PROJECTS
Integrating the Gender Component
This NSF funded project builds on the knowledge generated by our previous research and extends the impact of our prior research and dissemination efforts. We are presently conducting a quantitative and qualitative comparison of the cultures in engineering departments and colleges that have undergraduate female graduation rates above and below the national average for their disciplines. We define culture to include the attitudes, values, beliefs, and practices of institutional leaders, faculty, and students. Practices include pedagogy, curriculum, and informal and formal policies and practices.
Women in Information Technology: Pivotal Transitions from School to Careers
A NSF funded research project exploring women's interest in information technology career fields. The framework for the study was the developmental theory of self-authorship: defined as the ability to collect, interpret, and analyze information and reflect on one's own beliefs in order to form judgments.
Self-Authorship Theory Development and Assessment across the Lifespan
Virginia Tech Center for European Studies and Architecture, Riva San Vitale, Switzerland, May 18 - 21, 2008. An international conference to advance the theoretical understanding of self-authorship development and its assessment from adolescence through mature adulthood.
This comprehensive volume addresses the global challenge of recruiting girls and women into majors and careers in information technology.
The Power of Partners: Helping Females Find Their Way to High Tech Careers
This 20 minute research-based video highlights the ways in which partners, such as parents, teachers, and advisors, can support women entering IT careers.
We are making the spring 2006 version of our survey available for other’s use. If you use the survey or any part thereof, we ask that you cite the Women in Information Technology project as your source. We would also love to hear from anyone who plans to use the survey or other information from our project.
Crossing Cultures, Changing Lives: Integrating Research on Girls Choices of IT Careers
Oxford,
England, July 31 - August 3, 2005. An international conference on the
integration of research about gender and IT career choice. An international
community of scholars explored factors, supported by research, that
are associated with women’s choice of and success in IT careers; as
well as, the ways in which these factors vary across cultures and age
groups, and how they inform each other.