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Career Track
Supervisors, Stereotype Threat, and
Supportive Men: Three Key Ingredients
for Gender Reform in Computing
Organizations
Location: Regency Ballroom VII
Panelists: Catherine S. Ashcraft
(University of Colorado Boulder/NCWIT),
Leisa Thompson (University of Virginia),
and Wendy Dubow (University of
Colorado/NCWIT)
This panel will discuss research on three
topics highly relevant to educators
and professionals interested in increasing
women’s participation in computing: 1)
addressing unconscious bias in the supervisory
relationship, 2) reducing effects of
stereotype threat, and 3) understanding roles
men play in gender reform. This session
will provide knowledge and skills that can
increase the pace and improve the quality of
women’s participation and advancement in
computing.
5:30 – 6:30 pm
Session Eleven:
Birds of a Feather
Sessions
Birds of a Feather Session
Mommies Know Best: Pregnancy,
Graduate School, & Beyond
Location: Courtland
Panelists: Caitlin Sadowski (University
of California at Santa Cruz), Alexandra
Holloway (University of California at Santa
Cruz), Laurian Vega (Virginia Polytechnic
Institute), Ann-Marie Horcher (Nova
Southeastern University), Melissa C. Smith
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(Clemson University), and Susan Sim
(University of California at Irvine)
The Grace Hopper conference celebrates
all women in computer science.
However, the many women who attend
this conference fill more roles that just the
role of a computer scientist. They are also
mothers, grandmothers, sisters, wives, and
daughters. In this panel-based BoF session
we discuss the important role of motherhood
in particular reference to its impact on young
computer science academics and beyond.
Birds of a Feather Session
Minorities without Borders: Giving
Back to Developing Countries
Location: Montreal/ Vancouver
Panelists: Barbara Poblete (Yahoo!
Research), Ioana Burcea (University of
Toronto), Rosa Enciso (Microsoft), Cindy
Rubio-Gonzalez (University of Wisconsin-
Madison), Alma Juarez-Dominguez
(University of Waterloo), Saliha Pehlivan
(University of Central Florida), Valeria
Herskovic (University of Chile), and Savita
Kini (Cisco), and Sangeeta Bhattachalya
(Intel Labs, India)
This Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) session aims
to bring together technical women interested
in collaborating with and helping the
growth of technical communities in developing
countries. The BoF will allow people
to think of ways to “give back”, i.e., how to
help from abroad or inside, how to transfer
the know-how of successful experiences
in the U.S., and how to create a channel of
collaboration with organizations abroad.
Birds of a Feather Session
Confidential Advice Session on How to
Succeed as a Junior Faculty Member
Location: Hanover AB
Panelists: Nancy Amato (Texas A&M
University), Tracy Hammond (Texas A&M
University), and Jennifer Walter (Vassar
College)
This BOF is a follow-on to popular BOFs on
this topic at previous Hoppers. Participants
will share experiences and advice with
each other. One tenured faculty member
will participate as a resource person. Topics
will be determined by attendees; examples
include tips for dealing with being the only
woman in your department/group, how to
handle aggressive colleagues or students,
what can/can’t you ask a TA to do, etc.
Birds of a Feather Session
Women Thriving in Leadership
Location: Regency Ballroom V
Presenter: Fay Hellal (Yahoo!)
Women start their careers in business
with the same level of intelligence,
education, and commitment as men; yet they
make up for barely 3% of the leadership in
fortune 1000 companies.
This session poses few questions as to
what really stand in the way of women to
thrive in leadership. The session will also
offer answers, based on various research, to
stimulate the conversation.
Birds of a Feather Session
Speed Mentoring for Latinas in
Computing
Location: Dunwoody
Panelists: Dilma Da Silva (IBM, T. J.
Watson Research Center), Nadia
Anguiano-Wehde (IBM), Cecilia Aragon
(University of Washington & Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory), Gaby
Aguilera (Google), Claris Castillo (IBM
Research), Patty Lopez (Intel), Gabriel
Silberman (CA Technologies), and Gilda
Garreton (Oracle)
Speed mentoring is a networking exercise
where people get advice in a series of
short, one-on-one conversations. The lack
of Latina mentors and role models is well
known as one of the biggest challenges
preventing the retention and increase of
Latinas in the computing related fields.
Thus we will apply the “speed mentoring”
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