CAREER: Effects of Community Cultural Wealth on Persistence of Black and Hispanic Women in the P-20 Computing Workforce Pipeline in Texas

教师早期职业发展（Career）计划是一项国家科学基金会范围内的活动，为有潜力在研究和教育中担任学术榜样的早期职业教师提供奖励，领导其部门或组织的使命进步，并为整合教育和研究的终身领导奠定基础。该项目将研究社区文化财富对黑人和西班牙裔妇女在计算机教育和劳动力中的持久性的影响。这项研究的参与者包括一群从八年级到本科就读计算机科学课程和学位课程的全国学生。研究生部分包括在研究生学习或工作中继续学习坚持。项目目标包括为社区文化财富对美国计算机教育的持久性和劳动力的影响知识库作出贡献，并编制可用于研究计算机领域妇女的教育和职业轨迹的定量和定性数据。综合研究和教育计划应用文化人类学的方法来调查有色人种女性在计算机领域的生活经历，并将纵向混合方法方法与ACCEYSS（协作社区协会为STEM成功装备青年）综合概念框架相结合，该框架由首席研究员在之前的工作中开发。很少有研究考虑社区文化财富对黑人和西班牙裔妇女和女孩在计算机行业的持续发展所起的作用。这项研究的结果不仅有助于STEM教育的基础研究，而且产品、专业发展研讨会和年度会议将为K-16教育工作者、研究人员、政策制定者和正式和非正式环境中的行业领导者建立能力，以积极影响黑人和西班牙裔青年对STEM和计算机的坚持。该奖项由改善本科STEM教育：西班牙裔服务机构（HSI）和EHR核心研究（ECR）计划支持。HSI项目旨在加强本科STEM教育和HSI的能力建设。ECR强调在STEM领域产生基础知识的基础教育研究。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 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) program is a National Science Foundation-wide activity that offers awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education, to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization, and to build a foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research. This project will examine the effects of community cultural wealth on the persistence of Black and Hispanic women in computing education and the workforce. Participants in the study include a national cohort of students enrolled in computer science coursework and degree programs from eighth grade through undergraduate study. A post-graduate component includes continued study of persistence into graduate study or the workforce. Project goals include contributions to the knowledge base on the influence of community cultural wealth on persistence in computing education and the workforce in the United States and a robust compilation of quantitative and qualitative data that can be used to study educational and career trajectories for women in computing. The integrated research and education plan applies methods from cultural anthropology to investigate the lived experiences of women of color in computing and combines longitudinal, mixed-methods approaches with the ACCEYSS (Association of Collaborative Communities Equipping Youth for STEM Success) integrative conceptual framework, developed by the principal investigator in previous work. Few studies have considered the role of community cultural wealth on the persistence of Black and Hispanic women and girls in computing. Not only will findings from this study contribute to fundamental research in STEM education, but products, professional development workshops, and an annual conference will build capacity for K-16 educators, researchers, policymakers, and industry leaders in formal and informal settings to positively impact the persistence of Black and Hispanic youth in STEM and computing. This award is supported by the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) and EHR Core Research (ECR) Programs. The HSI program aims to enhance undergraduate STEM education and build capacity at HSIs. ECR emphasizes fundamental STEM education research that generates foundational knowledge in the field.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.