Cohort 12: JSU Bridge to the Doctorate

Louis Stokes少数族裔参与联盟(LSAMP)计划帮助大学和学院通过培养具有高度竞争力的学生来实现科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)劳动力的多元化，这些学生来自历史上在STEM学科中代表性较低的群体：非洲裔美国人、阿拉斯加原住民、美国印第安人、西班牙裔美国人、夏威夷原住民和太平洋原住民。LSAMP通向博士的桥梁(BD)活动的目标是提高STEM研究生的数量和质量，重点是博士入学和完成学业。为了保持美利坚合众国在STEM领域的全球领导地位，它需要培养尚未开发的创造性和有才华的学生，这些学生在历史上一直没有得到充分的代表，他们获得了STEM的博士学位。杰克逊州立大学(JSU)是一所历史悠久的黑人大学(HBCU)，也是密西西比州LSAMP(LSMAMP)的牵头机构，它将作为2015-2017年BD研究员队列的主办地点。JSU将在具有挑战性的研究和学术经验的基础上执行BD计划。该计划有助于实现NSF 2014-2018年战略计划中的目标之一，即“整合教育和研究，以支持发展具有尖端能力的多样化STEM劳动力。”JSU的BD项目将大大有助于增加学术界和STEM劳动力中的科学家、数学家和工程师的多样性，从而帮助美国保持全球竞争力。杰克逊州立大学的博士学位项目有四个目标，分别是(I)研究和学术准备，(Ii)丰富活动，(Iii)国家和国际伙伴关系，以及(Iv)评估和学生跟踪。佐治亚州立大学在培养生物、化学、数学、环境科学、计算机科学和工程学博士学位的主要非裔美国研究生方面有着良好的记录。到目前为止，在之前的117名BD研究员中，有97人已经被STEM博士项目录取；97人中有27人获得了博士学位，54人在获得博士学位方面进展顺利。JSU双管齐下，包括严格的研究培训和富有同情心和忠于职守的指导，将使他们的BD项目能够继续准备和提高STEM历史上代表性不足的学生进入博士课程的质量和数量。

The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program assists universities and colleges in diversifying the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) workforce through the development of highly competitive students from groups historically underrepresented in STEM disciplines: African-Americans, Alaska Natives, American Indians, Hispanic Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Native Pacific Islanders. The goal of the LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) Activity is to increase the quantity and quality of STEM graduate students from underrepresented populations, with emphasis on Ph.D. matriculation and completion. In order to maintain the United States of America's global leadership in STEM, it needs to develop the untapped pool of creative and talented students historically underrepresented, who earn Ph.Ds in STEM . Jackson State University (JSU), a Historically Black University (HBCU) and lead institution for the Mississippi LSAMP (LSMAMP), will serve as the host site for the 2015-2017 cohort of BD Fellows. JSU will execute a BD program that is based upon challenging research and academic experiences. This program contributes to addressing one of the objectives in NSF's 2014-2018 Strategic Plan, namely to "integrate education and research to support development of a diverse STEM workforce with cutting-edge capabilities." JSU's BD Program will contribute significantly to increasing the diversity of scientists, mathematicians and engineers in academia and the STEM workforce, thereby helping the nation to remain globally competitive.Jackson State University's Bridges to the Doctorate Program has four objectives, which are focused on (i) research and academic preparation, (ii) enrichment activities, (iii) national and international partnerships, and (iv) evaluation and student tracking. JSU has a strong track record for preparing primarily African American graduate students in biology, chemistry, mathematics, environmental science, computer science, and engineering doctoral degrees. To date, 97 out of the 117 BD Fellows from previous cohorts have been admitted into STEM doctoral programs; 27 out of the 97 have earned their Ph.D.s and 54 are progressing well towards earning their doctorate. JSU's two-pronged approach of rigorous research training and compassionate and committed mentoring will enable their BD program to continue to prepare and increase the quality and quantity of students historically underrepresented in STEM entering the Ph.D. pathway.