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

鲁姆的女性是数学家，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。总体而言，这些女性往往在数学科学系担任学术职位，在那里她们可能面临一些系统性障碍和专业挑战，这可能会让她们感到被边缘化。为了解决这一问题，该项目将建立在以前工作中启动和培养的基础上：面对面的指导和伙伴关系系统，目标是让女性研究人员参与本科数学教育。这一基础设施已成为众所周知的MPWR：为鲁姆妇女提供指导和伙伴关系。该项目将包括为这一基础设施再提供三年的支持。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，可以作为支持女性在本科STEM教育研究中的模型进行研究。女性在数学系中的地位加剧了多个已知问题--如学术界的女性、数学系的女性、数学系的教育研究人员，更具体地说，数学系的女性专家--加剧了被边缘化的可能性。通过研究这种情况，该项目将探讨以下研究问题：(1)RUM中的女性与事业成功有关的问题是什么，更具体地说，是什么阻碍了RUM中的女性融入其研究社区？(2)这些问题与(A)RUM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研讨会以什么方式影响RUM社区，特别是关注三个群体：包括：(A)参加过妇女地位委员会会议的妇女和(B)没有参加妇女地位委员会会议的妇女，以及(C)参加妇女委员会会议的男子？(4)妇女委员会研讨会以哪些方式支持妇女在妇女委员会的社会和学术融合？

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?