If you work in reducing the gender gap in STEM, this might be of interest to you. Please consider submitting your research to the Special Issue of the ACM Transactions on Computing Education on “Re-Entering Computing through Emerging Technology”.
This special issue focuses on the intersection of emerging technology and computing education. It will include a collection of papers presenting empirical and theory-based research that aim to expand the current knowledge base on women’s experiences, their strategies as they navigate computing career pathways, and their challenges in working in computing fields. Please check out the instructions here: https://dl.acm.org/pb-assets/static_journal_pages/toce/assets/TOCESpecialIssueRESET-1582170597720.pdf
Authors of selected accepted papers will be invited to present their findings at the NSF RESET Conference, to be held during 6-7 March 2021 in Miami, FL. There will be no cost to register for the conference and students might qualify for scholarship supported by NSF.
Important Dates:
Extended abstracts (up to 1000 words): March 15, 2020
Decisions on abstracts: April 15, 2020
Full papers due: July 15, 2020
Notification of acceptance: October 15, 2020
Guest Editors:
Farzana Rahman, Syracuse University
Elodie Billionniere, Miami Dade College
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Partial support for this work is provided by the National Science Foundation Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (INCLUDES) program under Award No.1953431and 1932662. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
