Resources for Women in Computing, for both students and educators.

"First, engineering is a very creative profession. That is not the way it is usually described, but down to my toes I believe that engineering is profoundly creative. Second, as in any creative profession, what comes out is a function of the life experiences of the people who do it. Finally, sans diversity, we limit the set of life experiences that are applied, and as a result, we pay an opportunity cost -- a cost in products not built, in designed not considered, in constraints not understood, in processes not invented ... Every time we approach an engineering problem with a pale, male design team, we may not find the best solution. We may not understand the design options or know how to even understand the full dimension of the problem."

-- Wm. A. Wulf (1998). Diversity in Engineering, The Bridge, 28(4).

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For All

• This is a very comprehensive resource page by Peter Henderson and Vicki Almstrum: Resources Related to Women and Computing
  

For Educators

• How to increase young girls' interests in Computer Science early:
  
  
  • Jepson, A. and T. Perl (2002). Priming the Pipeline, inroads SIGCSE Bulletin, 34(2):36-39. See extracts

• How to recruit and retain women in undergraduate computing majors:
  
  
  • Cohoon, J. M. (2002). Recruiting and Retaining Women in Undergraduate Computing Majors, inroads SIGCSE Bulletin, 34(2):48-52. See extracts

• How to recruit and retain women in graduate computing majors:
  
  
  • Cuny, J. and W. Aspray (2002). Recruitment and Retention of Women Graduate Students in Computer Science and Engineering: Results of a Workshop Organized by the Computing Research Association, inroads SIGCSE Bulletin, 34(2):168-174. See extracts

• How to mentor students:
  
  
  • Townsend, G. C. (2002). People Who Make a Difference: Mentors and Role Models, inroads SIGCSE Bulletin, 34(2):57-61. See extracts

• How to provide a gender-equitable CS classroom:
  
  
  • Treu, K. and A. Skinner (2002). Ten Suggestions for a Gender-Equitable CS Classroom, inroads SIGCSE Bulletin, 34(2):165-167. Previously published in The Journal of Computing in Small Colleges, 12(2):244-248, 1996. See extracts

• In-Depth Studies:
  
  
  • References

For Students

• Open letters to women considering a computer science major, by Jane Prey and Kevin Treu.
  
  
  • Prey, J. and K. Treu (2002). What Do You Say? Open Letters to Women Considering a Computer Science Major, inroads SIGCSE Bulletin, 34(2):18-20. See extracts

• Women in computing
  
  
  • Gurer, D. (2002). Women in Computing History, inroads SIGCSE Bulletin, 34(2):116-120. See extracts

• Support Organizations
  
  
  • ACM Committee on Women in Computing (ACM-W). Link
• Committee on the Status of Women Computing Research (CRA-W). Link
• Institute for Women and Technology (IWT). Link