Examining Undergraduate Research Experiences of Latinx STEM Students in Research Intensive HSIs and Emerging-HSIs

该奖项的全部或部分资金来自《2021年美国救援计划法案》(公法117-2)。这一博士后奖学金研究项目将对拉美裔服务机构(HSI)的拉丁裔学生的本科生研究经验进行比较研究，使用基于资产的框架、奇卡纳/拉丁裔女权主义认识论和“platicas方法”(或非正式对话)。这项研究有望提供有关HSI的校园环境的见解，这些环境通过参与本科生的研究经验来影响拉丁裔学生的STEM留存。除了进行研究项目外，这位研究员还将实施一项专业发展计划，旨在扩大她在定量(社会网络分析)和混合方法研究设计方面的方法论培训，并获得与不同学生合作的教学和指导工具。这位研究员未来的研究方向包括调查STEM拉丁裔学生的交叉身份，探索拥抱拉丁裔文化的STEM毕业生道路。这项研究旨在考察Latinx在两个研究密集型HSI环境中使用的社会和文化资产。在基于资产的框架、Rendon的Latinx STEM成功模型和以社区为中心的STEM身份模型的指导下，该项目将采用与文化相关的定性方法“platicas”，以及基于社交网络分析的定量方法。选择了一种变革性的设计，因为这项研究旨在对边缘化的学生群体(STEM中的拉美裔学生)使用与文化相关的方法，目标是改变STEM的结果。此外，奇卡纳/拉丁女权主义认识论将为这项研究提供一个总体框架。这项研究提供了一种交叉方法，以Latinx STEM学生为中心，他们也是第一代大学生。该项目响应STEM教育博士后研究奖学金(STEM ED PRF)计划，该计划旨在提高STEM、STEM教育、教育、该项目由卡莱塔·A·杜林基金会通过与国家科学基金会的合作伙伴关系提供部分资金，以促进STEM/STEM教育研究工作的更大多样性。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。

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2). This postdoctoral fellowship research project will undertake a comparative study of undergraduate research experiences for Latinx students at Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) using an asset-based framework and Chicana/Latina feminist epistemology and the "platicas methodology" (or informal conversations). The study is expected to provide insights about the campus context of HSIs that influence STEM retention of Latinx students through their participation in undergraduate research experiences. In addition to conducting a research project, the fellow will implement a professional development plan designed to expand her methodological training in quantitative (social network analysis) and mixed methods research design and to gain pedagogical and mentoring tools to work with diverse students. The fellow’s future research directions include investigating the intersectional identities of Latinx students in STEM and exploration of STEM graduate pathways that embrace Latinx culture. The study aims to examine the social and cultural assets that Latinx use in two research-intensive HSI settings. Guided by asset-based frameworks, Rendon’s Latinx STEM Success Model, and the Community-Centered STEM Identity Model, the project will employ both a qualitative culturally relevant methodology known as "platicas," and a quantitative methodology based in social network analysis. A transformative design was chosen, as this study aims to use culturally relevant methods with a marginalized student group (Latinx students in STEM) with the goal of transforming STEM outcomes. In addition, a Chicana/Latina Feminist epistemology will provide an overarching framework for the study. The study provides an intersectional approach by centering Latinx STEM students who are also first-generation college students. It line of inquiry holds potential to provide insights into the unique campus context of HSIs in advancing STEM retention through participation in undergraduate research experiences.The project responds to the STEM Education Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (STEM Ed PRF) program that aims to enhance the research knowledge, skills, and practices of recent doctorates in STEM, STEM education, education, and related disciplines to advance their preparation to engage in fundamental and applied research that advances knowledge within the field.This project is partially funded by The Kaleta A. Doolin Foundation through a partnership with the National Science Foundation to promote greater diversity within the STEM/STEM education research workforce.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.