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Transforming Trajectories for Women of Color in Tech (2022)

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Previous Chapter: Appendix B: Professional Organizations and Programs Focused on Women of Color and Underrepresentation in Tech

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Suggested Citation: "Appendix C: Workshop Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Transforming Trajectories for Women of Color in Tech. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26345.

Appendix C

Workshop Agendas

COMMITTEE ON ADDRESSING THE UNDERREPRESENTATION OF WOMEN OF COLOR IN TECH

PUBLIC WORKSHOP #1
FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Keck Center of the National Academies of
Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Room 100
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001

9:00 – 9:10 am	Welcome and Opening Remarks Valerie Taylor and Evelynn Hammonds
9:10 – 9:40 am	Morning Keynote Address *Kyla McMullen, Associate Professor and Director of SoundPad Lab, University of Florida*
9:40 – 10:10 am	Discussion and Q&A Moderator: Valerie Taylor, Committee Co-Chair
10:10 – 10:20 am	BREAK

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10:20 – 11:05 am	PANEL 1: Underrepresentation of Women of Color in Tech: Industry Moderator: Manuel Pérez-Quiñones, Committee Member *Jamika Burge, Senior Manager, Capital One* *Dora Renaud, Senior Director of Academic and Professional Development Programs, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers* *Rati Thanawala, Advanced Leadership Fellow, Harvard University*
11:05 – 11:35 am	Panel Discussion and Q&A
11:35 – 12:30 pm	LUNCH
12:30 – 1:00 pm	Afternoon Keynote Address *Mia Ong, Senior Research Scientist and Evaluator, TERC*
1:00 – 1:30 pm	Discussion and Q&A Moderator: Evelynn Hammonds, Committee Co-Chair
1:30 – 2:30 pm	PANEL 2: Underrepresentation of Women of Color in Tech: Higher Education and Academia Moderator: Allison Scott, Committee Member *Stephanie Adams, Dean and Lars Magnus Ericsson Chair, Eric Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Texas at Dallas* *Ann Gates, Chair and Professor, Computer Science Department, University of Texas at El Paso* *Joan Reede, Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership, Harvard University* *JeffriAnne Wilder, Senior Research Scientist, National Center for Women & Information Technology*
2:30 – 3:00 pm	Panel Discussion/Q&A
3:00 – 3:15 pm	BREAK
3:15 – 3:45 pm	PANEL 3: Underrepresentation of Women of Color in Tech: The Role of Federal Agencies Moderator: Frances Colón, Committee Member *Julie Carruthers, Senior Science and Technology Advisor, Office of the Deputy Director for Science Programs, DOE*

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	*Evelyn W. Kent, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering*
3:45 – 4:15 pm	Panel Discussion/Q&A
4:15 – 4:25 pm	Closing Remarks *Fay Cobb Payton, Program Director, Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate, National Science Foundation*
4:25 – 4:30 pm	Meeting Wrap-Up Valerie Taylor and Evelynn Hammonds

COMMITTEE ON ADDRESSING THE UNDERREPRESENTATION OF WOMEN OF COLOR IN TECH

PUBLIC WORKSHOP #2
Virtual Meeting

Day 1: April 7, 2020

12:00 – 12:15 pm	Welcome Remarks, Evelynn Hammonds, Ph.D.
12:15 – 12:25 pm	Mary Schmidt Campbell, Ph.D., President of Spelman College
12:25 – 1:45 pm	Keynote Address: Shirley Malcom, Ph.D., Head of Education and Human Resources Programs, American Association for the Advancement of Science Q&A Moderated by Dr. Evelynn Hammonds, Harvard University
1:45 – 3:00 pm	PANEL 1: Retention of Women of Color Students in Tech: An MSI Perspective Gloria Washington, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Department of Computer Science, Howard University Monique Ross, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Computing and Information Sciences and STEM Transformation Institute, Florida International University

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	Raquel Hill, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chair of Computer and Information Sciences, Spelman College
	Q&A Moderated by Dr. Valerie Taylor, Argonne National Laboratory
3:00 pm	Day 1 Adjourns

Day 2: April 8, 2020

11:00 – 11:15 am	Welcome Remarks, Dr. Valerie Taylor
11:15 – 12:30 pm	PANEL 2: Organizational Change and Women of Color in Tech Enobong “Anna” Branch, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement and a Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University Kaye Husbands Fealing, Ph.D., Chair and Professor, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology Q&A Moderated by Dr. Evelynn Hammonds, Harvard University
12:30 – 12:45 pm	Closing Remarks, Fay Cobb Payton, Ph.D., Program Director, National Science Foundation
12:45 – 2:00 pm	Day 2 Adjourns

COMMITTEE ON ADDRESSING THE UNDERREPRESENTATION OF WOMEN OF COLOR IN TECH

PUBLIC WORKSHOP #3
Virtual Meeting

Day 1: May 14, 2020

12:00-12:15pm EDT

WELCOME REMARKS
Fay Cobb Payton, Program Director, Division of Computer and Network Systems, National Science Foundation

