REU Site: Ralph Bunche Summer Institute

这项提议旨在继续拉尔夫·邦奇暑期研究所(RBSI)，这是美国政治科学协会(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旨在通过为黑人、拉丁裔和美国印第安人本科生准备进入博士课程并成为政治学学院和大学教授，以及/或该领域和相关领域的研究人员，来扩大有色人种学生的机会。智力优势：RBSI让本科生在大三的夏天沉浸在一个为期五周的密集课程中，其中包括研究生水平的课程工作，以及原创研究论文的设计、分析、写作和演示。该项目模拟研究生院的经历，通过向学生介绍研究方法和统计，以及作为专业政治学家生命线的研究企业，专注于科学分析。那些经验主义论文被评为高质量的学生被邀请在美国政治学会年会的海报环节上展示他们的论文。广泛的影响：APSA于1986年发起了拉尔夫·邦奇暑期学院，目的是增加攻读政治学高级学位的美国黑人人数。2000年，RBSI扩大到包括其他有色人种学生。多年来，政治学博士项目的有色人种学生人数时好时坏，但似乎处于上升轨道。RBSI在这一增长中发挥了重要作用。尽管如此，拥有政治学博士学位的黑人、拉美裔美国人和美国印第安人的需求依然存在。RBSI的最终目标是增加美国高校中黑人、拉丁裔和美国印第安人政治学教师的数量。结果表明，RBSI正在成功地增加政治学研究生项目的有色人种学生数量，以及拥有政治学博士学位的黑人和拉丁裔学生的数量，但需求如此之大，需要做更多的工作。该项目将满足这些需求。

This proposal is designed to continue the Ralph Bunche Summer Institute (RBSI), 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, and/or researchers in the field and related fields.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 project will address those needs.