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Women and Underrepresented Minorities in Computing

A Historical and Social Study

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Authors:
  1. William Aspray

    1. University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, USA

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  • Examines the highly neglected subject of race in the history of science and technology
  • Reviews the history of women in computing within a larger social and cultural context not found in other studies by computer historians
  • Discusses efforts in STEM and computing education to broaden participation of women and minorities in these fields
  • Highlights the role of professional nonprofit organizations in the history of computing

Part of the book series: History of Computing (HC)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • William Aspray
    Pages 1-14

  3. Digest of Relevant Literatures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. Opening STEM Careers to Women

      • William Aspray
      Pages 17-30

    3. Opening STEM Careers to African Americans

      • William Aspray
      Pages 31-57

    4. Opening STEM Careers to Hispanics

      • William Aspray
      Pages 59-79

    5. Opening STEM Careers to American Indians

      • William Aspray
      Pages 81-111

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 261-271
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About this book

This text examines in detail the issue of the underrepresentation of women, African Americans, American Indians, and Hispanics in the computing disciplines in the U.S. The work reviews the underlying causes, as well as the efforts of various nonprofit organizations to correct the situation, in order to both improve social equity and address the shortage of skilled workers in this area. Topics and features: presents a digest and historical overview of the relevant literature from a range of disciplines, including leading historical and social science sources; discusses the social and political factors that have affected the demographics of the workforce from the end of WWII to the present day; provides historical case studies on organizations that have sought to broaden participation in computing and the STEM disciplines; reviews the different approaches that have been applied to address underrepresentation, at the individual, system-wide, and pathway-focused level; profiles the colleges and universities that have been successful in opening up computer science or engineering to female students; describes the impact of individual change-agents as well as whole organizations.

Reviews

“Aspray (Univ. of Colorado Boulder), a well-known historian of the computer, aims to encourage primary source research into the participation and contributions of women, African Americans, Hispanics, and American Indians. … Summing Up: Recommended. All readers.” (A. K. Ackerberg-Hastings, Choice, Vol. 54 (6), February, 2017)

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, USA

    William Aspray

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Women and Underrepresented Minorities in Computing

  • Book Subtitle: A Historical and Social Study

  • Authors: William Aspray

  • Series Title: History of Computing

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24811-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79681-9Published: 31 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-24811-0Published: 11 July 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2190-6831

  • Series E-ISSN: 2190-684X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 271

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: History of Computing, Science Education

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