MPWR 2016 and beyond: Fostering sustainable networks for women in RUME

MPWR 2016 及以后：在 RUME 中为女性培育可持续网络

• 批准号: 1938495
• 负责人: Megan Wawro
• 金额: $ 7.74万
• 依托单位: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-04-15 至 2022-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1938495&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MPWR; 2016; beyond; Fostering; sustainable

Women in RUME are mathematicians whose research expertise is in undergraduate education rather than one of the more traditional areas of mathematics. In general, these women tend to hold academic positions in departments of mathematical sciences, where they can face some systemic barriers and professional challenges that can make them feel marginalized. Toward addressing this issue, this project will build on an infrastructure initiated and cultivated in prior work: a face-to-face mentoring and partnership system that targets participation amongst women researchers within undergraduate mathematics education. This infrastructure has become known as MPWR: Mentoring and Partnerships for Women in RUME. The project will include support for this infrastructure for an additional three years. What's more, after the previous two annual iterations, the MPWR infrastructure is sufficiently established to be studied as a model to support women in undergraduate STEM education research.The positioning of women in RUME in mathematics departments compounds multiple known issues -- such as women in academia, women in mathematics, education researchers in mathematics departments, more specifically, RUME experts in mathematics departments -- exacerbating the potential for marginalization. Studying this situation in order to advance understanding, the project will pursue the following research questions: (1) What are the issues that women in RUME struggle with related to career success, and more specifically, what impedes women in RUME from social and academic integration into their research community? (2) How do these issues compare to (a) men in RUME, (b) women in mathematics research, (c) women in other areas of mathematics education research, and (d) women in educational research in general? (3) In what ways do the MPWR seminar impact the RUME community, specifically focusing on three groups: women in RUME, including (a) those who have participated in MPWR and (b) women who have not participated in MPWR, and (c) men in RUME? (4) In what ways does the MPWR seminar support the social and academic integration of women in RUME?

RUME 的女性都是数学家，她们的研究专长是本科教育，而不是更传统的数学领域之一。一般来说，这些女性往往在数学科学系担任学术职务，她们可能面临一些系统性障碍和专业挑战，使她们感到被边缘化。为了解决这个问题，该项目将建立在之前工作中发起和培养的基础设施之上：一个面对面的指导和伙伴关系系统，旨在让女性研究人员参与本科数学教育。该基础设施被称为 MPWR：RUME 女性指导和合作伙伴关系。该项目将包括对该基础设施的额外支持三年。更重要的是，经过前两次年度迭代，MPWR 基础设施已充分建立起来，可以作为支持女性参与本科 STEM 教育研究的模型进行研究。 RUME 中女性在数学系中的定位加剧了多个已知问题，例如女性在数学系中的地位学术界、数学领域的女性、数学系的教育研究人员，更具体地说，数学系的 RUME 专家——加剧了边缘化的可能性。为了加深对这种情况的了解，该项目将提出以下研究问题：（1）RUME 中的女性在职业成功方面遇到哪些问题，更具体地说，是什么阻碍了 RUME 中的女性融入社会和学术进入他们的研究社区？ (2) 这些问题与 (a) RUME 中的男性、(b) 数学研究中的女性、(c) 数学教育研究其他领域的女性以及 (d) 一般教育研究中的女性相比如何？ (3) MPWR 研讨会以何种方式影响 RUME 社区，特别关注三个群体：RUME 中的女性，包括 (a) 参加过 MPWR 的女性和 (b) 未参加过 MPWR 的女性，以及 (c) ） RUME 中的男人？ (4) MPWR 研讨会以哪些方式支持 RUME 中女性的社会和学术融合？