Links and Resources

Links and ResourcesBelow is a list of sources, both online and text, that were used to compile this project. Links to sources are also included in the text of each section on the site. STATISTICS: Tracy Camp, "The Incredible Shrinking Pipeline," 1997. Tracy Camp, Keith Miller, and Vanessa Davies, "The Incredible Shrinking Pipeline Unlikely to Reverse," 2000. NSF: Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering (1998), - a good, recent study by the NSF. Not specific to computer science, but still applicable. A list of other NSF graphs and statistics on women in the sciences REPORTS & STUDIES ON THE CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT ACM's committee on women in computing Acheiving Gender Equity in Science Classrooms [at Brown University] - A study of gender inequity and recommendations for change at Brown University. CRA-W: Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research Roberta Hall and Bernice Sandler, "The Classroom Climate: A Chilly One for Women?", Washington, DC: Association of American Colleges, Project on the Status of Education and Women, 1982 Nancy G. Leveson, Educational Pipeline Issues for Women - An analysis of the pipeline situation MIT Departmentof Elec. Engineering & Computer Science Committee on Women Undergraduate Enrollement Female graduate students and research staff in the Laboratory for Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT "Barriers to Entry in Academia: Women in Computer Science at M.I.T." ,1983 Eric Roberts, "Encouraging Women in Computer Science" Ellen Spertus, "Why are There So Few Women Computer Scientists?", MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Technical Report 1315. 1991 - A good description of the problems of computer science beyond education. Describes the predominanantly masculine environment, investigates language, examines solutions... GEEK CULTURE Anita Borg, "Why Systers", 1993 - the Systers manifesto Karen A. Frenkel, Women and Computing , 1990 - discusses society's incompatibility of women and Geek Culture "JonKatz", "Please Die2: Raising Creative Jerks", 2000 - a Slashdot article about the hostility of Geek Culture The LinuxChix FAQ "Skud" "Geek Chicks: Second Thoughts", 2000 - a Freshmeat article about the entry of women into Geek Culture Gladys We, Cross Gender Communication in Cyberspace, 1993 Kathryn Wright, "The Search for the Techie Woman, Part II", 2000 -a WomenGamers.com article about women in computing MENTORS & NETWORKING The Ada Project "Tapping Internet Resources for Women in Computer Science" AWC: Assiciation for Women in Computing - Promoting the advancement of women in the computing professions. The Backyard Project - The Backyard Project seeks to build young women's awareness of careers in the computer industry. The CRA Distributed Mentor Project Mentoring Undergraduate Women in Computing Research - The project matches outstanding female undergraduates with female mentors for a summer of research at the mentor's institution. This research experience provides students with a window on research and graduate life and gives them a close mentoring relationship with a faculty researcher. Institue for Women and Technology - The Institute for Women and Technology works in areas that engage women and men in industry, academia, government and communities to imagine, design, create and deploy technologies that have positive impacts on women around the world. webgrrls - provides a forum for women in or interested in new media and technology to network, exchange job and business leads, form strategic alliances, mentor and teach, intern and learn the skills to help women succeed in an increasingly technical workplace and world. Amy Pearl, Martha E. Pollack, et al, "Becoming a Computer Scientist: A Report by the ACM Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Science", 1990. Ellen Spertus, "Why are There So Few Women Computer Scientists?", MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Technical Report 1315. 1991 - see section on mentors webgrrls - provides a forum for women in or interested in new media and technology to network, exchange job and business leads, form strategic alliances, mentor and teach, intern and learn the skills to help women succeed in an increasingly technical workplace and world. PRE-UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE GirlTECH - Getting girls interested in computers. GREAT -Gender Relations in Educational Applications of Technology This is a previous project done for Prof. Roberts class at Stanford. It deals primarily with pre-university education. EARLY YEARS AND MEDIA INFLUENCE The Matrix movie - 1999 blockbuster about hacker Neo, and his female counterpart, Trinity. Barbie Generation Girl - Mattel's site about the the new "generation" of Barbie dolls, which challenge some (however few) gender stereotypes.