African American Workforce Development in Physics and Astronomy: A Workshop

南加州大学将举办一个研讨会，以确定和解决影响非裔美国人物理和天文学学生职业道路的问题。来自Pk-12、高等教育、工业和专业协会的不同专家将齐聚一堂，(1)确定以证据为基础的方法来减轻对非裔美国学生的障碍？(2)讨论对旨在增加非裔美国人在物理学和天文学中的代表性的项目或活动进行更严格的第三方评估的策略，以及(3)提出专门针对物理学和天文学劳动力中代表性不足的研究课题。为期两天的研讨会与全国黑人物理学家协会的年度会议同时举行，并将雇用一名？基于优势的途径模型？讨论以行动为导向、系统的、数据驱动的战略，以扩大非裔美国人在物理和天文学领域的参与。讲习班将产生知识，供包括社区学院在内的各利益攸关方社区使用，以设计有效的干预措施，扭转物理和天文学的消极趋势。它还将促进合作，实施创新，扩大这些学科的参与。

The University of Southern California will conduct a workshop to identify and address issues that impact career pathways for African American students in physics and astronomy. Diverse experts from Pk-12, higher education, industry, and professional societies will convene to (1) identify evidence-based approaches to mitigating barriers to African American students? academic performance and workforce participation, (2) discuss strategies for more rigorous, third-party evaluations of programs or activities designed to increase the representation of African Americans in physics and astronomy, and (3) propose research topics focused specifically on underrepresentation in the physics and astronomy workforce. The two-day workshop coincide with the annual meeting of the National Society of Black Physicists and will employ a ?strengths-based, pathway model? approach to discuss an action-oriented, systematic, data-driven strategy to broaden the participation of African Americans in physics and astronomy. The workshop will result in knowledge that can be used by various stakeholder communities, including community colleges, to design effective interventions to reverse the negative trends in physics and astronomy. It also will catalyze collaborations to implement innovations to broaden participation in those disciplines.