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

扩大在所有科学、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机领域的参与，是一项全国性的挑战。在扩大参与的努力中，实现计算机领域的性别平等是一个更为紧迫的挑战，因为在过去20年里，获得计算机学位的女性比例急剧下降。本次研讨会将汇集思想领袖，分享经验，努力理解黑人女性在计算机领域面临的问题。作为一个群体，黑人女性在计算机行业的代表性严重不足。他们的挑战在于种族和性别在更大范围内扩大参与努力的交叉点。本次研讨会的目标是：1)探索黑人女性在计算机科学领域的交叉经验（种族和性别）；2)制定战略和行动计划，以解决对这种交叉性缺乏认识和行动的问题。研讨会通过分组会议来实现这些目标，这些分组会议将能够收集有关黑人妇女在计算机领域经验的丰富定性信息，并捕捉支持这一群体的最佳实践。研讨会的数据和报告将告知STEM+C研究界，与计算机领域有色人种女性相关的具体因素。

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.