A Planning Grant to Support Intergenerational Mentoring Among African American Women in the Engineering Academy

支持工程学院非裔美国女性代际指导的规划拨款

• 批准号: 1832788
• 负责人: Stephanie Adams
• 金额: $ 3.85万
• 依托单位: Old Dominion University Research Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-08-15 至 2020-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1832788&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Planning; Grant; Support; Intergenerational; Mentoring

Engineering affects the health and vitality of a nation unlike any other profession, and the future of engineering and the global competitiveness of the U.S. is inextricably connected to broadening the participation of underrepresented groups at all highest levels of society. African American women are among the least represented among engineering faculty, and a demographic that faces unique challenges that affect their retention in the academy. The outcomes of this project will advance our understanding of the inhibitors and promotors of success among African American women among the engineering faculty across all ranks. Funding from this project will be used to host a series of activities for African American women, engineering faculty, some of which include: a half-day workshop held in conjunction with the 2019 annual meeting of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE); a research study to validate and elucidate the current literature on the challenges, obstacles and facilitators of success in light of those that African American women, engineering faculty face on a daily basis; and a proposal for a subsequent two-day workshop. The workshop will provide an opportunity for one of the most underrepresented populations of engineering faculty to come together in a safe space to: discuss common challenges they experience; reflect and brainstorm strategies to aid in their success; launch a national network among African American women faculty to encourage and support their advancement in the academy and into national engineering leadership positions; and develop a mentoring network among colleagues with similar personal experiences and interests. The formation of a national network will provide a context of mentoring, role modeling, and other forms of psychosocial support that contribute to retention of underrepresented engineering faculty?something that is necessary for building the diverse technical workforce that maintains our global competitiveness and national prosperity.Broadening participation of underrepresented groups in engineering across higher education is a national priority, and the success of African American women faculty in engineering programs is essential in making progress in this area of interest. While existing literature is replete with the unique challenges to retention that this demographic faces across academic ranks, scholarship on intergenerational mentoring provides a basis for this proposed workshop that focuses on issues of retention and success among African American women engineering faculty across academic ranks. Using a convergent parallel mixed methods research design, this study will use qualitative and quantitative evidence to fully understand individual factors, environmental factors, institutional practices, procedures, and policies may adversely affect the persistence of African American women, engineering faculty. As a result of this project, workshop and subsequent research we will be armed with the necessary information to develop a consortium for African American women faculty in engineering, and a blueprint for creating an education research agenda focused on broadening participation and ensuring successful advancement of African American women faculty in engineering. This study will serve as the basis for a larger follow-up study. The insights from this study will advance multiple bodies of work simultaneously.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.

与其他任何职业不同，工程会影响一个国家的健康和活力，工程学和美国的全球竞争力与扩大不同社会中代表性不足的群体的参与密不可分。非洲裔美国妇女是工程学院中代表最少的妇女之一，这一人群面临着影响其在学院中保留的独特挑战。该项目的结果将促进我们对各个阶层工程学院中非裔美国妇女成功抑制剂和促进者的理解。该项目的资金将用于为非洲裔美国妇女，工程学院举办一系列活动，其中一些包括：与2019年美国工程教育学会（ASEE）2019年年会一起举行的半天研讨会；一项研究，旨在验证和阐明有关非裔美国妇女的挑战，障碍和促进者的当前文献，每天都在工程教师面临。以及随后为期两天的研讨会的提案。研讨会将为最多代表性的工程学院人群之一提供一个机会，可以在安全的空间中聚集在一起：讨论他们遇到的共同挑战；反思和集思广益的策略来帮助他们成功；在非洲裔美国妇女教师之间建立国家网络，以鼓励和支持她们在学院的发展并晋升为国家工程领导职务；并在具有类似个人经验和兴趣的同事之间建立指导网络。国家网络的形成将提供指导，榜样和其他形式的心理社会支持的背景，这有助于保留不足代表的工程教师，这是建立多样化的技术劳动力所必需的，从而维持我们的全球竞争力和国家繁荣的多样化技术劳动力。在这个感兴趣的领域。尽管现有的文献充满了保留的独特挑战，即这种人口统计学范围内的人群面孔，但代际指导的奖学金为这项拟议的研讨会提供了一个基础，该研讨会着重于跨学术等级的非裔美国女性工程学院的保留和成功问题。使用收敛的平行混合方法研究设计，本研究将使用定性和定量证据充分理解个人因素，环境因素，机构实践，程序和政策可能会对非裔美国妇女（工程学院）的持久性产生不利影响。 由于该项目，研讨会和随后的研究，我们将拥有必要的信息，以为非洲裔美国女性在工程领域开发一个财团，以及为创建旨在扩大参与并确保成功发展非裔美国女性教师在工程领域的教育研究议程的蓝图。这项研究将作为更大的后续研究的基础。这项研究的见解将同时推进多个工作体系。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子和更广泛影响的审查标准来评估值得支持的。