Improving Culture and Climate in the Mathematical Sciences: Moving Toward Action

旨在改善数学科学文化和氛围的“走向行动”研讨会将于2020年1月14日（星期二）在科罗拉多州丹佛市与2020年联合数学会议（JMM）同时举行。当数学界的成员感到在我们的职业中不受欢迎时，整个数学的成功就处于危险之中。本次研讨会的重点是理解和创造友好的环境，为有兴趣在各自机构推动文化变革的数学系提供可操作的信息和流程变更计划，以邀请更多的人进入并坚持STEM学科。本次研讨会提出的方法将：(1)根据NASEM的《女性性骚扰报告》，确定性骚扰的影响、气候和政策如何影响性骚扰的普遍程度，以及改善气候和制度结构的建议；(2)提供指导，从人际关系的角度定义理想的工作环境，以及实现意识和采用的行动；(3)提供工具、技术和培训，以应对破坏友好环境的行为；(4)在识别导致不良行为的大学政策差距方面提供指导，并在发现此类问题时提供应对建议结构；(5)在参与者的家庭机构实施变革时，引导制定个人行动计划。这些目标将通过各种活动来实现，包括演讲者、小组讨论、互动式旁观者干预培训和参与者可选的海报展示。特别是，演讲者将包括组织发展和性骚扰方面的专家，了解学术界政策实施最佳实践的专业人士，以及定义和创造包容性工作环境的专家。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。

The "Moving Towards Action" workshop to improve the culture and climate in the mathematical sciences will take place in conjunction with the 2020 Joint Mathematics Meeting (JMM) in Denver, Colorado on Tuesday, January 14, 2020. When members of the mathematics community are made to feel unwelcome in our profession, the success of mathematics as a whole is put into jeopardy. This workshop is focused on understanding and creating welcoming environments--providing actionable information and process change plans to mathematics department interested in driving cultural change at their respective institutions--so as to invite more people to enter and persist in STEM disciplines. The approach proposed through this workshop will (1) establish the impacts of sexual harassment, how climate and policies can affect the prevalence of sexual harassment, and the recommendations for improving climate and institutional structures, based on the NASEM's Sexual Harassment of Women report; (2) provide guidance to define a desired workplace climate from an interpersonal perspective, and actions towards achieving awareness and adoption; (3) supply tools, techniques and training to respond to behaviors that undermine a welcoming environment; (4) present guidance in identifying gaps in university policies that drive unwanted behaviors and provide a recommended structure for responding when such issues are discovered; (5) initiate guided development of individual action plans for implementing change at participant's home institutions. These objectives will be reached through a variety of activities, including speakers, a panel, interactive bystander intervention training, and an optional poster presentation by the participants. In particular, speakers will include experts in organizational development and sexual harassment, professionals knowledgeable about best practices in policy implementation in academia, and an expert in defining and creating inclusive work environments.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.