Toward a Remedy in Computer Science Education: Ancestral Computing as a Resource to Centering African and Indigenous People of Color

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Session Wednesday 4:20 pm Four Seasons Ballroom 1
  In Roundtable Session: Indigenous Experiences Across Educational Contexts (Table 5)

Abstract

Known challenges exist in computer science education, and the erasure of African and Indigenous people of color in the computing research paradigm motivated six faculty of color and three students of color to counter and protest the existing widely used computer science framework to create the Ancestral Computing for Sustainability (ACS) network. The primary goal of this project is to research the incorporation of ancestral knowledge systems (AKS) as disciplines that co-create positive learning ecologies for marginalized communities, especially women of color, towards sustainable computing.

Authors

• Ebony Terrell Shockley, University of Maryland

• Cueponcaxochitl D. Moreno Sandoval, California State University - Stanislaus

• Michelle C Chatman, University of the District of Columbia

• Joseph F. Carroll-Miranda, University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras

• April Lindala, Northern Michigan University

• Jeffery S. Fleming, University of the District of Columbia

• Alyssa Lopez, University of Puerto Rico - Río Piedras

• Denise Cadeau, Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College

• Fredric Ratliff, University of the District of Columbia