Atlantic Coast SBE Alliance

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• Atlantic Coast SBE Alliance
• Initiated Activities
• American Association for the Advancement of
  Science Annual Meeting
• San Francisco, California
• February 16, 2007

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation
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• Atlantic Coast SBE Alliance
• Members
• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Howard University
• The University of Florida at Gainesville
• The University of Maryland at College Park
• The University of Miami

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation
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• Atlantic Coast SBE Alliance
• PURPOSE
• The Goals of the AC-SBE Alliance are to increase
  the number of URM students receiving PhDs in SBE
  disciplines and to increase the number of URM
  students entering the SBE professoriate.

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation
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• Atlantic Coast SBE Alliance
• OBJECTIVES
• 1. Recruit and prepare undergraduates to pursue
• PhD degrees in SBE fields.
• 2. Assist students in the transition from BS to
• PhD programs.
• 3. Retain graduate students to complete the PhD
• in SBE fields.
• 4. Prepare future SBE faculty for success.

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation
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• Odum Statistical Summer Institute
• Howard University Preparing Future Faculty
  Program
• UNC-Chapel Hills summer research program
• for undergraduate students
• AC SBE Alliance Name Exchange Program
• OPT-ED Day Conference
• Howard University Online Summer Writing Program
• Quadrennial planning meetings
• Video conferences (being developed by
  AC-Alliance
• schools)

• Atlantic Coast SBE Alliance
• Alliance-Wide Activities

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation
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Atlantic Coast SBE Alliance Undergraduate Summer
Research Opportunities

• SBE undergraduate students from AC Alliance
  Schools have preference for participating in the
  10-week Summer Pre-Graduate Research Program at
  UNC-Chapel Hill.
• Slots are available for up to 12 undergraduate
  students from AC Alliance schools.
• Further, the University of Miami, the University
  of Maryland at College Park, and Howard
  University have summer research programs as well
  in which AC Alliance school undergraduate
  students are encouraged to participate.

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation
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• Atlantic Coast SBE Alliance
• Networking Opportunities For AC SBE Alliance
  Students
• The meeting of other entering PhD students at the
  Odum Statistical Institute
• A gathering of AC Alliance PhD students at the
  annual OPT-ED Day Conference in the fall in
  Greensboro, NC
• A meeting and gathering of other SBE PhD students
  at the annual Howard University Preparing Future
  Faculty Institute in June

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation
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• Atlantic Coast SBE Alliance
• Some Activities At AC-SBE Alliance Schools

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation
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AC-SBE at the University of Florida

• Majors
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• Anthropology
• Criminology
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Sociology

Dr. Anne Donnelly Principal Investigator adonnelly
_at_erc.ufl.edu
Dr. Carolyn Tucker Co-Principal
Investigator cmtucker_at_ufl.edu
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Research Support

• 3,000 student research stipend and a 500 AC-SBE
  mentor Award for each faculty who participates
• UF SBE students and mentors

Anthropology Deborah Smith, Shannell Grimes -
Dr. Willie Baber
Political Science Natasha Christie Dr. Renee
Johnson Kelli Moore - Dr. Sharon Austin
SociologyRamon Hinojosa Dr. Bill Marsiglio
Melissa Bamba Dr. Monika
Ardelt
Psychology Manuel Lopez Dr. Carolyn Tucker
Jessica
Jones Dr. Greg Neimeyer
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HOWARD UNIVERSITY

• Outreach
• Developed undergraduate and graduate
• SBE Student Data Base
• Sponsored Recruitment Reception for all SBE
• juniors seniors with GPAs over 3.0
• Created SBE Alliance recruitment brochure

• Sponsored by the National Science Foundation

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• Student Involvement
• SBE Summer Undergraduate Research
• Revised doctoral seminar titled Perspectives
• Socio-Politics of Research Publications to
• include all SBE participating disciplines
• Selected SBE PhD students to participate in
• Alliance-wide Preparing Future Faculty
  Institute
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University of Miami NSF SBE Alliance
June 5, 2007 July 30, 2007
Coral Gables, FL
Target Students African American
Hispanic American Indian students who are
rising juniors or seniors
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College of Behavioral Social Sciences

• Hired a Diversity Director/Assistant Dean to
  leverage institutional support
• Expanded and Enriched the Summer Research
  Initiative
• Expanded from 6 week to 8 week program
• Enabled the funding of additional slots
• Enabled the provision of additional instructional
  components

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation
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College of Behavioral Social Sciences

• 8 dissertation workshops roundtables for Spring
  2007
• Community Building Retreat at Coolfont Resort
• University-wide Graduate Research Symposium

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation
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• Graduate Component Involving 6 SBE Departments
• Research stipend top-ups for entering SBE
  doctoral students
• Summer research stipends for current SBE
  doctoral students
• Undergraduate Component
• UNC-CH undergraduate student SBE research
• Academic year12 hours per week minimum
• SummerFull-time research while in summer school
• SPGRE additions12 SBE undergraduate students
• Folded the SBE component with the AGEP STEM
  project

a commitment to diversity in research the
promotion of Ph.D. candidates
Sponsored by the National Science Foundation