Why are we still here?: Experiences of successful women in computing

Hannah M. Dee; Karen E. Petrie; Roger D. Boyle; Reena Pau

doi:10.1145/1562877.1562951

Why are we still here? Experiences of successful women in computing

Hannah M. Dee, Karen E. Petrie, Roger D. Boyle, Reena Pau

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Abstract

This paper describes a study into the attitudes and experiences of women at three distinct stages of the career pipeline: undergraduate, graduate student, and staff. Computing has often been likened to a "leaky pipeline" for women, so this work aims to consider various aspects of the student experience from the perspective of those who have in some sense succeeded and got at least as far as studying the subject at degree level. Through concentrating on the opinions and experiences of women who have persisted (and in some sense, done well) in computing, the authors hope to accentuate the positive: rather than work out what makes women drop out of computing, we instead consider what makes them stay.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ITICSE 2009 Proceeding of the 14th ACM SIGSE Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education
Editors	Patrick Brezillon
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	233-237
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	9781605583815
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1562877.1562951
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	14th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education - Paris, France Duration: 3 Jul 2009 → 8 Jul 2009 http://db.grinnell.edu/sigcse/iticse2009/Program/programAtaGlance.asp

Conference

Conference	14th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education
Abbreviated title	ITICSE 2009
Country/Territory	France
City	Paris
Period	3/07/09 → 8/07/09
Internet address	http://db.grinnell.edu/sigcse/iticse2009/Program/programAtaGlance.asp

Keywords

Women in computing
Gender issues
Motivation
PIPELINE

Access to Document

10.1145/1562877.1562951

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Dee, HM, Petrie, KE, Boyle, RD & Pau, R 2009, Why are we still here? Experiences of successful women in computing. in P Brezillon (ed.), ITICSE 2009 Proceeding of the 14th ACM SIGSE Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, pp. 233-237, 14th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, Paris, France, 3/07/09. https://doi.org/10.1145/1562877.1562951

Why are we still here? Experiences of successful women in computing. / Dee, Hannah M.; Petrie, Karen E.; Boyle, Roger D. et al.
ITICSE 2009 Proceeding of the 14th ACM SIGSE Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. ed. / Patrick Brezillon. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, 2009. p. 233-237.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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