The Gender Gap in Computing: How Some Universities are Moving the Needle

Women in STEM, which includes CS Asst. Prof. Emily Prud'hommeaux as a faculty collaborator, will sponsor guest speaker Linda Sax of UCLA. Dr. Sax's talk is entitled, "The Gender Gap in Computing: How Some Universities are Moving the Needle" in Fulton Hall 117 on Thursday, February 7, 2019 at 2:45 PM. All Boston College community members are invited.

Linda J. Sax is Professor of Higher Education in the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies at UCLA. Dr. Sax’s research focuses on gender differences in college student development, with an emphasis on women in STEM fields. She is currently the Principal Investigator for the research component of the BRAID initiative aimed at diversifying undergraduate computing. Dr. Sax is the author of more than 100 publications, including The Gender Gap in College: Maximizing the Developmental Potential of Women and Men (Jossey-Bass, 2008).