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NC OPT-ED Social, Behavioral, Economic Sciences Research Opportunities and Beyond

NC OPT-ED Social, Behavioral, Economic Sciences Research Opportunities and Beyond. September 22, 2006 Steven G. Ullmann University of Miami. As of August 25, 2014. Representation of Minorities in Faculty Positions – U.S. Data.

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NC OPT-ED Social, Behavioral, Economic Sciences Research Opportunities and Beyond

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  1. NC OPT-EDSocial, Behavioral, Economic Sciences Research Opportunities and Beyond September 22, 2006 Steven G. Ullmann University of Miami As of August 25, 2014

  2. Representation of Minoritiesin Faculty Positions – U.S. Data NOTES: Faculty includes full, associate and assistant professors plus instructors. Includes Native Americans. Excludes medical sciences. Percentages rounded because of small sample sizes. Life sciences include biological and agricultural sciences. SOURCE: NSF/SRS, Survey of Doctorate Recipients. Source: Presentation by Dr. Wanda E. Ward, Directorate for Social Behavioral and Economic Sciences, National Science Foundation

  3. Representation of Blacks, Hispanics, American Indians, and Women in 2003 in the Social Behavioral and Economic Sciences *U.S. citizens and permanent residents. SOURCE: NCES, IPEDS Completions Survey; NSF/SRS, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, and Survey of Earned Doctorates. Source: Presentation by Dr. Wanda E. Ward, Directorate for Social Behavioral and Economic Sciences, National Science Foundation

  4. Representation of Minorities in Social Behavioral and Economic Sciences - 2001 Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences Social and Economic Sciences Note: Includes Psychology, Archeology, Anthropology, Geography, Linguistics, Social Psychology. Note: Includes Sociology, Political Science, Economics, Area Studies, Other Social Sciences. Sources: NCES, IPEDS Completions Survey, NSF/SRS, Survey of Earned Doctorates, NSF/SRS Survey of Doctorate Recipients. Source: Presentation by Dr. Wanda E. Ward, Directorate for Social Behavioral and Economic Sciences, National Science Foundation

  5. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of Maryland University of Miami Howard University University of Florida UC Berkeley UC Los Angeles UC Santa Barbara The City University of NY University of Texas (Austin) University of Southern California Michigan State University Wayne State University Northwestern University University of Illinois Penn State University University of Chicago Temple University Ohio State University University of Wisconsin (Madison) Stanford University Texas A&M NSF – SBE Alliance UniversitiesOur Network

  6. Methodology / Activities • Preparing Future Faculty Programs at Howard University • Exchange Lists • Diversity Forum • Compact for Faculty Diversity – Institute on teaching and Mentoring. • This year in Miami. • More than 900 underrepresented minority PhDs students. We will be there.

  7. What UM is doing to enhance the Population of Under-Represented Minority (URM) PhDs. • The University of Miami is listed by the National Science Foundation (NSF) as one of the top 25 producers of under-represented minority PhDs in the social, behavioral, and economic sciences. • On a percentage basis, UM is ranked 3rd in the nation behind Howard University and the University of Puerto Rico.

  8. Social and Behavioral and Economic Science National Resource Council Designations • Agricultural and Resource Economics • Anthropology • Archaeological • Biological and Physical • Linguistic Anthropology • Social and Cultural

  9. Social and Behavioral and Economic Science National Resource Council Designations • Communication • Broadcast/Video Studies • Critical and Cultural Studies • Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication • Health Communication • International and Intercultural Communication • Interpersonal/Small Group Communication • Journalism • Mass Communication • Organization Communication • Public Relations/Advertising • Social Influence and Political Communication • Speech and Rhetorical Studies

  10. Social and Behavioral and Economic Science National Resource Council Designations • Economics • Behavioral Economics • Econometrics • Economic History • Economic Theory • Growth and Development • Industrial Organization • International Economics • Labor Economics • Macroeconomics • Public Economics

  11. Social and Behavioral and Economic Science National Resource Council Designations • Geography • Physical and Environmental Geography • Human Geography • Nature and Society Relations • Geographic Information Sciences

  12. Social and Behavioral and Economic Science National Resource Council Designations • Linguistics • Anthropological Linguistics/Sociolinguistics • Applied Linguistics • Comparative and Historical Linguistics • Computational Linguistics • Discourse/Text Linguistics • First/Second Language Acquisition • Typological Linguistics and Linguistic Diversity • Language Description/Documentation • Morphology • Phonetics/Phonology • Psycholinguistics/Neurolinguistics • Semantics /Pragmatics • Syntax

  13. Social and Behavioral and Economic Science National Resource Council Designations • Political Science • American Politics • Comparative Politics • International Relations • Models and Methods • Political Theory

  14. Social and Behavioral and Economic Science National Resource Council Designations • Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration • Public Administration • Public Affairs • Public Policy • Urban Studies

  15. Social and Behavioral and Economic Science National Resource Council Designations • Psychology (Ph.D. programs only) • Biological Psychology • Clinical Psychology (Ph.D. programs only) • Cognition and Perception • Cognitive Psychology • Community Psychology • Developmental Psychology • Health Psychology • Industrial and Organizational Psychology • Personality and Social Contexts • Social Psychology

  16. Social and Behavioral and Economic Science National Resource Council Designations • Sociology • Demography, Population, and Ecology • Family, Life Course, and Society • Gender and Sexuality • Inequality and Stratification • Medicine and Health • Methodologies: Quantitative, Qualitative, Comparative, and Historical • Place and Environment • Politics and Social Change • Race and Ethnicity • Regional Sociology • Rural Sociology • Social Control, Law, Crime, and Deviance • Social Psychology and Interaction • Sociology of Culture • Theory, Knowledge and Science • Work, Economy, and Organizations • Criminology

