New College Environmental Health Science Scholars: A Unique Summer Program Designed to Increase Diversity in the Environmental Health Sciences

项目摘要 科学和技术缺乏多样性是一个有据可查的、持续存在的国家问题。增加 科学专业学生的多样性是一个国家的当务之急，有几个原因，包括经济， 社会公正、技术创新和创造性地解决问题。科学家解决问题的方法， 如何解决这个问题取决于他们的生活经验的总和， 经验往往取决于它们的作用，因此，促进多样化的科学研究至关重要。 促进多样性有助于减少偏见，促进不同的世界观。实际上，科学职业 一般来说，工资较高。因此，我们必须提供一个机制，让所有希望从事专业工作的人， 科学的机会。代表性不足的少数群体普遍受到劝阻， 为了弥补过去的不公正，我们必须确保平等的机会， 为所有希望攻读STEM学位的人提供机会。为了应对内部的关键挑战， 环境健康科学，我们需要大量不同的科学家来解决问题， 面对我们的未来，梦想尚未考虑的解决方案，为尚未考虑的问题创造解决方案 遇到的。为了创造一个环境，让不同的学生可以茁壮成长，并准备管理我们的 未来，我们提出了一个强大的，结构化的夏季研究计划，新的大学环境健康 科学学者（NCEHSS），以支持不同的年轻学者对环境健康事业的兴趣。 招聘将主要来自社区大学，并专门从马里兰县，全国的 增长最快的县，有30%的西班牙裔和3%的美洲原住民人口。NCEHSS将招收9名 将代表性不足的学者纳入一个有导师指导的暑期研究项目， 亚利桑那州立大学数学与自然科学学院的导师。学生将在他们的道路上得到支持， 研究生课程与密集的课程和专业发展，包括一门课程，题为 如何成为一名科学家，涵盖的主题包括演示和数据分析技能。学生也将 通过环境健康科学研究技术课程接受技术培训。他们 将通过风险与回报的方法参与环境健康科学的积极学习， 环境健康科学系。为了支持学生发展为有道德的科学家，一个强大的 负责任的研究行为课程将通过活动，案例研究和棘手的问题来挑战他们。 科学中的问题。NCEHSS的重点将是开放日家庭之夜研究 研讨会与海报会议，学生与最重要的人分享他们的研究， 他们NCEHSS还将在社区学院、新社区学院和新社区学院之间开发网络项目。 学院环境健康科学，并在亚利桑那州立大学现有的结构。最后，NCEHSS邀请学生 继续在他们的实验室在亚利桑那州立大学后，成功完成该计划，以进一步发展他们作为一个科学家 并支持他们进入研究生院的目标。

Project Summary The lack of diversity in science and technology is a well-documented, ongoing national issue. Increasing diversity of students in science is a national imperative for several reasons, including economic, social justice, technological innovation, and creative problem solving. A scientist's approach to a problem, and how that problem could be solved is dependent on the sum total of their life experiences and as those experiences are often dependent on their agency, thusly it is critical to stimulate a diverse scientific academy. Promoting diversity helps reduce bias and promotes different world views. Practically, science careers are generally higher paying. Therefore, we must provide a mechanism for all who wish to pursue professional opportunities in the sciences. Underrepresented minorities have generally been discouraged or systematically prevented from science careers and in order to remedy these past injustices, we must ensure equal access and opportunity for all who wish to pursue a STEM degree. In order to answer the critical challenges within environmental health sciences, we need a large and varied assembly of scientists to tackle the issues that face our future, to dream of solutions not yet contemplated, to create solutions to problems not yet encountered. In order to create an environment where varied students can thrive and prepare to manage our future, we propose a robust, structured summer research program, the New College Environmental Health Science Scholars (NCEHSS), to bolster diverse young scholars’ interest in environmental health careers. Recruitment will be primarily from community colleges, and exclusively from Maricopa County, the nation’s fastest growing county, with a 30% Hispanic and 3% Native American population. NCEHSS will enroll nine underrepresented scholars into a mentored summer research program, matching students with a faculty mentor in ASU’s School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences. Students will be supported on their path to graduate programs with intensive coursework and professional development, including a course entitled How to Be a Scientist, covering topics including presentation and data analysis skills. Students will also receive training in techniques with a Research Techniques in Environmental Health Sciences course. They will participate in active learning in environmental health sciences, via a risk versus reward approach, in an Environmental Health Sciences Tutorial. To support students’ development as ethical scientists, a robust course in the Responsible Conduct of Research will challenge them with activities, case studies, and knotty problems in science. The keystone of NCEHSS will be an Open House Family Night Research Symposium with a poster session, where students share their research with the people most important to them. NCEHSS will also develop networking programs between the community colleges, the New College environmental health sciences, and existing structures at ASU. Finally, NCEHSS invites students to continue in their lab at ASU after successful completion of the program to further develop them as a scientist and support their goals to matriculate to graduate school.