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Jane Margolis

Jane Margolis

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Jane Margolis is a social scientist and faculty member at the University of California, Los Angeles Graduate School of Education and Information Studies[1] who studies why so few African American, Latino, and female students are learning computer science.[2]

For the fictional character, see Jane Margolis (Breaking Bad).

Education

Jane earned a A.L.M in Psychology from Harvard Extension School in 1985 and an Ed.D. from Harvard University in 1990.[3]

Recognitions

She was recognized by President Barack Obama on February 1, 2016, as one of nine Computer Science Champions of Change for her work to democratize access to computer science education.[4][5]

Books

  • Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing (with Allan Fisher, MIT Press, 2001)[6]
  • Stuck in the Shallow End: Education, Race, and Computing (with Rachel Estrella, Joanna Goode, Jennifer Jellison Holme and Kim Nao, MIT Press, 2008)[7]

References

  1. [1]
    Singer, Natasha (June 27, 2017). "How Silicon Valley Pushed Coding Into American Classrooms". The New York Times. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  2. [2]
    Harmon, Joanie (February 1, 2018). "Educating for equity and access in computer science". UCLA Newsroom. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
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    "Jane Margolis". UCLA Directory. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
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    Jones, Stephani (February 2016). "Helping America Code: A Day with Computer Science Champions of Change". The White House. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
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    "Our Researchers". Exploring Computer Science. December 9, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
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    Reviews of Unlocking the Clubhouse:
    • Brown, Karla (December 2002), "Review", Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 30 (2): 202, ProQuest 220967067
    • Kramarae, Cheris (Summer 2003), NWSA Journal, vol. 15 (2 ed.), The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 207–210, JSTOR 4316992
    • Fountain, J.E. (2004), IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, 23 (2): 6–9, doi:10.1109/mtas.2004.1304381, S2CID 30072276{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Ogan, Christina L. (January 2004), The Information Society, 20 (1): 75–76, doi:10.1080/01972240490270094, S2CID 31305402{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Russell, Joyce E A. (Summer 2004), "Review", Personnel Psychology, 57 (2): 498–501
    • Roan, A. M. (2005), Labour & Industry, 15 (3): 125–127{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Stoilescu, Dorian (2010), "Review", Canadian Journal for New Scholars in Education, 3 (1)
    • Davis, Janet (October 2012), "GHC Spotlight: Jane Margolis, Unlocking the Clubhouse 10 Years Later", ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, 44 (4): 3, doi:10.1145/2398328.2398329, S2CID 3209317
  7. [7]
    Reviews of Stuck in the Shallow End:
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