  17. Social and Behavioral and Economic Science National Resource Council Designations • Emerging Fields • Criminology and Criminal Justice • Science and Technology Studies • Urban Studies and Planning

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  20. Doctorates awarded to U.S. citizens or permanent residents in 2004 (Male) in STEM Total Am. Indian/ Asian Black/ Hispanic White Other/ Alaska Nat African Am. Unknown 13,734 8,875 7,163 337 2,188 345 260 356 1,356 82 798 473 3 895 1,426 59 34 30 2 10 2 4 0 4 0 4 0 0 4 4 1,000 816 545 8 230 53 7 37 109 5 68 36 0 26 75 714 327 266 9 59 12 6 7 34 0 26 8 0 50 89 1,194 708 574 10 168 20 12 38 76 8 44 24 0 110 140 10,764 6,919 5,694 295 1,720 250 224 273 1,089 67 635 384 3 730 1,113 600 425 341 18 85 18 13 20 82 6 43 33 0 30 75 All Fields Science and Eng. Science Agricultural Biological Computer Ear., Atm,, & Oc. Mathematics Physical sci. Astronomy Chemistry Physics Other phys. sci. Psychology Social sci. Source: National Science Foundation www.nsf.gov/statistics, 2006

  21. Doctorates awarded to U.S. citizens or permanent residents in 2004 (Male) in STEM Source: National Science Foundation www.nsf.gov/statistics, 2006

  22. Doctorates awarded to U.S. citizens or permanent residents in 2004 (Female) in STEM Total Am. Indian/ Asian Black/ Hispanic White Other/ Alaska Nat African Am. Unknown 14,221 6,842 6,372 226 1,997 102 166 154 510 33 382 86 9 1,893 1,324 72 27 25 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 9 9 1,054 675 592 23 258 19 4 17 53 3 42 8 0 127 91 1,257 419 386 11 89 5 1 3 25 0 20 5 0 154 98 1,400 722 680 22 214 6 10 14 48 4 42 2 0 230 136 10,631 5,099 4,782 170 1,464 71 143 125 390 26 286 69 9 1,411 1,008 507 261 247 9 75 4 13 2 17 2 13 2 0 77 50 All Fields Science and Eng. Science Agricultural Biological Computer Ear., Atm,, & Oc. Mathematics Physical sci. Astronomy Chemistry Physics Other phys. sci. Psychology Social sci. Source: National Science Foundation www.nsf.gov/statistics, 2006

  23. Doctorates awarded to U.S. citizens or permanent residents in 2004 (Female) in STEM Source: National Science Foundation www.nsf.gov/statistics, 2006

  24. The University of Miami is actively involved in producing and, in turn, networking to nurture and ultimately hire under-represented minority PhDs. • UM has received a $200,000 NSF grant to enhance the number of under-represented PhDs in the Social Behavioral and Economic Science and is pursuing additional funding and similar alliances in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). • Additional minority Graduate Development programs, networking, hiring opportunities include: • The Florida Education Fund – McKnight Fellow Program • The FAMU Feeder Scholars Program • The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) Programs

  25. Atlantic Coast SBES Alliance Apply online today! www.miami.edu/grad/nsfsbealliance Sponsored by the National Science Foundation University of Miami NSF SBE Alliance June 3, 2007 – July 28, 2007 Coral Gables, FL Print our 5-page Brochure • UM SBE Summer Research Fields: • Economics • Geography • Psychology • Sociology

  26. Atlantic Coast SBES Alliance Sponsored by the National Science Foundation University of Miami NSF SBE Alliance June 3, 2007 – July 28, 2007 Coral Gables, FL Target Students: * African American * Hispanic * American Indian students …who are rising juniors or seniors

  27. Atlantic Coast SBES Alliance Sponsored by the National Science Foundation University of Miami NSF SBE Alliance June 3, 2007 – July 28, 2007 Coral Gables, FL Objectives of the UM NSF SBE Summer Research Experience: * Learn and conduct research with mentors in on-going UM research initiatives * Utilize a range of specialized libraries and laboratories while conducting experiments * Collaborate with mentors who are leaders in their respective fields * Analyze research data * Participate in weekly seminars, research meetings, and networking sessions * Gain experience presenting your research * Participate in Miami cultural activities

  28. Atlantic Coast SBES Alliance Sponsored by the National Science Foundation University of Miami NSF SBE Alliance June 3, 2007 – July 28, 2007 Coral Gables, FL Sociological Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Summer Program: * $2,500 stipend for living/travel expenses * $2,875 stipend for 8-week program * Each SURE Scholar is matched with a faculty researcher pursuing common research interests * Research participation is facilitated by the mentorship of a graduate student * Research experiences are augmented with weekly meetings covering topics including graduate school preparation and GRE preparation * SURE Scholars will be housed in on-campus living arrangements and will interact with the Women & Minorities Summer Research Program & Leadership Alliance

  29. Atlantic Coast SBES Alliance Sponsored by the National Science Foundation University of Miami NSF SBE Alliance June 3, 2007 – July 28, 2007 Coral Gables, FL UM NSF SBE Summer Research Experience students will network and interact with the following concurrent UM Summer Research Programs: 1. Women & Minorities Summer Research Program – sponsored by the UM College of Arts & Sciences (UM’s largest college) with a goal of developing underrepresented scholars by hands-on research experiences 2. The Leadership Alliance – composed of 31 institutions with the mission of developing underrepresented students into outstanding leaders and role models * Participants will be housed together, eat together, gather together, and attend Miami cultural activities together.

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