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DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr. Kimberly Scott\, Arizona State University\nHow bes
 t to engage more underrepresented women—namely African American\, native A
 merican\, Latinx\, and Asian Americans- in science\, technology\, engineer
 ing\, and math (STEM)? This presentation challenges the notion that STEM e
 quity is gained through simply diversifying the disciplines. A systemic ap
 proach that applies intersectionality as a methodology will be offered dur
 ing this talk. Particularly for efforts aiming to engage underrepresented 
 girls and women in STEM\, the presenter will briefly discuss and present e
 xamples of how counting the number of bodies in a STEM space falls short o
 f creating a just system.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Drawing on her circuitous journey f
 rom teaching in a ‘special needs’ district\, working in a rehabilitation c
 enter for female prostitutes and slaves\, to collaborating with others to 
 lead the nationally recognized girl-centered STEM program\, entitled COMPU
 GIRLS\, the presenter provokes listeners to reconsider rhetoric about leve
 ling the playing field.\nDr. Kimberly A. Scott is a Professor in the Women
  and Gender Studies Department at Arizona State University (ASU) and Found
 er/Executive Director of ASU’s Center for Gender Equity in Science and Tec
 hnology (CGEST). Founded by Scott\, the center is a one-of-a-kind research
  unit focused on exploring\, identifying\, and creating innovative scholar
 ship about under-represented girls in science\, technology\, engineering a
 nd mathematics (STEM). Center projects include the National Science Founda
 tion-funded COMPUGIRLS\; Gates-funded project on African American Families
  and Technology Use\; and NSF-funded Culturally Responsive Co-Robotics Pro
 gram. Scott is also an Affiliate Faculty in George Mason University’s Cent
 er for Digital Media Innovation and Diversity located in Fairfax\, Virgini
 a.\nTrained as a sociologist of education and childhoods\, Scott’s interdi
 sciplinary work examines girls’ of color (African American\, Native Americ
 an\, Latina) social and academic development in informal spaces and their 
 technosocial innovations. With nearly 50 publications in outlets such as t
 he\, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education\, Internati
 onal Journal of Gender\, Science\, and Technology\, Feminism and Psycholog
 y\, Huffington Post\, and Slate\, to name a few\, Kimberly is also co-auth
 or of the Rowman and Littlefield book Kids in Context and co-editor of the
  IAP published book\, Research in Urban Educational Settings: Lessons Lear
 ned and Implications for Future Practice. Recently\, she published Women E
 ducation Scholars and Their Children’s Schooling (Routledge) and is comple
 ting COMPUGIRLS: Becoming Ourselves in This Digital Age (University of Ill
 inois Press).\nCost: Free\nContact: Amy Summers \n217-333-0960\narsummer@i
 llinois.edu\nSponsor: College of Education and Office of Community College
  Research and Leadership
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LOCATION:IL\,USA\,Champaign\,Illini Union\, Room 104
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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 speakerinfo">Speaker:</span> Dr. Kimberly Scott\, Arizona State Universi
 ty</p>\n<p>How best to engage more underrepresented women—namely African A
 merican\, native American\, Latinx\, and Asian Americans- in science\, tec
 hnology\, engineering\, and math (STEM)? This presentation challenges the 
 notion that STEM equity is gained through simply diversifying the discipli
 nes. A systemic approach that applies intersectionality as a methodology w
 ill be offered during this talk. Particularly for efforts aiming to engage
  underrepresented girls and women in STEM\, the presenter will briefly dis
 cuss and present examples of how counting the number of bodies in a STEM s
 pace falls short of creating a just system.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Drawing on her ci
 rcuitous journey from teaching in a ‘special needs’ district\, working in 
 a rehabilitation center for female prostitutes and slaves\, to collaborati
 ng with others to lead the nationally recognized girl-centered STEM progra
 m\, entitled COMPUGIRLS\, the presenter provokes listeners to reconsider r
 hetoric about leveling the playing field.</p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Kimberly A. 
 Scott</strong> is a Professor in the Women and Gender Studies Department a
 t Arizona State University (ASU) and Founder/Executive Director of ASU’s C
 enter for Gender Equity in Science and Technology (CGEST). Founded by Scot
 t\, the center is a one-of-a-kind research unit focused on exploring\, ide
 ntifying\, and creating innovative scholarship about under-represented gir
 ls in science\, technology\, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Center pr
 ojects include the National Science Foundation-funded COMPUGIRLS\; Gates-f
 unded project on African American Families and Technology Use\; and NSF-fu
 nded Culturally Responsive Co-Robotics Program. Scott is also an Affiliate
  Faculty in George Mason University’s Center for Digital Media Innovation 
 and Diversity located in Fairfax\, Virginia.</p>\n<p>Trained as a sociolog
 ist of education and childhoods\, Scott’s interdisciplinary work examines 
 girls’ of color (African American\, Native American\, Latina) social and a
 cademic development in informal spaces and their technosocial innovations.
  With nearly 50 publications in outlets such as the\, <em>International Jo
 urnal of Qualitative Studies in Education</em>\, <em>International Journal
  of Gender\, Science\, and Technology</em>\, <em>Feminism and Psychology</
 em>\, <em>Huffington Post</em>\, and <em>Slate</em>\, to name a few\, Kimb
 erly is also co-author of the Rowman and Littlefield book Kids in Context 
 and co-editor of the IAP published book\, <em>Research in Urban Educationa
 l Settings: Lessons Learned and Implications for Future Practice</em>. Rec
 ently\, she published <em>Women Education Scholars and Their Children’s Sc
 hooling </em>(Routledge) and is completing C<em>OMPUGIRLS: Becoming Oursel
 ves in This Digital Age </em>(University of Illinois Press).</p>\n<p class
 ="cost"><span class="event-heading cost">Cost:</span> Free</p>\n<p class="
 contact"><span class="event-heading contact">Contact:</span> Amy Summers <
 br>\n217-333-0960<br>\n<a href="mailto:arsummer@illinois.edu">arsummer@ill
 inois.edu</a></p>\n<p class="sponsor"><span class="event-heading sponsor">
 Sponsor:</span> College of Education and Office of Community College Resea
 rch and Leadership</p>
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