CAREER: When Two Worlds Collide: An Intersectional Analysis of Black Women's Role Strain and Adaptation in Computing Sciences

职业：当两个世界碰撞时：黑人女性在计算科学中的角色压力和适应的交叉分析

• 批准号: 2239021
• 负责人: Krystal Williams
• 金额: $ 60.8万
• 依托单位: University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-07-01 至 2028-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2239021&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CAREER; When; Two; Worlds; Collide

The University of Alabama will examine Black undergraduate women’s academic and career-related outcomes in the computing sciences (CS). Computing fields are currently in high demand with favorable workforce outcomes and a need for diverse perspectives. Nonetheless, Black women remain underrepresented along CS professional pathways. Some factors that influence Black women’s trajectories into computing professions are their college experiences—especially the challenges or biases that they face, as well as the strengths and supports that foster resilience. This project will also develop educational initiatives to promote public engagement in equity issues regarding Black women in these fields. Collectively, these activities will help to promote CS diversity and to expand opportunities in computing for the overall benefits to society.The mixed-methods research plan for this CAREER project includes a national survey to examine how Black undergraduate women’s challenges, multilevel psychosocial risks and multilevel psychosocial strengths combine to shape key academic and career-related outcomes in computing. This study will compare outcomes for Black women to other important groups (i.e., Black men and White women) given the dire need to better understand their unique experiences at the intersection of biases due to their race and gender. Moreover, qualitative data will be used to further explain Black women’s race-gendered experiences and how it impacts their academic and career-related outcomes. As a compliment to the research, the educational plan for this project will include initiatives to: 1) nurture a community of scholars in CS education to further the work of broadening CS participation; 2) combine STEM and the arts (i.e. STEAM) via production and dissemination of a documentary to increase awareness about the challenges and strengths that impact Black women’s CS academic and career-related outcomes; 3) create and disseminate a media-informed curriculum to provoke thought and dialogue about the experiences of Black women in computing, along with strategies for organizational transformation; and 4) create virtual platforms on social media for undergraduate Black women in computing to develop community and solidarity.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.

阿拉巴马大学将审查黑人本科女性在计算机科学 (CS) 领域的学术和职业相关成果，目前计算机领域的需求量很大，劳动力成果良好，并且需要多样化的观点，然而，黑人女性在计算机科学专业中的代表性仍然不足。影响黑人女性进入计算机职业轨迹的一些因素是她们的大学经历，尤其是她们面临的挑战或偏见，以及增强韧性的优势和支持。该项目还将制定教育举措，以促进公众参与公平。关于黑色的问题总的来说，这些活动将有助于促进计算机科学的多样性并扩大计算机领域的机会，从而为社会带来整体利益。该职业项目的混合方法研究计划包括一项全国调查，以研究黑人本科女性面临的挑战，鉴于迫切需要更好地了解黑人女性的独特性，多层次的社会心理风险和多层次的社会心理优势相结合，形成了计算机领域的关键学术和职业相关成果。的经历此外，定性数据将用于解释黑人女性的种族性别经历及其如何影响她们的学术和职业相关成果，作为对进一步研究和教育计划的补充。项目将包括以下举措：1) 培育计算机科学教育学者社区，以进一步扩大计算机科学参与范围；2) 通过制作和传播纪录片，将 STEM 和艺术（即 STEAM）结合起来，以提高人们对计算机科学面临的挑战和影响的认识；影响的优势黑人女性的计算机科学学术和职业相关成果；3）创建和传播媒体信息课程，以激发有关黑人女性在计算机领域的经历的思考和对话，以及组织转型策略；4）在社交媒体上创建虚拟平台；该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。