Critical Conversations: Systemic and Agentic Empowerment of Black Ph.D. Students and their Faculty Advisors in Engineering

批判性对话：黑人博士的系统性和代理性赋权

• 批准号: 2140696
• 负责人: Denise Simmons
• 金额: $ 123.55万
• 依托单位: University of Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-08-15 至 2026-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2140696&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Critical; Conversations; Systemic; Agentic; Empowerment

The main goal of this project is to understand how Black engineering doctoral students and their faculty advisors (academic partners) develop a sense of agency (the ability to perceive and enact change within one’s environment) and how their agency changes over time to form a professional identity. In this project, academic partners will help refine and co-develop materials, procedures, and policies to mitigate racial inequities in their respective disciplines in engineering. One of the focal points of this work will be to explore agency and to investigate and uncover coping and advocacy strategies in engineering. Additionally critical communication strategies and policy strategies for instituting change and empowerment within engineering and engineering education will also be addressed. A primary broader impact of this project will be the amplification of Black student voices and agentic actions in their continuing work to achieve equitable representation in engineering and STEM fields. The project will support efforts by researchers, administrators, and educators to help students of color broaden their participation in the engineering workforce. This research project will provide early stage and exploratory insights into engineering and STEM education by: (1) contributing to an empirical understanding of structural and cultural supports and systemic barriers in engineering, STEM, and higher education; (2) conducting an evidence-based examination of the ways Black graduate student agency in engineering education contributes to the dismantling of systemic inequities within the enterprise of their fields of engineering; and (c) situating the lessons, values, and habits students learn that are not explicitly taught through the formal curriculum that oftentimes deters systemic changes from occurring at the administrative level. This work is split into four phases distributed throughout 4 years: (1) Reflection; (2) Action and Reflection; (3) Impact; and (4) Action and Application. These phases are intended to create opportunities for critical conversations to happen between the academic partners and key academic leaders and stakeholders in engineering departments. Process evaluation will address questions regarding project implementation and impact. Along with scholarly manuscripts and presentations, public facing articles and op-eds for mainstream press, professional development documents and curriculum will be disseminated.This project is funded by the Racial Equity in STEM Education program (EHR Racial Equity). The program supports projects that promote racial equity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and workforce development through research and practice. Awarded projects center the voices, knowledge, and experiences of the individuals, communities, and institutions most impacted by the inequities caused by systemic racism in STEM fields. This program aligns with NSF’s core value of supporting outstanding researchers and innovative thinkers from across the Nation's diversity of demographic groups, regions, and types of organizations.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.

该项目的主要目的是了解黑人工程博士生及其教职顾问（学术伙伴）如何发展代理意识（能够在环境中感知和制定变革的能力）以及他们的代理机构如何随着时间的推移而变化以形成专业身份。在这个项目中，学术合作伙伴将有助于完善和共同开发材料，程序和政策，以减轻各自工程学科的种族不平等现象。这项工作的重点之一是探索代理，调查和发现工程中的应对和倡导策略。还将解决用于在工程和工程教育中建立变革和授权的其他关键沟通策略和政策策略。该项目的主要广播公司的主要影响将是在继续工作中进行黑人学生的声音和代理行动的扩增，以实现工程和STEM领域的公平代表。该项目将支持研究人员，管理人员和教育者帮助有色人种的学生扩大他们对工程劳动力的参与。该研究项目将通过：（1）为工程和文化支持以及工程，STEM和高等教育的结构和文化支持以及系统障碍的经验理解提供早期阶段和探索性见解； （2）对工程教育的黑人研究生局的方式进行基于证据的检查有助于拆除其工程领域企业内的全身不平等； （c）介绍学生学习的课程，价值观和习惯，这些课程并未通过正式课程明确教授，这些课程通常会决定在行政层面发生的系统性变化。这项工作分为四个阶段，分布在4年中：（1）反思； （2）行动和反思； （3）影响； （4）行动和应用。这些阶段旨在为学术伙伴与主要学术领导者和工程部门的利益相关者之间的关键对话创造机会。流程评估将解决有关项目实施和影响的问题。除了科学的手稿和演讲外，将传播主流媒体的公共面对文章和专栏文章，专业发展文件和课程将被传播。该项目由STEM教育计划（EHR种族平等）的种族公平资金资助。该计划支持通过研究和实践来促进科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）教育和劳动力发展的项目。授予的项目将个人，社区和机构的声音，知识和经验中心受到由STEM领域的系统性种族主义造成的不平等影响最大的机构。该计划与NSF的核心价值相吻合，即支持来自全国各地人口统计群体，地区和组织类型的杰出研究人员和创新思想家。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为是通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响的审查标准来通过评估来获得的支持。

项目成果

Creating a Sustainable Research Group Supporting the Professional Development of Engineering Education Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Researchers

创建可持续的研究小组，支持工程教育研究生和博士后研究人员的专业发展

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: IEEE Frontiers in Education
• 作者: Denise Simmons

Work in Progress: Towards a Participatory Action Research Approach to Improve Representation of Black Ph.D.s in Engineering

正在进行的工作：采用参与性行动研究方法来提高黑人工程博士的代表性

• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: American Society of Engineering Education
• 作者: Villanueva Alarcon, I.;Simmons, D.;McNealy, J.
• 通讯作者: McNealy, J.

Work in Progress: Towards a Participatory Action Research Approach to Improve Representation of Black Ph. Ds in Engineering

正在进行的工作：采用参与性行动研究方法来提高黑人工程博士的代表性

• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: American Society of Engineering Education
• 作者: Villanueva Alarcón, I.;Simmons, D.R.;McNealy, J.
• 通讯作者: McNealy, J.

Ethical Practices and Tips for Improving Engineering Faculty-Student Research Relationships

改善工程师生研究关系的道德实践和技巧

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: IEEE Frontiers in Education
• 作者: Villanueva Alarcon, I.

Practical Strategies to Mentor around Hidden Curriculum Pathways in Engineering

指导工程中隐藏课程路径的实用策略

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: IEEE Frontiers in Education
• 作者: Villanueva Alarcon, I.