Transforming the Climate and Advancing STEM Women at JSU, an HBCU in the South (JSUAdvance)

杰克逊州立大学先进信息技术项目的总体目的是改善STEM学科女教员的工作环境。为此，该项目建议为教员和行政人员提供专业发展，为STEM女教员建立一个研究和职业导师网络，审查大学政策和做法，并促进性别包容的氛围。这个项目的特别之处在于，如果把重点放在我们国家的女性教师身上？历史上的黑人高校S。智力上的功绩。这个项目的学术价值和新颖性在于机构类型和将启动的实现性别平等的方法，特别是因为在历史上属于黑人的机构中，缺乏侧重于STEM学科中妇女的信息和文献。联合技术大学先进信息技术项目将向社区介绍这类机构的体制变革情况，并促进对性别问题和陈规定型观念的了解，因为它们与有色人种妇女有着独特的联系。更广泛的影响。杰克逊州立大学先进信息技术项目将对STEM女教员队伍产生重大影响，她们在STEM学科中一直得不到充分的服务和代表性。此外，该项目将为在任何校园为有色人种妇女实施战略提供蓝图。项目结果将主要通过项目网站和其他传统方式传播，并特别侧重于EPSCoR国家的其他机构。

The overall purpose of the Jackson State University ADVANCE IT project is to enhance the work climate for women faculty in the STEM disciplines. To that end, the project proposes to provide professional development to faculty and administrators, develop a network of research and career mentors for women STEM faculty, review university policies and practices and foster a climate of gender inclusion. This project is particularly unique in that if focuses on women faculty at our nation?s Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Intellectual Merit. The intellectual merit and novelty of this project lies in the institution type and in the approaches to be initiated toward gender equity, particularly because there exists a dearth of information and literature that focuses on women in the STEM disciplines at historically Black institutions. The JSU ADVANCE IT project will inform the community about institutional transformation at this institution type, as well as promote an understanding of gender issues and stereotypes as they are uniquely related to women of color. Broader Impact. The Jackson State University ADVANCE IT project will have significant impact on a cadre of women STEM faculty who have been underserved and underrepresented in the STEM disciplines. Moreover, this project will provide a blueprint for implementing strategies on any campus for women of color. Project findings will be disseminated largely through a project website and through other traditional means, with special emphasis on other institutions in EPSCoR states.