Collaborative Research: GSE/RES: Contextualizing Computing Education: The Role of Interdisciplinary, Collab. Research Models in Undergrad. Women's Ed. & Vocational Trajectorie

智力优势：加州州立大学长滩分校和加州大学洛杉矶分校正在研究跨学科合作研究模式（ICRM）以及ICRM经验对计算机科学与工程专业（CSE）本科女性的影响。本研究的中心目标是调查ICRM在CSE部门的经历如何影响本科女性的教育和职业轨迹（专业坚持，毕业，追求研究生学位和/或计算机职业的意图），以产生与改进CSE课程/项目相关的数据。理论方法结合了个人和组织变量的交集：组织文化理论允许对学生经历ICRM的部门文化进行密切分析，职业选择理论包括背景和社会影响，并允许个人在职业决策中发挥作用。这项研究将包括六个预先选定的案例研究机构，并采用多阶段的方法，在三年的时间里对案例和研究对象进行深入研究，包括亲自观察和与学生、教师和学术领袖的访谈。更广泛的影响：ICRM活动在学院和大学中越来越多，了解它们的影响对于提高从事计算机专业的CSE专业女性的入学率、持久性和毕业率非常重要。本研究的结果将通过多个渠道传播给从业人员和研究人员，将有助于了解ICRM活动如何对计算机领域的妇女教育和职业轨迹产生积极影响。此外，这项研究有可能建立实践者和研究人员的网络，他们对改善妇女在CSE部门和专业中的经验和保留感兴趣。

Intellectual Merit: California State University Long Beach and the University of California Los Angeles are studying interdisciplinary collaborative research models (ICRM) and the impact of ICRM experiences on undergraduate women in computer science and engineering (CSE). The central objective of the study is to investigate how ICRM experiences in CSE departments shape undergraduate women's educational and vocational trajectories (persistence in major, graduation, intention to pursue graduate degrees and/or careers in computing) to generate data relevant for improving CSE curricula/programs. The theoretical approach incorporates the intersection of personal and organizational variables: organizational culture theory allows for close analysis of the departmental cultures in which students experience ICRM, and vocational choice theory includes background and societal impact and allows for individual agency in career decisions. The study will include six pre-selected case study institutions and incorporates a multi-phased approach in which the cases and research subjects are studied in-depth over three years involving in-person observations and interviews with students, faculty and academic leaders.Broader Impacts: ICRM activities are increasing in colleges and universities, and understanding their impact is important for enhancing the enrollment, persistence, and graduation of women CSE majors who pursue computing professions. The results of this study, disseminated through multiple venues to both practitioners and researchers, will provide an understanding of how ICRM activities may positively impact women's educational and vocational trajectories in computing fields. Moreover, the study has the potential to build networks of practitioners and researchers who have an interest in improving the experiences and retention of women in CSE departments and professions.