A Stanford - SJSU Postdoctoral Training Program to Enhance URM Teaching

描述（由申请人提供）：科学的多样性是对我们社会的挑战。我们需要一个多元化的科学界，为复杂问题提供新颖的视角，推动经济增长和繁荣，完成我们社会的承诺。URM的科学家在训练的每一个阶段都会出现人员流失，尤其是在本科、研究生和博士后阶段。为URM服务的机构是URM科学家的源泉，但是教这个复杂的群体是具有挑战性的。需要忠诚的、训练有素的URM科学家-教育者来解决对更多URM科学家的需求。然而，传统的教师培训通常只涉及研究，没有教学方法方面的经验。在这里，我们提出了一个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。该项目将选择5名博士后学者，在一个主要研究者指导的实验室进行传统的博士后培训。该小组将由PI和一个由斯坦福大学和上海州立大学的科学家组成的委员会指导。这些学者将在PI实验室制定一个传统的研究计划，并在项目的第一年指导上海州立大学的本科生。在接下来的几年里，这些学者将在上海外国语大学学习现代数字化教学方法，并将利用这些技能获得教学经验。该项目将把斯坦福大学研究环境的最佳方面与在上海州立大学教授URM科学家的挑战结合起来。

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.