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Staff Spotlight: Pranati Guduru
This month's Staff Spotlight feature is one of our undergraduate researchers and Junior in the Computer Science program, Pranati Guduru....

CGEST Staff
Oct 22, 20212 min read


Patricia Bath – Historical Inductee to National Inventors Hall of Fame
By: Christine Leavitt The National Inventors Hall of Fame is an organization that “recognizes the enduring legacies of exceptional U.S....

CGEST Staff
Oct 5, 20212 min read


Voices in STEAM
By: Rachel Ware On September 23rd, I was a speaker on a panel about Equity in STEAM hosted by the Metropolitan Phoenix YWCA. This event...

CGEST Staff
Sep 27, 20213 min read


My First Month with CGEST
By: Jayashree Iyer My name is Jayashree, and I recently joined CGEST as a Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) student. I am an...

CGEST Staff
Sep 24, 20212 min read


Mentoring and the STEM Gender Gap
By: Ali Roberts The dominant narrative has been that the gender gap in technology career fields has been slowly closing over the years,...
CGEST Staff
Sep 22, 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


Social Robots Camp Wrap Up
Written by: Rachel Ware From July 6 through the 9th the Cozmo camp took place on Zoom, with 4 great middle school students who are a part...
CGEST Staff
Jul 23, 20211 min read

Staff Spotlight: Dr. Tara Nkrumah
This month we are highlighting our very talented Assistant Research Professor, Dr. Tara Nkrumah! Dr. Nkrumah has been with the center for...
CGEST Staff
Jul 21, 20213 min read


Kim's Corner: Engaging in culturally responsive collaborations
Many of the pieces in this newsletter describe our most recent achievement--that is, implementing the culturally responsive STEM camp,...
Dr. Kimberly Scott
Jun 30, 20212 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

Staff Spotlight: Steve Elliot
This month we are taking a moment to highlight one of our Postdoctoral scholars that has been with CGEST for years (since 2017), Dr....
CGEST Staff
Jun 14, 20216 min read

Shifting the role of technology in gender-based violence
By Toby Shulruff Technology is deeply woven into the fabric of our lives, even more after this past year. Through our phones, computers,...
Guest Blogger
Jun 10, 20213 min read


Moving While Black
Institutions’ responses to Black Lives Matter include increasing the number of African American employees in their spaces among other...
Dr. Kimberly Scott
Feb 22, 20213 min read


The Hill We Climb
That is the name of the poem that the nation's first Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman recited at the inauguration of President Joe Biden...
CGEST Staff
Jan 26, 20211 min read


Forward Thinking for Our Girls
A few days after the highly publicized attack on the U.S. Capitol, education organizations thoughtfully and rapidly provided lists for...
Dr. Kimberly Scott
Jan 25, 20213 min read

Kim's Corner - October 2019
Squatting. What an ugly term. Squatting refers to an illegitimate appropriation of space. Squatters assume an area that is recognized as...
Dr. Kimberly Scott
Oct 3, 20193 min read


Intersectionality in STEM
Over the past year, there have been lots of discussions about intersectionality. Intersectionality means that we are making sure we...
Dr. Kimberly Scott
Jun 27, 20192 min read


Tapia Conference Review: Women of Color in Computing
Tapia Conference Review: Women of Color in Computing: Addressing the Double-Bind Through A Researcher-Practitioner Collaborative On...
CGEST Staff
Sep 27, 20181 min read


Infographic: Women and Girls of Color in Computing
Download Infographic Featured image courtesy of #WOCinTech Chat wocintechchat.com
CGEST Staff
Aug 21, 20181 min read
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