Workshop: Applications to Interviews (A2I) - Preparing for the Faculty Job Market

全国范围内的建筑工程和管理人员缺乏多样性，这反映了建筑业。研究证明，学生更有可能追求有明显榜样的职业。然而，除了缺乏相同种族和/或性别的明显榜样外，研究还证明，女性和其他代表性不足的少数群体与博士导师的会议往往更少、更短。因此，这些学生在准备教师职位的申请材料时可能得不到同样的支持。推而广之，这些学生可能对面试过程准备不足。对一所大学的建筑工程和管理学院最近的搜索结果进行的初步审查显示，尽管女性和代表不足的少数族裔可能会被列入电话面试的入围名单，但她们收到的校园面试邀请的比例并不像他们的多数男性同事那样多。申请面试(A2I)讲习班旨在解决女性和考虑在建筑工程和管理领域从事教职的女性和代表性不足的博士生的面试准备差距。研讨会提供了一个独特的互动论坛，以分享和讨论追求教师职位的动机，以及成功准备申请和面试此类职位的策略。A2I研讨会将与2020年建筑研究大会(CRC)会议一起在亚利桑那州立大学举行。参与者包括建筑工程专业的博士生以及初级和高级教师，他们来自各种机构类型，从两年制学院和研究型大学到历史悠久的黑人学院和部落学院和大学。重点将是从建筑工程和管理领域历来代表性不足的群体中招募参与者。将利用小组活动和小组讨论来促进与教师职位申请和面试相关的专业发展。初级教师和博士生之间的近乎同行的指导将促进对教师职位的兴趣和追求，以及专业网络的形成。聘请更多元化的教师是吸引代表不足的本科生和研究生进入建筑工程和管理课程的关键一步。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Construction engineering and management faculty nationwide lack diversity, which reflects the construction industry. Research documents that students are more likely to pursue careers where they have visible role models. Beyond the lack of visible role models of the same race and/or gender, however, research also documents that females and other underrepresented minorities tend to have fewer and shorter meetings with their PhD advisors. Therefore, these students may not receive the same support as they prepare application materials for faculty positions. By extension, these same students may be under-prepared for the interview process. A preliminary review of recent construction engineering and management faculty searches at one university reveals that while women and underrepresented minorities might be short-listed for phone interviews, they do not receive invitations for campus interviews at the same rate as their majority male colleagues. The Applications to Interviews (A2I) workshop intends to address the interview preparation gap for women and underrepresented PhD students considering faculty careers in construction engineering and management. The workshop provides a unique and interactive forum for sharing and discussing motivations for pursuing faculty positions, as well as strategies to successfully prepare to apply and interview for such positions. The A2I workshop will be held at Arizona State University in conjunction with the Construction Research Congress (CRC) 2020 Conference. Participants include Ph.D. students as well as junior and senior faculty in construction engineering programs from a variety of institution types ranging from two-year colleges and research extensive universities to Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Tribal Colleges and Universities. A focus will be to recruit participants from historically underrepresented groups in construction engineering and management. Small group activities and panel discussions will be used to facilitate professional development related to applying and interviewing for faculty positions. Near-peer mentoring between junior faculty and PhD students will catalyze the interest in, and pursuit of, faculty positions as well as the formation of professional networks. Engaging a more diverse faculty is a critical step to attract underrepresented undergraduate and graduate students to construction engineering and management programs.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.