Broadening Geosciences Disciplines at the National Association of Black Geoscientists Annual Technical Conference: Houston, TX, September 5-8, 2018

该项目为来自传统黑人学院和大学（HBCUs）的约10名教师和来自全国各地的约50名有色人种学生提供部分支持，参加2018年9月5日至8日在休斯顿举行的全国黑人地球科学家协会（NABG）年度技术会议。让HBCU的教师参与NABG这样的专业发展机会，将有助于他们在毕业生的潜在雇主中保持奖学金和社会资本。此外，大多数HBCU与地球科学相关的学位课程都是环境和大气科学课程。在NABG年度会议上，这些项目的学生历来代表性不足。目标是扩大NABG的学科代表性，以包括更多对地球科学更广泛学科感兴趣的有色人种。该项目的一个主要目的是吸引HBCU环境科学项目的教师和学生，并帮助他们参加一个重要的国家会议，使他们成为21世纪地球科学工作人员。尽管像NABG这样的专业组织做出了努力，但非裔美国人在地球科学领域的代表性仍然很低。最近的评估发现，授予来自代表性不足群体的人的地球科学学位仍然很低；在每个学术级别的地球科学学位中，10%的学位授予了少数族裔，非洲裔美国人获得的地球科学学士学位不到3%。NABG会议的早期参与者继续在地球科学方面进行学术准备或进入国家地球科学工作队伍；包括参加至少四次NABG会议的学生100%的职业晋升。因此，有色人种学生参与NABG似乎与职业成功密切相关。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project provides partial support for about 10 faculty from historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and for about 50 students-of-color from across the nation to participate in the Annual Technical Conference of the National Association of Black Geoscientists (NABG), 5-8 September 2018 in Houston, TX. Engaging HBCU faculty in professional development opportunities such the NABG will help maintaining their scholarship and social capital among prospective employers of their graduates. Furthermore, most HBCU degree programs of relevance to the geosciences are environmental and atmospheric sciences programs. Students in these programs are historically under-represented at the NABG annual conference. The objective is to expand the disciplinary representation of NABG to include more people-of-color interested in broader disciplines of Geosciences. A primary aim of this project is to engage faculty and students in HBCU environmental sciences programs and aid their participation in a national conference of importance to placing them in the 21st Century geosciences workforce. Despite the efforts of professional organizations like NABG, underrepresentation of African Americans in geosciences remains low. Recent assessments found that degree awards in geosciences to persons from underrepresented groups remain very low; 10% of geoscience degrees at every academic level are awarded to those with minority status, and African Americans earn fewer than 3% of geoscience baccalaureate degrees. Earlier participants in NABG meetings have continued in their academic preparation in geosciences or entered the national geosciences workforce; including 100% career advancement for students who attended at least four NABG conferences. Thus, participation of students-of-color in NABG appears to be strongly correlated with career success.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.