Targeting Infusion Project: LU- FIELDS: Lincoln University - Food Intersectional Education Linked to Diversify Sustainability

历史上的黑人学院和大学本科项目（HBCU- up）通过有针对性的输液项目支持基于证据的创新模式和方法的开发、实施和研究，以提高HBCU本科生的准备和成功，使他们可以攻读STEM研究生课程和/或职业。林肯大学LU-FIELDS的这个项目将通过在全国第一所HBCU实施跨学科可持续发展辅修课程，以食品研究为基础，扩大STEM的参与。当地社区以及更广泛的可持续发展社区将通过外展活动，社会媒体参与，以及林肯大学为可持续发展未成年人提供的食品可持续发展证书课程来参与。林肯大学（Lincoln University）的目标是通过设计和实施最先进的可持续发展课程，围绕跨学科食品研究和内置评估的社交媒体参与，增加和扩大STEM的参与。跨学科的课程开发方法将确保一种包容性的方法，在培养科学思维的同时，吸引跨学科的学生。该项目的成果将包括在林肯大学开设一门新的可持续发展辅修课程，一门向林肯大学学生和更大社区开放的食品可持续发展证书课程，可持续花园实践、食品正义、交叉性评估和应用程序开发方面的学生研究项目，以及围绕可持续食品生产、食品安全和食品正义的社区参与。学生和教师将在当地和国家会议上展示他们的研究成果，并在同行评审的期刊上发表成果。该项目应用程序将利用游戏化的能力，结合移动技术和社交媒体连接的可访问性，吸引学生。该应用程序还将用于收集有关学生学习成果和可持续发展参与的评估数据。对可持续性和交叉性研究领域的贡献将包括与少数民族人口和社区参与可持续性研究有关的方法和评估的新框架。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 Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) through Targeted Infusion Projects supports the development, implementation, and study of evidence-based innovative models and approaches for improving the preparation and success of HBCU undergraduate students so that they may pursue STEM graduate programs and/or careers. This project at Lincoln University LU-FIELDS will broaden participation in STEM through the implementation of an interdisciplinary sustainability minor rooted in food studies at the nation’s first HBCU. The local community as well as the broader sustainability community will be engaged through outreach activities, social media engagement, and a certificate course in food sustainability offered at Lincoln as a required course for sustainability minors.The goal of LU-FIELDS (Lincoln University – Food Intersectional Education Linked to Diversify Sustainability) is to increase and broaden STEM engagement through the design and implementation of a state-of-the-art sustainability curriculum around interdisciplinary food studies and social media engagement with built-in assessment. The interdisciplinary approach to curriculum development will ensure an inclusive methodology that engages students across disciplines while fostering science thinking. Outcomes of the project will include a new sustainability minor at Lincoln University, a certificate course in Food Sustainability open to both Lincoln students and the greater community, student research projects in sustainable garden practices, food justice, intersectionality assessment, and app development, as well as community engagement around sustainable food production, food security and food justice. Students and faculty will present their research at local and national conferences and publish outcomes in peer reviewed journals. The project app will be used to engage students by utilizing the capabilities of gamification mixed with the accessibility of mobile technology and social media connection. The app will also be used to collect assessment data on student learning outcomes and sustainability engagement. Contributions to the fields of sustainability and intersectionality research will include new frameworks of methodologies and assessment pertaining to minority populations and community engagement in sustainability studies.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.