Diversity and Inclusion in Computer Science and Engineering
This seminar will survey a broad spectrum of papers focused on issues of diversity and inclusion within the context of computer science, engineering, and higher education in general. Each week one paper will be assigned for reading and discussion. Meetings will consist of discussion of the papers. The goal of the seminar is to provide an opportunity for students (and the professor) to explore current research on the subject of D&I in an informal environment.
Formalities
- Meeting Times: Fridaays @ 10:30am (Eastern Time)
- Meeting Place: Zoom
- To be considered for next week's reading, paper recommendations should be in half a week before we meet.
- While the list (and list of lists) below provides a sampling of papers, it is by no means exhaustive. Feel free to recommend papers you find interesting. In fact, if you come across papers/compilations that look interesting, please let me know and I will add them to the list.
- Feel free to e-mail me at any time to have a paper added to the list of candidates.
Seminar Papers
The following list includes a number of candidate papers for discussion in the seminar. (The crossed out ones have already been covered in the seminar.) This list is a compilation of recommendations from researchers in the area of diversity and inclusion from different universities.
- [Metrics] Standardized tests as a tool of exclusion: Improper use of the SAT in New York (1989)
- [Metrics] Exploring the Gender Gap on the GRE Subject Test in Economics (1999)
- [Metrics] Forecasting Job Placements of Economics Graduate Students (2000)
- [Culture] Race, sex, and nerds: from Black geeks to Asian American hipsters (2002)
- [Culture] Cumulative Advantage as a Mechanism for Inequality: A Review of Theoretical and Empirical Developments (2005)
- [Diversity] In a More Balanced Computer Science Environment, Similarity is the Difference and Computer Science is the Winner (2005)
- [Metrics] What Does Performance in Graduate School Predict? Graduate Economics Education and Student Outcomes (2007)
- [Metrics]
Testing and Social Stratification in American Education (2008)
- [Metrics]
Stubborn Reliance on Intuition and Subjectivity in Employee Selection (2008)
- [Gender/Culture] Ambient belonging: How stereotypical cues impact gender participation in computer science (2009)
- [Metrics] Fact and Fiction in Cognitive Ability Testing for Admissions and Hiring Decisions (2010)
- [Gender/Culture] Evidence of a Collective Intelligence Factor in the Performance of Human Groups (2010)
- [Gender/Culture] Classrooms matter: The design of virtual classrooms influences gender disparities in computer science classes (2011)
- [Gender/Culture] Do female and male role models who embody STEM stereotypes hinder women’s anticipated success in STEM? (2011)
- [Metrics] Race, Poverty and SAT Scores: Modeling the Influences of Family Income on Black and White High School Students' SAT Performance (2013)
- [Mentorship] Enduring influence of stereotypical computer science role models on women’s academic aspirations (2013)
- [Culture] The stereotypical computer scientist: Gendered media representations as a barrier to inclusion for women (2013)
- [Culture] How Diversity Makes Us Smarter (2014)
- [Gender]
Gender Gaps in Achievement and Participation in Multiple Introductory Biology Classrooms
- [Culture] Learning Race in a U.S. Context: An Emergent Framework on the Perceptions of Race Among Foreign-Born Students of Color (2014)
- [Metrics] A Test That Fails (2014)
- [Culture]
Cultural stereotypes as gatekeepers: increasing girls' interest in computer science and engineering by diversifying stereotypes (2015)
- [Metrics] GRE Guide to Use of Scores (2015)
- [Disability] Increasing Neurodiversity in Disability and Social Justice Advocacy Groups (2016)
- [Counterspaces]
Counterspaces for Women of Color in STEM Higher Education: Marginal and Central Spaces for Persistence and Success (2016)
- [Asian/Culture]
The Burden of Being "Model": Racialized Experiences of Asian STEM College Students (2016)
- [Metrics] The GRE is no diversity tool (2016)
- [Metrics] The problem with the GRE (2016)
- [Diversity]
Diversifying undergraduate computer science: The role of department chairs in promoting gender and racial diversity (2017)
- [Metrics] The Limitations of the GRE in Predicting Success in Biomedical Graduate School (2017)
- [Diversity] Twelve Tips for Creating a Culture that Supports All Students in Computing (2017)
- [Metrics] Investigating approaches to diversity in a national survey of physics doctoral degree programs: The graduate admissions landscape (2017)
- [Metrics] Renewed debate about GRE (2017)
- [Metrics] The Limitations of the GRE in Predicting Success in Biomedical Graduate School (2017)
- [Education]
Sense of belonging in computing: The role of introductory courses for women and underrepresented minority students (2018)
- [Admissions]
Diversifying Cornell CS Ph.D. Admissions (2018)
- [Metrics] DEFINING ACCESS: How Test-Optional Works (2018)
- [Metrics] Multi-institutional study of GRE scores as predictors of STEM PhD degree completion: GRE gets a low mark (2018)
- [Diversity]
The racial politics of STEM education in the USA: interrogations and explorations (2019)
- [Asian/Culture]
Asian American women in STEM in the lab with "White Men Named John" (2019)
- [Admission] Graduate Admissions Practices: A Targeted Review of the Literature (2019)
- [Metrics] Do I Have to Take the GRE? Standardized Testing in MPA Admissions (2019)
- [Metrics] A Model for Holistic Review in Graduate Admissions That Decouples the GRE from Race, Ethnicity, and Gender (2019)
- [Metrics]
Differential Performance in High Versus Low Stakes Tests: Evidence from the GRE Test (2019)
- [Islam/Culture] Islamophobia in U.S. Education (2019)
- [Metrics] Typical physics Ph.D. admissions criteria limit access to underrepresented groups but fail to predict doctoral completion (2019)
- [Metrics] A Civil Rights Challenge to Standardized Testing in College Admissions (2019)
- [Metrics] Standardized testing fails to reflect holistic achievement of college applicants (2019)
- [Metrics] A Model for Holistic Review in Graduate Admissions That Decouples the GRE from Race, Ethnicity, and Gender (2019)
- [Metrics] Questioning the Value of the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) in PhD Admissions in Biomedical Engineering (2020)
- [Metrics] #GeoGRExit: Why Geosciences Programs Are Dropping the GRE (2020)
- [Metrics] Racial discrimination in the standardized testing system (2020)
- Institutionalizing ethics in AI through broader impact requirements (2021)
- [Gender/Diversity]Actions Needed by Higher Education Institutions, Technology Companies, Federal Agencies to Increase Representation of Women of Color in Tech (2021)