On Friday, February 18th from 2-3:30 PM in the Women's Center lounge, our guest facilitator will be Dr. Danyelle Tauryce Ireland who will present on"Decoding Diversity in Tech: The Facts, Issues, and Possibilities." She will provide an overview of the status of women and racial-ethnic minority groups in technology fields and facilitate an interactive discussion about the issues concerning diversity and inclusion in tech, as well as the opportunities for broadening participation in tech education.

Dr. Ireland is an educational psychologist with expertise in culturally relevant pedagogy, transfer student success, and racial and gender identity in computing and engineering education.  She is associate director of the Center for Women in Technology, research assistant professor in the Engineering and Computing Education Program, and affiliate faculty in Gender, Women's + Sexuality Studies at UMBC. 

Dr. Ireland’s work examines the intersectional nature of social, academic, and occupational identities among underrepresented students in computing and engineering majors, and factors impacting academic motivation and achievement in those fields. She teaches GWST 352: Women, Gender, and Information Technology at UMBC.

Light refreshments will be provided at the time of the discussion.

This event is part of the Women's Center's Women + Gender Minorities in STEM Discussion Series.This series is dedicated to creating space for women and gender minorities in STEM within our Women’s Center community. More discussion topics will take place throughout Spring 2022. Guest speakers are staff and faculty in STEM fields at UMBC.

Due to the updated COVID-19 policy, our space will have a limited number of 15 people in our lounge. Try to arrive early or on time! Unfortunately, we will have to turn people away once it reaches 15 people. We will also require our members to wear a KN95 mask.

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