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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...
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Dec 30, 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
New Year 2022: Time to Reflect and Make Resolutions Related to Women of Color in STEM
By Christine Leavitt It is hard to believe that another year has flown by. As we commence a new calendar year, it is important to reflect...
CGEST Staff
Dec 16, 20212 min read
Arizona’s 2022 Teacher of the Year: Nancy Parra-Quinlan
By Christine Leavitt The Arizona Educational Foundation recently announced the 2022 Teacher of the Year. Nancy Parra-Quinlan was selected...
CGEST Staff
Nov 22, 20212 min read
Staff Spotlight: Ali Roberts
This month's Staff Spotlight feature is one of our Graduate Research Assistants, Ali Roberts. Ali started with CGEST in August 2021,...
CGEST Staff
Nov 3, 20213 min read
The Importance of Female STEM Role Models for Young Girls
By: Grace Connolly As a child, I never saw myself going into a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) related field....
CGEST Staff
Oct 22, 20212 min read
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 13, 20212 min read
Grace Hopper Celebration
By: Michelle Fisher As a current junior in computer science, I have spent a lot of my time looking at companies and internships for next...
CGEST Staff
Oct 5, 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
Sep 27, 20213 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 24, 20212 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 22, 20213 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
Aug 31, 20212 min read
Unity Through Robotics: Afghan Girls Robotics Team
By Christine Leavitt Violence and tragedy in Afghanistan have shaken the world during these last few weeks as the Taliban has returned to...
CGEST Staff
Aug 18, 20212 min read
Staff Spotlight: Rachel Ware
This month we are delighted to share with you one of our Graduate Research Assistants (GRA) Rachel Ware! Rachel has been with CGEST for...
CGEST Staff
Aug 12, 20212 min read
Social Robots: Second Session
By Rachel Ware and Pranati Guduru The Social Robots virtual camp took place last week from August 2nd to the 6th. Fourteen middle school...
Guest Blogger
Aug 5, 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...
CGEST Staff
Jul 23, 20211 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...
Guest Blogger
Jun 28, 20214 min read
Reflections of a Black Woman Computer Scientist
By Yolanda A. Rankin, PhD A year has passed since George Floyd was murdered and I found myself writing a paper with two other Black...
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Jun 18, 20214 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...
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