STEM Inclusion Study

STEM Inclusion Study (Principal Investigators: Erin Cech and Tom Waidzunas). Between winter 2017 and spring 2019, the study team surveyed the US-based membership of 21 STEM professional societies and organizations. These 21 societies represent STEM professionals from across the physical and life sciences, mathematics, and engineering (excluding social sciences). They encompass eight US national flagship disciplinary societies in the natural, life, and physical sciences and mathematics; five US national flagship disciplinary societies in engineering; four interdisciplinary STEM societies; two STEM teaching-focused societies; and two demographic-focused professional societies. To protect respondent confidentiality, the names of these societies are not specified. Latinx and Native American racial categories, individual categories within the LGBTQ umbrella category, and specific disabilities within the umbrella disabilities category are redacted for public use to protect confidentiality. In collaboration with the leadership of each professional society, the STEM Inclusion Study was fielded electronically via email to either a random sample of the US-based members of each society (for societies over 10,000 members) or to the full US-based membership of the society (for societies under 10,000 members). The survey was open at each society for a period of six weeks. Non-responders received up to two reminder emails. Respondents could end the survey at any time and participation was anonymous and voluntary. The study was approved by the University of Michigan human subjects board.科学、技术、工程与数学（STEM）包容性研究（STEM Inclusion Study），首席研究员为艾琳·切克（Erin Cech）与汤姆·瓦伊祖纳斯（Tom Waidzunas）。2017年冬季至2019年春季期间，研究团队针对21个美国本土STEM专业学会与组织的会员群体开展了问卷调查。该21家学会涵盖物理科学、生命科学、数学与工程领域的STEM从业者（不含社会科学方向），具体包括：自然科学、生命科学与数理科学领域的8家美国国家级旗舰学科学会；工程领域的5家美国国家级旗舰学科学会；4个跨学科STEM学会；2个聚焦STEM教学的专业学会；以及2个聚焦人口统计学特征的专业学会。为保护受访者隐私，本研究未公开上述学会的具体名称。为进一步保障隐私安全，公开版本中隐去了拉丁裔、美国原住民种族类别，性少数群体（LGBTQ）伞状类别下的细分个体类别，以及残障伞状类别下的具体残障类型。本研究与各专业学会的管理层合作，通过电子邮件线上投放调研问卷：对于会员规模超过10000人的学会，向其美国本土会员抽取随机样本发放问卷；对于会员规模不足10000人的学会，则向其全部美国本土会员发放问卷。各学会的调研开放周期均为六周，未作答者最多会收到两次提醒邮件。受访者可随时终止调研，本次参与全程匿名且自愿。本研究已通过密歇根大学人类受试者审查委员会的伦理审批。