Factors Influencing Scientific Research Careers among American Indians

项目摘要 即使与其他代表性不足的群体相比，美国印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民（AIAN） 人口在STEM中没有很好的代表性，并且令人不安的是，在比较中并不总是详细的 劳动力数据，因为他们的数量少。针对AIAN学生风险因素的干预措施 经常是非理论性的，缺乏系统的评估，并且在没有关注 明确的文化术语，使学生能够创造一个积极的双文化身份作为科学家。最 最近的数据从高等教育的不同问题强调了大学的独特作用， 俄克拉荷马州在美国印第安人学生的高等教育，作为一个顶尖的机构在 美国印第安人学士学位获得者人数最多。因此， 该提案在学术毅力预测方面提出了几点创新点， AIAN学生在生物医学和行为研究职业生涯中的职业成功，建立在 先前NIGMS支持的研究使用社会认知职业理论。目前的建议旨在 收集关于AIAN和对照组参与者的额外纵向调查数据， 设置本科生的经验和毕业信息的几个学生群体， 综合分析该数据中的时变因素。此外，本提案还探讨了 通过定性和定量的方法，以确定AIAN学生的独特关注， 它们作为改变政策的杠杆的潜力，以及发展方案， 参与和坚持STEM专业，旨在开发和评估 这些活动的有效性在未来的赠款提案。增加AIAN数量的目标 STEM专业和AIAN生物医学/行为研究科学家将受益于额外的背景 创造一个更可持续的结果，考虑到学生的兴趣和 能力、社区需求和行业技能差距。因此，该项目将寻求部落的投入 教育联盟由部落教育部门和其他部落专业人士、产业界人士组成 在阿伊纳扬人聚居区附近的团体，并继续与阿伊纳扬人进行讨论 本科生和研究生。我们的需求评估将解决以下问题： 学生技能和教育以及部落和俄克拉荷马州雇主在STEM领域的需求。这些 这些努力旨在作为今后编写供资提案的基础， 在协调机构采取干预措施，目标是最终将这些干预措施扩大到其他机构， 机构，包括高等教育，K-12和部落社区，酌情。

Project Abstract Even compared to other underrepresented groups, the American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) population is not well represented in STEM and disappointingly, are not always detailed in comparisons of workforce data because of their small numbers. Interventions to address risk factors of AIAN students have frequently been atheoretical, lacking in systematic evaluation, and developed without focus on explicit cultural terms that enable students to create a positive bicultural identity as scientists. The most recent data from Diverse Issues in Higher Education underscores the unique role of the University of Oklahoma in the higher education of American Indian students, as one of the top institutions in the nation in terms of the highest number of American Indian bachelors’ degree recipients. Thus, this proposal provides several points of innovation with regard to prediction of academic perseverance and career success in biomedical and behavioral research careers among AIAN students, building on a previous NIGMS-supported study using Social Cognitive Career Theory. The current proposal aims to collect additional longitudinal survey data on AIAN and comparison group participants to establish full sets undergraduate experience and graduation information on several cohorts of students and to comprehensively analyze the time-variant factors in this data. In addition, this proposal explores the unique concerns of AIAN students through qualitative and quantitative methods in order to determine their potential as levers of change in policy as well as development of programming to increase engagement and persistence in STEM majors, with the intention of developing and evaluating the effectiveness of these activities in a future grant proposal. The goal of increasing the number of AIAN STEM majors and AIAN biomedical/behavioral research scientists would benefit from additional context to create a more sustainable outcome that considers the intersection between student interests and ability, community needs, and industry skill gaps. Thus, this project will seek input from a Tribal Education Alliance composed of tribal education departments and other tribal professionals, industry groups in proximity to areas with high AIAN populations, and continued discussions with AIAN undergraduate and graduate students. Our needs assessment will address the question of gaps between student skills and education and the needs of tribal and Oklahoma employers in STEM fields. These efforts are intended as a basis on which future funding proposals will be written to pilot and evaluate interventions at the focal institution, with the goal of ultimately scaling these interventions to other institutions, including higher education, K-12, and tribal communities, as appropriate.