A Stanford - SJSU Postdoctoral Training Program to Enhance URM Teaching

描述(申请人提供)：科学的多样性对我们的社会是一种挑战。需要一个多元化的科学界来为复杂问题提供新的视角，以推动经济增长和繁荣，并完成我们社会的承诺。培训期间URM科学家的自然流失发生在每一个阶段，尤其是在本科生、研究生和博士后水平。为城市资源管理服务的机构是城市资源管理科学家的源泉，但教授这一复杂的群体是具有挑战性的。承诺的、训练有素的URM科学家-教育者需要解决对更多URM科学家的需求。然而，传统的教师培训通常只涉及研究，没有教学方法的经验。在这里，我们提出了IRACDA培训计划，将斯坦福大学严格的博士后培训与主要为URM服务的机构(圣何塞州立大学，SJSU)的现代教学方法相结合。该计划将选择一个由5名博士后学者组成的队列，在一个由首席研究员指导的实验室进行传统的博士后培训计划。这群人将由PI以及来自斯坦福大学和上海州立大学的科学家委员会指导。学者们将在PI实验室制定传统的研究计划，并将在项目的头几年指导上海州立大学的本科生。在接下来的几年里，这些学者将在上海交通大学学习现代数字教学方法，并将在那里获得使用这些技能的教学经验。该项目将把斯坦福大学最好的研究环境与上海州立大学教授URM科学家的挑战结合起来。 相关性(参见说明)：该研究计划的目标是创建一批训练有素的科学家-教育者，他们可以进入URM服务机构的教职，以引导更多URM科学家进入我们的社会。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Diversity in science is a challenge to our society. A diverse scientific community is needed to provide novel perspectives on complex problems, to drive economic growth and prosperity, and to complete the promise of our society. Attrition of URM scientists during training occur at every step, but particularly at the undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral level. URM-serving institutions are wellsprings for URM scientists, but teaching this complex population is challenging. Committed, well-trained URM scientist-educators are needed to address the need for more URM scientists. However, traditional training of faculty usually involves research alone, with no experience in teaching methods. Here we proposed an IRACDA training program that combines rigorous postdoctoral training at Stanford University, with exposure to modern teaching approaches at a primarily URM-serving institution (San Jose State University, SJSU). The program will select a cohort of 5 postdoctoral scholars for a traditional postdoctoral training program in a principle investigator-directed laboratory. The cohort will be mentored by the PI and by a committee of scientists from both Stanford and SJSU. The Scholars will develop a traditional research plan in the PI laboratory, and will mentor undergraduate students from SJSU in the first years of the program. In subsequent years, the scholars will learn modern digital teaching methods at SJSU, and will gain teaching experience there using these skills. The program will merge the best aspects of the research environment at Stanford with exposure to the challenges of teaching URM scientists at SJSU. RELEVANCE (See instructions): The goal of this research program is to create a cohort of trained scientist-educators who can move into faculty positions at URM-serving institutions to bootstrap the flow of more URM scientists into our society.