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

计算和交叉性建立在对美国计算性别平等日益关注的基础上。女性在计算机领域的不成比例的代表性不足是一个持续的国家挑战。在关于包容的更大范围的对话中，有越来越多的工作和关注在更大的女性群体中影响有色人种女性的交叉因素。有色人种女性的代表性不足比一般女性的代表性不足更为严重，导致这种情况的因素值得探索。计算和交叉性是及时的工作，直接解决了这一现象。这项工作的目标是建立一个全国性的常设会议，直接讨论与计算机科学中有色人种妇女有关的问题。这是一次常设会议，目的是探讨其经验的具体动态，并评估和确定克服当前挑战的有效体制战略。在建立常设会议的同时，计算与交叉为社会科学家和计算机科学家开发了一本学术研究期刊，专注于影响有色人种女性的交叉因素。该项目的结果将为扩大参与和STEM+C社区提供信息，了解与计算机领域有色人种女性相关的招聘、保留和毕业的具体因素。这是对更大范围的性别平等努力的重要补充，如果有色人种女性不能取得同样的成功，性别平等就不可能完全成功。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Computing and Intersectionality builds on the growing focus on gender equity in computing in the United States. The disproportionate underrepresentation of women in computing fields is an ongoing national challenge. Within that larger dialogue on inclusion, there exists a growing body of work and focus on the intersectional factors that affect women of color within the larger population of women. The underrepresentation of women of color is more acute than the underrepresentation of women generally and the factors that contribute to that warrant exploration. Computing and Intersectionality is timely work and addresses this phenomenon directly.The goal of the work is to establish a standing national conference that directly addresses issues associated with women of color within the computing sciences. It is a standing meeting to explore the particular dynamics of their experiences and to assess and determine effective institutional strategies to overcome the current challenges. Concurrent with the establishment of a standing meeting, Computing and Intersectionality develops a journal of scholarly research for both social scientists and computer scientists, to focus on the intersectional factors that affect women of color. Results from this project will inform the broadening participation and STEM+C communities on specific factors of recruiting, retention, and graduation associated with women of color in computing. It is an important complement to the larger effort on gender equity, which cannot be entirely successful if women of color are not equally successful.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.