Computing and Intersectionality (The Social and Behavioral Structures at Play for Black Women in the Computing Sciences): An Inclusive Agenda for Computing

扩大对所有科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)领域以及对所有STEM领域至关重要的计算的参与是一项全国性的挑战。在扩大参与的努力中，实现计算领域的性别平等是更紧迫的挑战之一，因为在过去20年中，获得计算学位的女性比例急剧下降。这次研讨会将把思想领袖聚集在一起，分享经验，努力了解黑人女性在计算机领域面临的问题。黑人女性作为一个群体，在计算机领域面临着严重的代表性不足。他们面临的挑战在于种族和性别在更大的扩大参与努力中的交汇点。该讲习班的目标是：1)探讨CS中黑人妇女的交叉经历(种族和性别)；2)制定战略和行动计划，以解决对这种交叉缺乏认识和行动的问题。讲习班通过分组会议来解决这些目标，这些分组会议将能够收集关于黑人妇女在计算机领域的经验的丰富、定性的信息，以及捕捉支持这一群体的最佳做法。研讨会的数据和报告将向STEM+C研究界通报与有色人种妇女在计算机领域有关的具体因素。

Broadening participation in all of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields as well as in computing, which is critical to all of the STEM fields, is a national challenge. Achieving gender equity in computing is one of the more pressing challenges in the broadening participation effort because of the precipitous decline in the proportion of women earning degrees in computing over the last 20 years. This workshop will bring together thought leaders to share experiences in an effort to understand the issues faced by black women in computing. Black women, as a group, face acute underrepresentation in computing. Their challenges rest at the intersection of race and gender in the larger broadening participation effort. The goals of this workshop are to: 1) explore the intersectional experiences (race and gender) of black women in CS; and 2) formulate strategies and a plan of action to address the lack of awareness and action around this intersectionality. The workshop addresses these goals by featuring break-out sessions that will enable the collection of rich, qualitative information about the experiences of black women in computing, as well as capture best practices for supporting this population. The data and report from the workshop will inform the STEM+C research community on the specific factors associated with women of color in computing.