Bringing young women into computing through the NCWIT Aspirations in Computing program

DuBow, Wendy; Farmer, R J; Wu, Zhen; Fredrickson, Malia

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“…Past interventions such as high school summer camps, peer mentoring, presentations, and conferences have met with mixed success, but the reasons for those that were failures remain unclear (Craig, 2015;Downey et al, 2016;DuBow & James-Hawkins, 2016;DuBow, Farmer, Wu, & Fredrickson, 2013;Fuller, Turbin, & Johnston, 2013;Guzdial, Ericson, McKlin, & Engelman, 2014). Few studies have conducted controlled experiments to test our understanding and evaluate our underlying assumptions of past surveys and interventions, which is why we conducted our current study.…”

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“…Trying to change the stereotypes of technology work and tackling the negative image of IS work for women (Fisher et al, 2015;Fuller et al, 2013;Master, Cheryan, & Meltzoff, 2016;Whitney, Gammal, Gee, Mahoney, & Simard, 2013) 3. Providing a method of direct, focused encouragement for women by providing peers and role models (DuBow et al, 2013;Fisher et al, 2015;Guzdial et al, 2014) 4. Creating ways to share information among women (DuBow et al, 2013;Fisher et al, 2015;Payton et al, 2016a;Whitney et al, 2013), and 5.…”

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“…Providing a method of direct, focused encouragement for women by providing peers and role models (DuBow et al, 2013;Fisher et al, 2015;Guzdial et al, 2014) 4. Creating ways to share information among women (DuBow et al, 2013;Fisher et al, 2015;Payton et al, 2016a;Whitney et al, 2013), and 5. Improving the technical skills of potential female IS employees (Clayton, Beekhuyzen, & Nielsen, 2012;Downey et al, 2016).…”

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How Can Universities Best Encourage Women to Major in Information Systems?

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Abstract:Despite both government and industry initiatives, the under-representation of women in information systems (IS) continues. Can academia help right this imbalance by helping fill the pipeline for technically qualified female employees? We analyze the results of four experimental interventions based on empirical studies and prior surveys designed to address this issue. We conducted these interventions as projects in an introductory undergraduate IS class in a public university in the western US. Sadly, none were effective in encouraging more female students to consider majoring in IS.

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“… 2 Similarly, racial and ethnic disparities persist in the STEM workforce, with Black and Hispanic women accounting for 5% of the computing and mathematical workforce in 2019. 3 These disparities are fueled by gender, racial, and ethnic stereotypes; isolation; lack of exposure; and lack of access to mentors, sponsors, and role models. 4 Notably, while there continues to be abundant growth in the biomedical informatics field, a recent study of biomedical informatics doctoral programs found that Black or African American and Hispanic students accounted for ∼3% and ∼6% of biomedical informatics-related doctoral graduates from 2002 to 2017 and that in total, Alaska Native, American Indian, Black or African American, Hispanic, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander students comprised 11.7% (284/2426) of all biomedical informatics-related doctoral graduates.…”

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Making the case for workforce diversity in biomedical informatics to help achieve equity-centered care: a look at the AMIA First Look Program

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Williams

Rajamani

et al. 2021

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

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Developing a diverse informatics workforce broadens the research agenda and ensures the growth of innovative solutions that enable equity-centered care. The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) established the AMIA First Look Program in 2017 to address workforce disparities among women, including those from marginalized communities. The program exposes women to informatics, furnishes mentors, and provides career resources. In 4 years, the program has introduced 87 undergraduate women, 41% members of marginalized communities, to informatics. Participants from the 2019 and 2020 cohorts reported interest in pursuing a career in informatics increased from 57% to 86% after participation, and 86% of both years’ attendees responded that they would recommend the program to others. A June 2021 LinkedIn profile review found 50% of participants working in computer science or informatics, 4% pursuing informatics graduate degrees, and 32% having completed informatics internships, suggesting AMIA First Look has the potential to increase informatics diversity.

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“…Computer occupations represent 50% of STEM employment, 5 yet according to the U.S. Department of Labor, the percentages of women in computing occupations, depending on subfield, ranges from 9-47% in 2009, with the field of computer hardware engineering at 9%. 7 While women are notably underrepresented in the professional computing field, the number of female award recipients is below their overall representation. For the A.M. Turing Award, the Association for Computing Machinery's (ACM) most prestigious award, only 7% of the awards have been made to women.…”

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Faculty Awards at a Large Private Institution: An Indicator of Evolving University Values?

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Bailey³

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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where she has served on the faculty since 1997. Sharon has been involved in computing security education at RIT since its inception. She is the PI of for the Department of Defense (DoD) Information Assurance Scholarship Program (IASP) awards to RIT.Professor Mason has been responsible for developing much of the security curriculum as part of the NSSA degree programs. She cochaired the committee to design and develop the Bachelor of Science degree in Information Security and Forensics and has participated in numerous security working groups, conferences and training programs. Sharon is a co-PI on a $3.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation for the project "CON-NECT: Increasing the Representation and Advancement of Women Faculty at RIT." The NSF ADVANCE IT project, Creating Opportunity Networks for Engagement and Collective Transformation: Increasing the Representation and Advancement of Women Faculty @ RIT (Connect@RIT), is an effort across RIT's nine colleges, all of which include STEM/SBS disciplines. The project's goal is to increase the representation and advancement of women STEM/SBS faculty, widely represented across ethnic, social, and cultural backgrounds, by removing barriers to resources that support career success and creating new interventions and resources. An additional emphasis will be upon adapting interventions to address the needs of key sub-populations including women of color and deaf and hard-of-hearing women faculty. The project aims to: 1) refine and strengthen targeted institutional structures; 2) improve the quality of women faculty's work life; 3) align institutional, administrative, and informal systems of power and resources to support and sustain progress towards the project goal; 4) enhance the working environment and support career advancement for women faculty; and 5) establish a sustainable, inclusive, accessible RIT network that supports career goals for all RIT faculty.

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Bringing young women into computing through the NCWIT Aspirations in Computing program

Abstract: A program to encourage and support girls and women in pursuing their computer science interests.

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How Can Universities Best Encourage Women to Major in Information Systems?

How Can Universities Best Encourage Women to Major in Information Systems?

Making the case for workforce diversity in biomedical informatics to help achieve equity-centered care: a look at the AMIA First Look Program

Faculty Awards at a Large Private Institution: An Indicator of Evolving University Values?

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