Blogs (3) >>

This program is tentative and subject to change.

Thu 27 Feb 2025 14:30 - 14:45 at Meeting Room 407 - Broadening Participation #1

Recent scholarship reveals that Black women who live at the intersection of race and gender are having a very different experience in computing education. For example, Black women testify to incidents of gendered racism in K-16 education, and in some cases, choose to leave the field of computing altogether. Additionally, the use of Eurocentric methodologies and tools that position intersectional populations as objects of study rather than agents of knowledge reinforces power differentials that continue to marginalize intersectional populations in the field of computing. In contrast, we advocate for developing appropriate intersectional methods that center intersectional populations in computing education research. As proof of concept, we apply Black feminist epistemologies or emph{Black women’s ways of knowing} to center the experiences of Black women, an intersectional and underrepresented population in computing. Recognizing Black women students, faculty, and industry professionals as knowledge agents or intellectuals, we introduce the concept of sister circles - counterspaces designed to support Black women in computing as they engage in intimate conversations with each other about their experiences pursuing computing degrees and careers. Content analysis of the sister circles informs how scholars can apply this method as (1) a valid knowledge-production process and (2) an intersectional method for data collection.

This program is tentative and subject to change.

Thu 27 Feb

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13:45 - 15:00
Broadening Participation #1Papers at Meeting Room 407
13:45
15m
Talk
Understanding the prevalence of a microaggression in CS and its influence on students' self-efficacy, belonging, and persistenceMSI
Papers
Christopher Perdriau University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Kari George University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Colleen M. Lewis University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
14:15
15m
Talk
Connecting the Dots: Intersectionality across Active Learning, Classroom Climate, and Introductory Computer Science Courses
Papers
Sri Yash Tadimalla UNC Charlotte, Mary Lou Maher University of North Carolina, Audrey Rorrer University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Mohsen Dorodchi University of North Carolina Charlotte, Nadia Najjar University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Marlon Mejias University of North Carolina Charlotte
14:30
15m
Talk
Sister Circles: An Intersectional Method in Computing EducationMSI
Papers
Yolanda Rankin Emory University, Nyshia Baker Not applicable
14:45
15m
Talk
Unlocking Potential with Generative AI Instruction: Investigating Mid-level Software Development Student Perceptions, Behavior, and AdoptionMSI
Papers
Jamie Gorson Benario Google, Jenn Marroquin Google, Monica M. Chan Trilyon, Ernest D.V. Holmes Google, Daniel Mejia The University of Texas at El Paso