Research | Iribe Initiative for Inclusion and Diversity in Computing

I4C is actively involved in the computer science (CS) education research community. We are committed to learning more about current CS education research efforts and contributing our research ideas and findings to the field.

By attending and presenting at national conferences such as the SIGCSE Technical Symposium, the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA), the CMD-IT/ACM Richard Tapia Conference, and the Conference on Research in Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT), we continue to identify and implement high quality and data-driven practices that acknowledge and target disparities in computer science that exclude the participation of students based on their gender identification, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, and/or disability status.

Publications

A Longitudinal Study of the Post-Secondary Experiences of Women of Color in Computing

2023 Research for Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology

Citation:
In press.

Computing for Social Good: Preparing Undergraduate Computer Science Majors to Become Anti-Biased K–12 Educators

2023 American Educational Research Association Annual Conference (Round Table)

Citation:
Kramarczuk, K., Avery, C., Weintrop, D., Atchison, K. & Sampson, G. (2023). Computing for Social Good: Preparing Undergraduate Computer Science Majors to Become Anti-Biased K-12 Educators. Round table accepted for the Annual 2023 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, Chicago, IL.

CompSciConnect: A Multi-Year Summer Program to Broaden Participation in Computing

2023 ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (Paper)

Citation:
Kramarczuk, K., Weintrop, D., Plane, J., Atchison, K., & Avery, C. (2023). CompSciConnect: A Multi-Year Summer Program to Broaden Participation in Computing. In Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 1 (SIGCSE 2023), March 15-18, 2023, Toronto, ON, Canada. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 7 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3545945.3569850

Exploring How Young Women Define “Success” in STEM Compared to Young Men.

2022 Richard Tapia Undergraduate Poster Competition

3rd Place | ACM Student Competition

How Much is Math Needed? Considering the Impact of Math Identity on Computing Identity Models

2022 Conference on Research in Equitable and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (Poster)

Informal near-peer teaching models: The complex relationship between intersectional computing identities, mentoring and teaching

2021 American Educational Research Association Annual Conference (Poster)
SIG - Informal Learning

Citation:
Kramarczuk, K., Narayanasamy, M., Khan, A., & Plane, J. (2022). Informal near-peer teaching models: The complex relationship between intersectional computing identities, mentoring and teaching. Poster accepted for the Annual 2022 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, San Diego, CA.

Exploring the Relationship Between Undergraduate Near-Peer Intersectional Computing, Mentoring, and Instructor Identities

2022 ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (Poster)

Citation:
Kramarczuk, K., Narayanasamy, M., Khan, A., Plane, J., & Atchison, K. (2022, March). Exploring the Relationship Between Undergraduate Near-Peer Intersectional Computing, Mentoring, and Instructor Identities. In Proceedings of the 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2 (pp. 1093-1093).

Women’s Longitudinal Career Trajectories Following Their Participation in a 3-Year Computing Camp

2022 ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (Poster)

CUR Award | SIGCSE TS 2022

Citation:
Narayanasamy, M. (2022, March). Women’s Longitudinal Career Trajectories Following Their Participation in a 3-Year Computing Camp. In Proceedings of the 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2 (pp. 1102-1102).

Training Near-Peer Mentors for Instructional Roles in Informal K-12 Computing Programs

2022 ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (Poster)

Citation:
Kramarczuk, K., Narayanasamy, M., Atchison, K., & Plane, J. (2022, March). Training Near-Peer Mentors for Instructional Roles in Informal K-12 Computing Programs. In Proceedings of the 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2 (pp. 1125-1125).

The Power of Mentoring Programs in Retaining women and Black, Indigenous, and Students of Color in Undergraduate Computing Majors

2021 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (Paper)

Citation:
Kramarczuk, K., Plane, J., Atchison, K., & Narayanasamy, M. (2021). The power of mentoring programs in retaining women and Black, Indigenous, and Students of Color in undergraduate computing majors. Paper accepted for the 2021 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI), Las Vegas NV. (In press)

First Generation Undergraduate Women and Intersectional Obstacles to Pursuing Post-Baccalaureate Computing Degrees

2021 Conference on Research in Equitable and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (Paper)

Citation:
Kramarczuk, K., Plane, J., & Atchison, K. (2021, May). First-Generation Undergraduate Women and Intersectional Obstacles to Pursuing Post-Baccalaureate Computing Degrees. In 2021 Conference on Research in Equitable and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT) (pp. 1-8). IEEE.

Going Virtual: Underrepresented Student Experiences in a Virtual Computing Camp

2021 American Educational Research Association Annual Conference (Poster)
SIG - Online Teaching and Learning | Session: Diversity, Connectedness, and Engagement Online

Citation:
Kramarczuk, K., Plane, J., & Atchison, K. (2021). Going Virtual: Underrepresented Student Experiences in a Virtual Computing Camp. Poster accepted for the Annual 2021 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, Virtual.

Diversity in Computing: Strengthening the Pipeline for Female and Underrepresented Students to Excel in Computing

Research on Equity & Sustained Participation in Computing, Engineering, & Technology (RESPECT) 2018 3rd Annual Conference (Poster)

The RESPECT proposal was accepted as a poster presentation at the RESPECT 2018 3rd Annual Conference. The poster session was also attended by participants of the SIGCSE 2018 Conference. Our research was well received and was published in the conference proceedings. Based on the feedback from the poster session and suggestions from the conference review boards, we expanded the research focus to include a deeper understanding of students’ experiences prior to entering our camps in order to understand issues such as barriers to entering into STEM education, developing a pipeline from school to work, and best practices for extended learning computing programs for students in grades K-12. In addition to camp effectiveness (1-week vs. 3-year), we also investigated how communities develop through camp and what effect those communities have upon underrepresented students.

Citation:
Davis, B., Plane, J., & Cukier, M. (2018, February). Diversity in computing: strengthening the pipeline for female & underrepresented students to excel in computing. In 2018 Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT) (pp. i-i). IEEE.

The Impact of Early Interventions on Middle School Girls’ Confidence in Computing

2018 Richard Tapia Undergraduate Poster Competition
1st Place | Tapia Best Poster 2018

Primary Author: Elana Katzen

The TAPIA proposal was accepted into the Tapia Undergraduate Poster Competition and was awarded first place. The uniqueness of our ability to analyze longitudinal data over three years was widely recognized, as CompSciConnect is one of the few programs with continuity over three years and that targets minorities in computing starting in middle school. Some feedback we received while presenting the poster was that we should analyze whether or not there is a correlation between age and confidence and/or age and susceptibility to confidence change. It was also suggested that we consider the differences in trends of male confidence and female confidence as each grow older.

Building a Community of Undergraduate Ambassadors for Current Student Support and for Computing Outreach

SIGCSE 2019 (Lighting Talk)
NCWIT 2020 Summit (Delayed due to COVID-19)

Presenter: Kate Atchison

This SIGCSE lightning talk described the Maryland Center for Women in Computing (MCWIC) ambassador program that was designed to empower current undergraduate women to lead K-12 outreach efforts and summer camps for MCWIC while building a community of undergraduate students interested in diversity, inclusion and education. For the last 7 years, the MCWIC ambassadors led summer camps, after school programs in schools, weekend workshops, and programs that support the current undergraduate population. The program has grown to the point that we now employ over 15 undergraduate students each semester to support these activities. Come to this talk to learn more about how this program was created, how it is sustained, and how the ambassadors benefit from being a part of the program while also serving the greater community.