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Sci-Fi’s imagined futures and the radical world-building of Octavia Butler
By Ali Roberts Science fiction has long offered opportunities to imagine futures filled with technological advancement and societal...

CGEST Staff
May 18, 20224 min read


Pinning Down the Jellyfish: The Workplace Experiences of Women of Color in Tech
New Report: April 2022 This report is a product of ASU’s Women of Color in Computing Research Collaborative. The collaborative is...

CGEST Staff
May 18, 20221 min read
Exploring racial equity in the science education journal review process
Science education study co-authored by Dr. Tara Nkrumah, Acting Executive Director, CGEST Across a broad range of disciplines, research...

CGEST Staff
May 18, 20221 min read
The Weave Project
A Collaboration between Arizona State University (ASU), Dublin City University (DCU), Carlow IT and the Professional Development Services...

CGEST Staff
Feb 23, 20223 min read


Facing Imposter Syndrome
By Ariana Bui Described as “a false and sometimes crippling belief that one's successes are the product of luck or fraud rather than...
CGEST Staff
Feb 22, 20222 min read


Why Psychology and Bias are Important to Consider in Technology
By Rachel Ware Psychology is an important part of technology development that fascinates me. Consider that even a simple button on a...
CGEST Staff
Feb 22, 20223 min read
Celebrating girls and differences during Women's History Month
By Ali Roberts March is Women’s History Month in the United States, dating back to 1987 when Congress designated March as a celebration...
CGEST Staff
Feb 22, 20223 min read
Sociocultural Factors of Computer Science Access
By Ali Roberts Computer science is generally (and statistically) considered a field dominated by men in the United States, but this...
CGEST Staff
Jan 25, 20223 min read

Feeling Alone in STEM
By Ariana Bui With the current issue of diversity in STEM, there are many who might feel a lack of belonging. They might feel alone in...
CGEST Staff
Jan 25, 20223 min read

Black History Month: Who and what will you be celebrating?
By Christine Leavitt Since 1976, February has been designated as Black History Month by each United States president (see...
CGEST Staff
Jan 25, 20222 min read

5 Women of Color Who Made Our Lives Better
By Grace Connolly Have you ever received a phone call and had the name of the caller pop up? Have you used a GIF in your Twitter post?...
CGEST Staff
Jan 25, 20223 min read

The Importance of Community for Women in Tech
By: Jayashree Iyer The technology sector has a history of lacking in gender diversity, with only 25% of its workforce being women. Even...
CGEST Staff
Dec 31, 20213 min read


Remembering bell hooks: A Legacy of Love and Intersectional Understanding
By: Ali Roberts On December 15, 2021, the world lost a beloved poet, author, professor, and trailblazer in Black feminist and queer...
CGEST Staff
Dec 30, 20213 min read

Scholarships Opportunities for Women in STEM
By: Ariana Bull While there is currently an underrepresentation of women from diverse backgrounds in STEM, many groups, colleges, and...
CGEST Staff
Dec 30, 20213 min read

Wikipedia and The Outsider Within
ASU’s Dr. Tracy Perkins will be presenting research on Wikipedia’s racialized knowledge politics at the American Sociological...
Guest Blogger
Aug 5, 20213 min read

Understanding Latina Students’ Trajectories in Computing
By Kathleen J. Lehman, Daisy Ramirez, Sarah Rodriguez, and Linda J. Sax As has been highlighted by the research conducted and supported...
Guest Blogger
Jun 18, 20214 min read


Building Collaborative Networks to Support Women of Color in User-Experience and Technology Design
By Laura Gonzales This blog post contains excerpts from the keynote presentation our team shared at the 2020 Special Interest Group for...
Guest Blogger
Apr 24, 20216 min read


The Status of Women of Color in the Workplace
Written By: Yulkendy Valdez & Sonia BasSheva Manjon Recently, Yulkendy Valdez reconnected with Sonia BasSheva Manjon, PhD at LeaderSpring...
Guest Blogger
Mar 10, 20214 min read

A Day of Reckoning for the White Academy
We want to congratulate our very own Dr. Tara Nkrumah on her latest publication in Cultural Studies of Science Education. This piece...
CGEST Staff
Jan 21, 20212 min read


Drs. Tao and Scott Publish Research on Technological Engagement in African American Adolescents
Drs. Tao, Scott, and McCarthy recently published “Do African American male and female adolescents differ in technological engagement?:...
CGEST Staff
Dec 11, 20201 min read
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