REU Site in Political Science: Ralph Bunche Summer Institute

拉尔夫·邦奇暑期研究所（RBSI）是美国政治学协会（APSA）的一个项目，由杜克大学政治学系主办，作为政治学的REU网站。RBSI旨在通过准备黑人，拉丁裔和美洲印第安人本科生参加博士课程并成为政治学学院和大学教授来扩大有色人种学生的机会。智力优势-RBSI沉浸在他们的大三在为期五周的密集计划，包括研究生水平的课程工作，并设计，分析，写作和演示原始研究论文的夏天本科生。该计划模拟研究生院的经验，并通过向学生介绍研究方法和统计数据，以及作为专业政治科学家生命线的研究企业，专注于科学分析。那些实证论文被评为高质量的学生被邀请在美国政治学协会年会的海报会议上展示他们的论文。更广泛的影响-APSA于1986年发起了拉尔夫·邦奇暑期研究所，目标是增加美国黑人攻读政治学高级学位的人数。在2000年，RBSI扩大到包括其他学生的颜色。多年来，政治学博士课程中有色人种学生的数量有增有减，但似乎正处于上升趋势。RBSI在这一增长中发挥了重要作用。然而，对黑人、拉丁美洲人和美洲印第安人的政治学博士学位的需求仍然存在。RBSI的最终目标是增加美国学院和大学中黑人，拉丁裔和美洲印第安人政治学教师的数量。结果表明，RBSI成功地增加了政治学研究生课程中有色人种学生的数量，以及拥有政治学博士学位的黑人和拉丁美洲人的数量，但需求如此之大，需要做更多的工作。 这个REU网站是共同资助的跨部门活动和政治科学计划在社会，行为和经济科学理事会。

The Ralph Bunche Summer Institute (RBSI) is a program of the American Political Science Association (APSA) and hosted by the Department of Political Science at Duke University as a REU Site in Political Science. The RBSI is designed to expand opportunities for students-of-color by preparing black, Latino, and American Indian undergraduates to enroll in doctoral programs and become political science college and university professors. Intellectual Merit - The RBSI immerses undergraduates in the summer of their junior year in a five-week intensive program that includes graduate level course work, and the design, analysis, writing, and presentation of original research papers. The program simulates the graduate school experience and focuses on scientific analysis by introducing the students to research methods and statistics, and the research enterprise that is the lifeline of professional political scientists. Those students whose empirical papers are judged to be of high quality are invited to present their papers in a poster session at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association. Broader Impacts - The APSA initiated the Ralph Bunche Summer Institute in 1986, with the goal of increasing the number of black Americans pursing advanced degrees in political science. In 2000, RBSI was expanded to include other students-of-color. The numbers of students-of-color in doctoral programs in political science has waxed and waned over the years, but appears to be on an upward trajectory. The RBSI has played a major role in this increase. Nevertheless, the need for blacks, Latinos/as and American Indians with doctorates in political science remains. The ultimate goal of the RBSI is to increase the number of black, Latino, and American Indian political science faculty in U.S. colleges and universities. Results suggest that the RBSI is succeeding in increasing the numbers of students-of color in political science graduate programs, and the numbers of blacks and Latinos with doctorates in political science, but the need is so great, that more needs to be done. This REU site is co-funded by the Cross Directorate Activities and the Political Science Programs in the Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences.