Care and Create: Why We Need More Black Women Computer Science Education Researchers

• In Event: Fairmont Roundtable Session Eight
  In Roundtable Session: The Hidden and Unhidden Labor of Faculty of Color Navigating the Ivory Tower (Table 14)

Abstract

Despite the launch of the Computer Science (CS) for All initiative in 2016, disparities in CS degree attainment remain, and the number of Black women persisting in CS continues to decline (Chen, 2013). These disparities also exist in the field of CS education research, where the majority of research is conducted by non-Black scholars. In this paper, we use Black Feminist Thought and Intersectionality to theorize the experiences of Black women CS education researchers. We argue that because Black women educators center care, anti-oppression, and justice in their work, Black women in CS education research is of ethical imperative, improves the quality of research, and increases our national potential to solve real-world problems.

Authors

• Tamara Pearson, Georgia Institute of Technology
  Presenting Author

• Ain A. Grooms, University of Wisconsin - Madison
  Presenting Author

• Stefanie L. Marshall, Michigan State University
  Presenting Author