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Sat 23 Mar 2024 11:27 - 11:38 at Meeting Rooms B115-116 - Lightning Talks 3 Chair(s): Eric Fouh, Lisa Lacher

Women in underserved communities of computing such as women of color, women in poverty, elderly women, women with disabilities, and mothers who prioritize their families over their careers have little to no access to training or career development in a technical field due to lack of childcare, limited availability, lack of education, lack of employment history, transportation, and financial cost of training. Women from these groups often suffer from trauma or imposter syndrome lacking the confidence to believe they are capable of working with technology. Yet, in 2022, women are 91% of the households with children in public housing, which is more than 232 thousand households. Children from these households have very little possibility of social mobility from the bottom to the top quintile. There is a dearth of computer training opportunities for these women. A community computing learning center that is inclusive of and tailored to all mothers and their children would help to fill the void in the US technical workforce and break the cycle of poverty that exists in many low-income communities. Universities can play a critical role in the participatory design of these centers so that they can dually serve as an equity-enabling computer education research center for its faculty and students. Women led the computing revolution in the past and can lead the culturally responsive computing education movement of the future.

Sat 23 Mar

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10:45 - 12:00
Lightning Talks 3Lightning Talks at Meeting Rooms B115-116
Chair(s): Eric Fouh University of Pennsylvania, Lisa Lacher University of Houston-Clear Lake
10:45
10m
Talk
A Cross-disciplinary Review of Introductory Undergraduate Data Science Course Content
Lightning Talks
Michael Posner Villanova University, April Kerby-Helm Winona State University, Alana Unfried California State University, Monterey Bay, Douglas Whitaker Mount Saint Vincent University, Marjorie Bond Monmouth College (Illinois), Leyla Batakci Elizabethtown College
10:55
10m
Talk
Data Analytics for Social Good: A Collaborative Fusion of Computer Science and Social Science
Lightning Talks
Tina Ostrander Green River College, Tim Scharks Green River College, Kendrick Hang Green River College
11:06
10m
Talk
DEEILS: Data Ethics Embedded Interactive Learning System for Computer Science Students
Lightning Talks
Ke Yang University of Texas at San Antonio
11:17
10m
Talk
Enabling Widespread Engagement in DS and AI: The Generation AI Curriculum Initiative for Community Colleges
Lightning Talks
Rebecca Schroeder The University of Texas at San Antonio, Jianwei Niu University of Texas at San Antonio, Ashwin Malshe University of Texas at San Antonio, Sue Hum University of Texas at San Antonio, Siobhan Flemming University of Texas at San Antonio, Ian Thacker University of Texas at San Antonio
11:27
10m
Talk
Moms can be computing leaders, too! Why we need computing community learning centers designed and lead by mothers
Lightning Talks
Patricia Ordóñez University of Maryland, Baltimore County
11:38
10m
Talk
Registered Reports: A new way to publish papersGlobal
Lightning Talks
Neil Brown King's College London
11:49
10m
Talk
Scaling Responsible Computing Globally: Lessons from the US, Kenya, and IndiaGlobal
Lightning Talks
Crystal Lee MIT and Mozilla Foundation, Chao Mbogho Mozilla Foundation, Jibu Elias Mozilla Foundation, Joycelyn Streator Prairie View A&M University, Kathy Pham Harvard University, Ziyaad Bhorat University of Southern California, Steve Azeka Columbia University