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.

STEM包容性研究（STEM Inclusion Study）由Erin Cech与Tom Waidzunas担任首席研究员。2017年冬季至2019年春季期间，该研究团队对21家美国STEM专业协会与组织的美国籍会员群体开展了问卷调查。本次覆盖的21家协会涵盖物理科学、生命科学、数学与工程领域的STEM从业者（不含社会科学范畴），具体包括：8家自然科学、生命科学、物理科学与数学领域的美国国家级旗舰学科协会；5家工程领域的美国国家级旗舰学科协会；4家跨学科STEM协会；2家聚焦STEM教学的专业协会；以及2家聚焦人口统计学特征的专业协会。为保护受访者隐私，上述协会的具体名称未对外披露。为进一步保障受访者隐私，公开版本中对拉丁裔、美国原住民种族类别，LGBTQ伞状范畴下的细分个体类别，以及残疾伞状范畴下的具体残疾类型均做了脱敏处理。本研究与各专业协会的领导层合作，以电子问卷形式通过电子邮件开展调研：对于会员规模超过10000人的协会，向其美国籍会员的随机抽样群体发送问卷；对于会员规模不足10000人的协会，则向其全部美国籍会员发送问卷。各协会的问卷开放周期均为六周，未作答的受访者最多会收到两封提醒邮件。受访者可随时终止问卷填写，本次调研全程匿名且自愿参与。本研究已通过密歇根大学人类研究伦理委员会的伦理审批。