MPWR 2016 and beyond: Fostering sustainable networks for women in RUME

RUME的女性是数学家，她们的研究专长是本科教育，而不是更传统的数学领域之一。一般来说，这些女性倾向于在数学科学部门担任学术职位，在那里她们可能面临一些系统障碍和专业挑战，这会让她们感到被边缘化。为了解决这个问题，该项目将建立在先前工作中发起和培养的基础设施上：一个面对面的指导和伙伴关系系统，目标是女性研究人员参与本科数学教育。这一基础设施已被称为MPWR：妇女在农村经济领域的指导和伙伴关系。该项目将为该基础设施提供额外三年的支持。更重要的是，经过前两次年度迭代，MPWR基础设施已经充分建立，可以作为支持女性参与本科STEM教育研究的模型进行研究。女性在数学系RUME的定位使多个已知问题复杂化，例如学术界的女性，数学领域的女性，数学系的教育研究人员，更具体地说，数学系的RUME专家，加剧了边缘化的可能性。研究这一情况，以促进理解，该项目将追求以下研究问题：(1)什么是妇女在RUME斗争与职业成功相关的问题，更具体地说，是什么阻碍了妇女在RUME社会和学术融入他们的研究社区？(2)这些问题与(a) RUME中的男性、(b)数学研究中的女性、(c)其他数学教育研究领域中的女性以及(d)一般教育研究中的女性相比如何？(3) MPWR研讨会如何影响rumme社区，特别关注三个群体：rumme中的妇女，包括(a)参加MPWR的妇女和(b)未参加MPWR的妇女，以及(c) rumme中的男子？(4) MPWR研讨会以何种方式支持妇女在农村妇女教育中的社会和学术融合？

Women in RUME are mathematicians whose research expertise is in undergraduate education rather than one of the more traditional areas of mathematics. In general, these women tend to hold academic positions in departments of mathematical sciences, where they can face some systemic barriers and professional challenges that can make them feel marginalized. Toward addressing this issue, this project will build on an infrastructure initiated and cultivated in prior work: a face-to-face mentoring and partnership system that targets participation amongst women researchers within undergraduate mathematics education. This infrastructure has become known as MPWR: Mentoring and Partnerships for Women in RUME. The project will include support for this infrastructure for an additional three years. What's more, after the previous two annual iterations, the MPWR infrastructure is sufficiently established to be studied as a model to support women in undergraduate STEM education research.The positioning of women in RUME in mathematics departments compounds multiple known issues -- such as women in academia, women in mathematics, education researchers in mathematics departments, more specifically, RUME experts in mathematics departments -- exacerbating the potential for marginalization. Studying this situation in order to advance understanding, the project will pursue the following research questions: (1) What are the issues that women in RUME struggle with related to career success, and more specifically, what impedes women in RUME from social and academic integration into their research community? (2) How do these issues compare to (a) men in RUME, (b) women in mathematics research, (c) women in other areas of mathematics education research, and (d) women in educational research in general? (3) In what ways do the MPWR seminar impact the RUME community, specifically focusing on three groups: women in RUME, including (a) those who have participated in MPWR and (b) women who have not participated in MPWR, and (c) men in RUME? (4) In what ways does the MPWR seminar support the social and academic integration of women in RUME?