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By: Jayashree Iyer The technology sector has a history of lacking in gender diversity, with only 25% of its workforce being women. Even...

By: Ali Roberts On December 15, 2021, the world lost a beloved poet, author, professor, and trailblazer in Black feminist and queer...

By: Ariana Bull While there is currently an underrepresentation of women from diverse backgrounds in STEM, many groups, colleges, and...

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...

By Christine Leavitt The Arizona Educational Foundation recently announced the 2022 Teacher of the Year. Nancy Parra-Quinlan was selected...

This month's Staff Spotlight feature is one of our Graduate Research Assistants, Ali Roberts. Ali started with CGEST in August 2021,...

By: Grace Connolly As a child, I never saw myself going into a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) related field....

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

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...

By: Christine Leavitt The National Inventors Hall of Fame is an organization that “recognizes the enduring legacies of exceptional U.S....

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...

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

By: Ali Roberts The dominant narrative has been that the gender gap in technology career fields has been slowly closing over the years,...

By Christine Leavitt Violence and tragedy in Afghanistan have shaken the world during these last few weeks as the Taliban has returned to...

This month we are delighted to share with you one of our Graduate Research Assistants (GRA) Rachel Ware! Rachel has been with CGEST for...

By Rachel Ware and Pranati Guduru The Social Robots virtual camp took place last week from August 2nd to the 6th. Fourteen middle school...

ASU’s Dr. Tracy Perkins will be presenting research on Wikipedia’s racialized knowledge politics at the American Sociological...

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...

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...

By Kathleen J. Lehman, Daisy Ramirez, Sarah Rodriguez, and Linda J. Sax As has been highlighted by the research conducted and supported...