by Shelley Wood | Oct 12, 2017 | calendar entry
Karen is delighted to be the keynote speaker at the GEWINN conference in Heilbronn, Germany. GEWINN centers on interdisciplinary knowledge regarding gender and IT and is part of the research project Gender. Knowledge. Informatics. Network for Research Transfer of...
by Shelley Wood | Oct 10, 2017 | calendar entry
The Women in Tech project has entered into next phase with a research study in conjunction with Karen’s role as a Research Scientist at the University of Maryland. We’re exploring the early career experiences of women and men in their first high tech job after...
by Shelley Wood | Oct 9, 2017 | Blog, Featured
I’ve now read James Damore’s document about diversity at Google multiple times. James Damore is the 28-year old Google developer who wrote a long treatise in which he claimed that Google was an echo chamber of liberal ideas and that hiring women who aren’t good...
by Shelley Wood | Oct 8, 2017 | Articles, Featured
Hi Everyone, As we head into Fall, I want to share my current activities: spearheading work on retaining women in high-tech, supporting universities who want to develop stronger programs in HCI including Contextual Design, and of course responding to clients...
by Shelley Wood | Oct 4, 2017 | calendar entry
CHI is our community’s biggest international conference. It’s always great fun — and an honor — to participate. This year Karen will be co-presenting a SIG with Nicola Marsden from Heilbronn University: Designathon to Support Women in Tech. Please join...
