN学生危险因素的干预措施 经常是理论上的，缺乏系统的评估，开发时没有重点 明确的文化术语，使学生能够创造作为科学家的积极的双文化认同。最多的 来自高等教育领域不同问题的最新数据突显了加州大学的独特作用 俄克拉荷马州在高等教育方面拥有美国印第安人学生，作为全美顶尖学府之一 美国印第安人学士学位获得者人数最多的国家。因此，这一点 建议提供了几个创新点关于预测学术毅力和 AIAN学生在生物医学和行为研究职业生涯中的职业成功建立在 之前NIGMS支持的研究使用了社会认知职业理论。目前的提案旨在 收集有关AIAN和对比组参与者的其他纵向调查数据，以建立完整的 设置几组学生的本科经验和毕业信息，并 综合分析这一数据中的时变性因素。此外，该提案还探讨了 AIAN学生的独特关注点，通过定性和定量的方法来确定 它们作为政策变化杠杆的潜力以及制定方案以增加 在STEM专业的参与度和坚持性，目的是发展和评估 这些活动在未来的赠款提案中的有效性。增加AIAN数量的目标 STEM专业和AIAN生物医学/行为研究科学家将从额外的背景中受益 创造一个更可持续的结果，考虑到学生的兴趣和 能力、社区需求和行业技能差距。因此，该项目将寻求一个部落的投入 由部落教育部门和其他部落专业人员、行业组成的教育联盟 在AIAN人口高的地区附近的团体，并继续与AIAN进行讨论 本科生和研究生。我们的需求评估将解决以下问题 学生技能和教育，以及部落和俄克拉荷马州雇主在STEM领域的需求。这些 这些努力旨在作为未来资金提案的基础，以供试点和评估 重点机构的干预措施，目标是最终将这些干预措施推广到其他机构 机构，包括高等教育、K-12和部落社区，酌情。

Project Abstract Even compared to other underrepresented groups, the American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) population is not well represented in STEM and disappointingly, are not always detailed in comparisons of workforce data because of their small numbers. Interventions to address risk factors of AIAN students have frequently been atheoretical, lacking in systematic evaluation, and developed without focus on explicit cultural terms that enable students to create a positive bicultural identity as scientists. The most recent data from Diverse Issues in Higher Education underscores the unique role of the University of Oklahoma in the higher education of American Indian students, as one of the top institutions in the nation in terms of the highest number of American Indian bachelors’ degree recipients. Thus, this proposal provides several points of innovation with regard to prediction of academic perseverance and career success in biomedical and behavioral research careers among AIAN students, building on a previous NIGMS-supported study using Social Cognitive Career Theory. The current proposal aims to collect additional longitudinal survey data on AIAN and comparison group participants to establish full sets undergraduate experience and graduation information on several cohorts of students and to comprehensively analyze the time-variant factors in this data. In addition, this proposal explores the unique concerns of AIAN students through qualitative and quantitative methods in order to determine their potential as levers of change in policy as well as development of programming to increase engagement and persistence in STEM majors, with the intention of developing and evaluating the effectiveness of these activities in a future grant proposal. The goal of increasing the number of AIAN STEM majors and AIAN biomedical/behavioral research scientists would benefit from additional context to create a more sustainable outcome that considers the intersection between student interests and ability, community needs, and industry skill gaps. Thus, this project will seek input from a Tribal Education Alliance composed of tribal education departments and other tribal professionals, industry groups in proximity to areas with high AIAN populations, and continued discussions with AIAN undergraduate and graduate students. Our needs assessment will address the question of gaps between student skills and education and the needs of tribal and Oklahoma employers in STEM fields. These efforts are intended as a basis on which future funding proposals will be written to pilot and evaluate interventions at the focal institution, with the goal of ultimately scaling these interventions to other institutions, including higher education, K-12, and tribal communities, as appropriate.