“…The United States is one of several countries currently not generating enough graduates in the field of computer science to meet the demands of the field (Cheryan et al, 2015;Dubow, 2014), and women, who represent half the population, are not being effectively recruited to address the shortage of workers in computer science (Beyer, 2014). Computer scientists design many of the tools today's society demands, and the lack of gender diversity that exists is not just an equity concern, but also impacts innovation as well as workforce development Cheryan et al, 2015;DuBow, Quinn, Townsend, Robinson, & Barr, 2016).…”