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DESCRIPTION:Event Type: OCCRLSpeaker Information: Dr. Kimberly Scott\, Ariz
 ona State UniversityHow best to engage more underrepresented women—namely 
 African American\, native American\, Latinx\, and Asian Americans- in scie
 nce\, technology\, engineering\, and math (STEM)? This presentation challe
 nges the notion that STEM equity is gained through simply diversifying the
  disciplines. A systemic approach that applies intersectionality as a meth
 odology will be offered during this talk. Particularly for efforts aiming 
 to engage underrepresented girls and women in STEM\, the presenter will br
 iefly discuss and present examples of how counting the number of bodies in
  a STEM space falls short of creating a just system.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Drawing 
 on her circuitous journey from teaching in a ‘special needs’ district\, wo
 rking in a rehabilitation center for female prostitutes and slaves\, to co
 llaborating with others to lead the nationally recognized girl-centered ST
 EM program\, entitled COMPUGIRLS\, the presenter provokes listeners to rec
 onsider rhetoric about leveling the playing field.\nDr. Kimberly A. Scott&
 nbsp\;is a Professor in the Women and Gender Studies Department at Arizona
  State University (ASU) and Founder/Executive Director of ASU’s Center for
  Gender Equity in Science and Technology (CGEST). Founded by Scott\, the c
 enter is a one-of-a-kind research unit focused on exploring\, identifying\
 , and creating innovative scholarship about under-represented girls in sci
 ence\, technology\, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Center projects in
 clude the National Science Foundation-funded COMPUGIRLS\; Gates-funded pro
 ject on African American Families and Technology Use\; and NSF-funded Cult
 urally Responsive Co-Robotics Program. Scott is also an Affiliate Faculty 
 in George Mason University’s Center for Digital Media Innovation and Diver
 sity located in Fairfax\, Virginia.\nTrained as a sociologist of education
  and childhoods\, Scott’s interdisciplinary work examines girls’ of color 
 (African American\, Native American\, Latina) social and academic developm
 ent in informal spaces and their technosocial innovations. With nearly 50 
 publications in outlets such as the\,&nbsp\;International Journal of Quali
 tative Studies in Education\,&nbsp\;International Journal of Gender\, Scie
 nce\, and Technology\,&nbsp\;Feminism and Psychology\,&nbsp\;Huffington Po
 st\, and&nbsp\;Slate\, to name a few\, Kimberly is also co-author of the R
 owman and Littlefield book Kids in Context and co-editor of the IAP publis
 hed book\,&nbsp\;Research in Urban Educational Settings: Lessons Learned a
 nd Implications for Future Practice. Recently\, she published&nbsp\;Women 
 Education Scholars and Their Children’s Schooling&nbsp\;(Routledge) and is
  completing COMPUGIRLS: Becoming Ourselves in This Digital Age&nbsp\;(Univ
 ersity of Illinois Press).\nCost:&nbsp\;Free\nContact:&nbsp\;Amy Summers&n
 bsp\;217-333-0960arsummer@illinois.eduSponsor: College of Education and Of
 fice of Community College Research and Leadership
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DTSTAMP:20260611T154859Z
DTSTART:20180430T170000Z
LOCATION:IL\,USA\,Champaign\,Illini Union\, Room 104
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Dean's Diversity Lecture with Dr. Kimberly Scott: Why STEM Diversit
 y Fails Women of Color
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p class="eventtype"><span class="event-headin
 g eventtype">Event Type:</span> OCCRL</p><p class="speakerinfo"><span clas
 s="event-heading speakerinfo">Speaker Information:</span> Dr. Kimberly Sco
 tt\, Arizona State University</p><p>How best to engage more underrepresent
 ed women—namely African American\, native American\, Latinx\, and Asian Am
 ericans- in science\, technology\, engineering\, and math (STEM)? This pre
 sentation challenges the notion that STEM equity is gained through simply 
 diversifying the disciplines. A systemic approach that applies intersectio
 nality as a methodology will be offered during this talk. Particularly for
  efforts aiming to engage underrepresented girls and women in STEM\, the p
 resenter will briefly discuss and present examples of how counting the num
 ber of bodies in a STEM space falls short of creating a just system.&nbsp\
 ;&nbsp\;Drawing on her circuitous journey from teaching in a ‘special need
 s’ district\, working in a rehabilitation center for female prostitutes an
 d slaves\, to collaborating with others to lead the nationally recognized 
 girl-centered STEM program\, entitled COMPUGIRLS\, the presenter provokes 
 listeners to reconsider rhetoric about leveling the playing field.</p>\n<p
 ><strong>Dr. Kimberly A. Scott</strong>&nbsp\;is a Professor in the Women 
 and Gender Studies Department at Arizona State University (ASU) and Founde
 r/Executive Director of ASU’s Center for Gender Equity in Science and Tech
 nology (CGEST). Founded by Scott\, the center is a one-of-a-kind research 
 unit focused on exploring\, identifying\, and creating innovative scholars
 hip about under-represented girls in science\, technology\, engineering an
 d mathematics (STEM). Center projects include the National Science Foundat
 ion-funded COMPUGIRLS\; Gates-funded project on African American Families 
 and Technology Use\; and NSF-funded Culturally Responsive Co-Robotics Prog
 ram. Scott is also an Affiliate Faculty in George Mason University’s Cente
 r for Digital Media Innovation and Diversity located in Fairfax\, Virginia
 .</p>\n<p>Trained as a sociologist of education and childhoods\, Scott’s i
 nterdisciplinary work examines girls’ of color (African American\, Native 
 American\, Latina) social and academic development in informal spaces and 
 their technosocial innovations. With nearly 50 publications in outlets suc
 h as the\,&nbsp\;<em>International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Educa
 tion</em>\,&nbsp\;<em>International Journal of Gender\, Science\, and Tech
 nology</em>\,&nbsp\;<em>Feminism and Psychology</em>\,&nbsp\;<em>Huffingto
 n Post</em>\, and&nbsp\;<em>Slate</em>\, to name a few\, Kimberly is also 
 co-author of the Rowman and Littlefield book Kids in Context and co-editor
  of the IAP published book\,&nbsp\;<em>Research in Urban Educational Setti
 ngs: Lessons Learned and Implications for Future Practice</em>. Recently\,
  she published&nbsp\;<em>Women Education Scholars and Their Children’s Sch
 ooling&nbsp\;</em>(Routledge) and is completing C<em>OMPUGIRLS: Becoming O
 urselves in This Digital Age&nbsp\;</em>(University of Illinois Press).</p
 >\n<p class="cost"><span class="event-heading cost">Cost:</span>&nbsp\;Fre
 e</p>\n<p class="contact"><span class="event-heading contact">Contact:</sp
 an>&nbsp\;Amy Summers&nbsp\;<br>217-333-0960<br><a href="mailto:arsummer@i
 llinois.edu">arsummer@illinois.edu</a></p><p class="sponsor"><span class="
 event-heading sponsor">Sponsor:</span> College of Education and Office of 
 Community College Research and Leadership</p>
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