BPC-A: Institute for African-American Mentoring in Computing Sciences (iAAMCS)

佛罗里达大学将记录并展示非裔美国人计算机科学指导研究所（iAAMCS，发音为“I am CS”）在扩大计算机参与方面的影响。iAAMCS旨在为学生、教师和行业专业人士提供全国性资源。iAAMCS的一个主要目标是通过全国性的指导模式，显著增加黑人/非裔美国人在计算机领域攻读和完成博士学位的人数。作为这一模式的一部分，实施的项目和活动侧重于利用和发展基于证据的战略，以鼓励非裔美国人参与计算机，特别是在博士水平和更高水平。尽管获得计算机科学学士学位的比例与全国的比例相当（非裔美国人占美国人口的13.4%），但非裔美国人分别约占硕士和博士学位获得者的0.8%和1.2%。此外，在授予博士学位的机构中，非裔美国人占终身教职员工的1.4%。拥有学士学位的非裔美国人数量较多，这一事实证明，有足够的人才库来攻读计算机研究生教育。该项目涉及广泛评估和传播新的和现有的iAAMCS数据，同时继续进行支持学生指导的关键规划干预。在此奖励期间，将记录iAAMCS对计算领域和专业的集体影响，以及iAAMCS对其参与者的经验和影响。这项工作包括重新分析现有的定性和定量纵向数据，以及收集新的调查答复和访谈数据。还将提供进一步的文件，说明该系统资源的影响和有用性。新的教育研究将与级联指导、自我效能、交叉性和计算机科学身份发展的概念有关。对iAAMCS的全面分析的结果将解决与非裔美国人在计算机方面相关的文献中的几个空白。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 University of Florida will document and demonstrate the impact of the Institute for African-American Mentoring in Computing Sciences (iAAMCS, pronounced ‘I am CS’) on broadening participation in computing. iAAMCS is intended to serve as a national resource to students, faculty, and industry professionals. A major goal of iAAMCS is to significantly increase the number of Black/African Americans pursuing and completing the Ph.D. in computing fields through a national mentoring model. The programs and activities implemented as a part of this model focus on leveraging and developing evidence-based strategies to encourage African American’s participation in computing, specifically at the Ph.D. level and beyond. Although representation in attainment of computer science degrees at the bachelor's level is on par with representation in the country (African Americans represent 13.4% of the U.S. population), African Americans represent approximately 0.8% and 1.2% of the master's and Ph.D. recipients, respectively. Furthermore, African Americans represent 1.4% of the tenure-track faculty at Ph.D. granting institutions. The fact that there is a larger number of African Americans at the bachelor's degree level provides evidence that there is a sufficient pool of talent to pursue graduate education in computing. This project involves the extensive assessment and dissemination of new and existing iAAMCS data, while continuing key programmatic interventions that support student mentoring. Over this award period, the collective impact of iAAMCS on the field and profession of computing will be documented, along with the experiences and impact of iAAMCS on its participants. This effort involves re-analyzing existing qualitative and quantitative longitudinal data, in addition to collecting new survey responses and interview data. Further documentation of the impact and usefulness of iAAMCS resources will be provided. New educational research will be pursued related to the concepts of cascade mentoring, self-efficacy, intersectionality, and computer science identity development. The results of this comprehensive analysis of iAAMCS will address several gaps in the literature related to African Americans in Computing.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.