Diversity in Computing: Why It Matters and How Organizations Can Achieve It

Author

DuBow, Wendy M.

Volume

46

Issue

3

fYear

2013

fDate

Mar-13

Firstpage

24

Lastpage

29

Abstract

Computing-related jobs are interesting, well-paying, secure, and abundant, so why aren´t more women working in this creative field that produces the technology that is central to our daily lives? The Web extra at http://youtu.be/TgNJJzSiBiY is a video interview in which Wendy DuBow, a research scientist at the National Center for Women & Information Technology, discusses the importance of gender diversity in computing with Alfred C. (Alf) Weaver, the director of the University of Virginia´s Applied Research Institute.

Keywords

gender issues; organisational aspects; research and development; University of Virginia; Web extra; applied research institute; computing diversity; computing-related jobs; gender diversity; national center for women & information technology; organizations; women; Career develolpment; Computer science education; Engineering profession; Equal opportunities; Gender issues; Professional aspects; Social factors; Sociology; Statistics; Technological innovation; Computer science; Computers; Educational institutions; Sociology; Statistics; Technological innovation; computers and education; computers and society; computing milieu; the computing profession;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MC.2013.6

Filename

6407461