TY - GEN
T1 - "you Sound like a Good Program Manager"
T2 - 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2021
AU - Pozos, Rose K.
AU - Friend, Michelle
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 ACM.
PY - 2021/3/3
Y1 - 2021/3/3
N2 - Through the eyes of professional women in computing, we can better understand the impact of workplace structures, higher education pathways, and the particular closed nature of the tech industry. This study of women's life histories contributes to the work of in-depth qualitative examinations of CS learning contexts and psychological studies investigating phenomena such stereotype threat which contextualize the experience of women in computing environments. Drawing inspiration from Margolis and Fisher's (2002) work drawing the "blueprints"of the "boy's clubhouse"of computing education, as well as McDermott and Webber's (2013) analysis of when math learning occurs, we ask when, where, and how is gender being invoked and created, as a way to unpack the places, events, and interactions that shape women's participation in the Silicon Valley workforce. This qualitative analysis of 13 life history interviews with professional women in computing shows that gender becomes salient for women in public settings, particularly in early adulthood when women enter male-dominated classrooms, teams, and workplaces that foster 'brogramming' culture. CS educators, hiring managers, and recruiters all need to be aware that the effects of gender go beyond just including more women in classrooms and on teams. The learning environment, incentives for participation, and the goal of diversity all need to be better aligned in order to foster an equitable workforce.
AB - Through the eyes of professional women in computing, we can better understand the impact of workplace structures, higher education pathways, and the particular closed nature of the tech industry. This study of women's life histories contributes to the work of in-depth qualitative examinations of CS learning contexts and psychological studies investigating phenomena such stereotype threat which contextualize the experience of women in computing environments. Drawing inspiration from Margolis and Fisher's (2002) work drawing the "blueprints"of the "boy's clubhouse"of computing education, as well as McDermott and Webber's (2013) analysis of when math learning occurs, we ask when, where, and how is gender being invoked and created, as a way to unpack the places, events, and interactions that shape women's participation in the Silicon Valley workforce. This qualitative analysis of 13 life history interviews with professional women in computing shows that gender becomes salient for women in public settings, particularly in early adulthood when women enter male-dominated classrooms, teams, and workplaces that foster 'brogramming' culture. CS educators, hiring managers, and recruiters all need to be aware that the effects of gender go beyond just including more women in classrooms and on teams. The learning environment, incentives for participation, and the goal of diversity all need to be better aligned in order to foster an equitable workforce.
KW - belonging
KW - equity
KW - gender
KW - higher education
KW - life history
KW - women in computing
KW - workplace
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U2 - 10.1145/3408877.3432433
DO - 10.1145/3408877.3432433
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85103325401
T3 - SIGCSE 2021 - Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
SP - 692
EP - 698
BT - SIGCSE 2021 - Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Y2 - 13 March 2021 through 20 March 2021
ER -