Young women in computing: lessons learned from an educational & outreach program

  • Authors:

  • Inna Pivkina;Enrico Pontelli;Rachel Jensen;Jessica Haebe

  • Affiliations:

  • New Mexico State Unversity, Las Cruces, NM, USA;New Mexico State Unversity, Las Cruces, NM, USA;New Mexico State Unversity, Las Cruces, NM, USA;New Mexico State Unversity, Las Cruces, NM, USA

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 40th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

This paper describes the Young Women in Computing program, an ongoing outreach program in Computer Science at New Mexico State University (NMSU). Features of the program include summer camps and academic year activities, computing in context, peer mentoring, and role models. The main goal is to increase interest in computing among female high school students. The paper discusses lessons learned from three years of experience with the program.