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12:15-1:30pm EDT	PANEL SESSION 1 Timothy Pinkston, Professor and George Pfleger Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs, University of Southern California Ashley Carpenter, Program Coordinator of Diversity Initiatives and University Center for Exemplary Mentoring (UCEM), Massachusetts Institute of Technology Beena Sukumaran, Vice President for Research, Rowan University Kamau Bobb, Senior Director, Constellations Center for Equity in Computing, Georgia Tech Session Moderator: Gilda Barabino, Daniel and Frances Berg Professor and Dean of The Grove School of Engineering, City College of New York
1:30-2:45pm EDT	PANEL SESSION 2 Denise Peck, Executive Advisor, Ascend Leadership Dilma Da Silva, Professor and Associate Dean, Texas A&M University; Computing Research Association Cherri Pancake, President, Association for Computing Machinery Rocío Medina van Nierop, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Latinas in Tech Session Moderator: Ed Lazowska, Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington
2:45-3:00pm EDT	CLOSING REMARKS Sarita E. Brown, President, Excelencia in Education
3:00pm EDT	ADJOURN

Day 2: May 15, 2020

12:00-12:15pm EDT

WELCOME REMARKS
Cynthia E. Winston-Proctor, Professor, Howard University Department of Psychology

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12:15-1:30pm EDT	PANEL SESSION 3 Melonie Parker, Chief Diversity Officer, Google Bo Young Lee, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Uber Stephanie Lampkin, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Blendoor Session Moderator: Karl W. Reid, Executive Director, National Society of Black Engineers
1:30-2:45pm EDT	PANEL SESSION 4 Renee Wittemyer, Director of Program Strategy and Investment, Pivotal Ventures Dwana Franklin-Davis, Chief Executive Officer, Reboot Representation Carlotta M. Arthur, Director, Clare Boothe Luce Program for Women in STEM, Henry Luce Foundation Carolina Huaranca Mendoza, Founder, 1504 Ventures & Former Principal at Kapor Capital Session Moderator: Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones, Professor, Department of Software and Information Systems, University of North Carolina
2:45-3:00pm EST	CLOSING REMARKS Evelynn M. Hammonds, Dean of Harvard College & Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science and of African and African American Studies, Harvard University
3:00pm EST	ADJOURN

COMMITTEE ON ADDRESSING THE UNDERREPRESENTATION
OF WOMEN OF COLOR IN TECH

PUBLIC WORKSHOP #4
Virtual Meeting

Day 1: June 3, 2020

12:00-12:15pm

WELCOME REMARKS
Sarah Echohawk, Chief Executive Officer, American Indian Science and Engineering Society

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12:15-1:30pm	PANEL SESSION 1: Women of Color in Tech: A Focus on Native Americans in Computing Andrea Delgado-Olson, Founder and Chair, Native American Women in Computing Kathy DeerInWater, Chief Program Officer, American Indian Science and Engineering Society Twyla Baker, President, Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College Sandra Begay, Principal Member of the Technical Staff – Engineer, Sandia National Laboratories Session Moderator: Sarah Echohawk, Chief Executive Officer, American Indian Science and Engineering Society
1:30-2:45pm	KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Addressing the “Small-N” Problem Alice Pawley, Associate Professor, School of Engineering Education, Purdue University Session Moderator: Evelynn M. Hammonds, Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science, Professor of African and African American Studies Harvard University
2:45-3:00pm	CLOSING REMARKS
3:00pm	ADJOURN

Day 2: June 4, 2020

12:00-12:15pm

WELCOME REMARKS
Mia Ong, Senior Research Scientist and Evaluator, TERC

12:15-1:30pm

PANEL SESSION 2: Alternative Pathways to Careers in Tech for Women of Color

Bridgette Wallace, Founder and Executive Director, G|Code
Kenneth Walker, Senior Vice President, Core Mission Support, Per Scholas
Jennifer Carlson, Co-Founder, Executive Director, WTIA Workforce Institute and Apprenti

Session Moderator: Mia Ong, Senior Research Scientist and Evaluator, TERC

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1:30-2:45pm

PANEL SESSION 3: Supporting Women of Color in Tech Throughout Their Careers

Gregory M. Walton, The Michael Forman University Fellow in Undergraduate Education and Associate Professor of Psychology, Stanford University
Marisela Martinez-Cola, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Utah State University
Nizhoni Chow-Garcia, Associate Director, Office of Inclusive Excellence, California State University, Monterey Bay

Session Moderator: Valerie Taylor, Director, Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory; CEO & President, Center for Minorities and People with Disabilities in IT

2:45-3:00pm

CLOSING REMARKS
Fay Cobb Payton, Program Director, Division of Computer and Network Systems, National Science Foundation

3:00pm

ADJOURN