Examining Factors that Build a Sisterhood in Computing (BaSiC)

该项目旨在创建一个“网络生态系统”的数字档案，记录黑人女性在计算机领域的社会资本，提供资源、信息和潜在导师的机会，以增加黑人女性在这一领域的代表性。这项研究将有助于制定策略，利用成功的黑人女性在计算机领域的社会资本，鼓励有抱负的黑人女性在这一职业中追求和发展。名为“建立计算机姐妹情谊”（BaSiC）的数字档案将成为这一群体的资源。为了支持本研究项目的开展，研究者将参与结构化的专业发展活动，包括密歇根大学的定量方法暑期课程和北卡罗来纳大学的定性方法课程。此外，研究者还将接受一个研究顾问委员会的指导，该委员会由专门研究女性在STEM中的代表性不足以及影响她们的社会文化因素的个人组成。联合研究和专业发展计划的长期目标是定位研究者贡献知识，可以增加非裔美国妇女在计算机领域的保留率。调查人员将收集并定性和定量地分析60名计算机领域黑人女性的个人叙述，以确定对她们职业生涯的积极和消极影响。这将包括本科生、研究生、早期职业和经验丰富的专业人士。问题将包括专业协会的会员资格、技术的使用以及其他影响他们经历、行为和态度的因素。此外，还将对处于计算机职业生涯不同阶段的350名黑人妇女进行调查，以分析和记录影响其职业道路的参数。其基本原理是，基于社会因素的循证留存策略将被确定。BaSiC平台将有助于在目前从事计算机行业的不同黑人女性群体中培养社区意识和团结精神，并进一步为有兴趣从事计算机职业的黑人女性提供社会资本。该项目通过EHR核心研究建设STEM教育研究能力竞赛得到支持，该竞赛旨在培养个人？在STEM学习和学习环境中开展高质量基础STEM教育研究的能力，扩大STEM领域的参与，以及STEM劳动力的发展。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 project aims to create a digital archive of the "networked ecosystem" that documents the social capital of Black women in computing to provide resources, information, and access to potential mentors to increase the representation of Black women in this field. The research study will help develop strategies to leverage the social capital of successful Black women in computing to encourage aspiring Black women to pursue and thrive in this profession. The digital archive entitled: Building a Sisterhood in Computing (BaSiC) will serve as a resource for this population. To support the effort to carry out this research program, the investigator will engage in structured professional development activities that include summer courses in quantitative methods at the University of Michigan and qualitative methods at the University of North Carolina. In addition, the investigator will receive guidance from a research advisory board comprised of individuals who have expertise studying underrepresentation of women in STEM and socio-cultural factors that have affected them. The long-term goal of the combined research and professional development plan is to position the investigator to contribute knowledge that could increase retention of African American women in computing.The investigator will collect and qualitatively and quantitatively analyze personal narratives of 60 Black women in computing to determine positive and negative influences on their careers. This will include a mix of undergraduate students, graduate students, early career, and seasoned professionals. Questions will include memberships in professional societies, use of technology, and other factors that have shaped their experiences, behaviors, and attitudes. An additional 350 Black women in various stages of their computing career journeys will be surveyed to analyze and document parameters that influenced their career pathways. The rationale is that evidence-based retention strategies based on social factors will be identified. The BaSiC platform will help foster a sense of community and solidarity among a diverse group of Black women who are currently involved in computing and further provide social capital for Black women interested in pursuing careers in computing. The project is supported through the EHR Core Research Building Capacity in STEM Education Research competition that is designed to build individuals? capacity to carry out high quality fundamental STEM education research in STEM learning and learning environments, broadening participation in STEM fields, and STEM workforce development.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.