Engaging communities and supporting the success of students and underrepresented groups in STEM through evidence-based strategies
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This groundbreaking initiative teaches tech skills to students and women of color, and offers a setting that emphasizes empowerment, community advancement, and self-discovery. Scott draws on her experience as an architect of CompuGirls to detail the difficulties of translating participants' lives into a digital context while tracing how the program evolved.
A compelling merger of theory and storytelling, CompuGirls provides a much-needed roadmap for understanding how girls of color can find and define their selves in today's digital age.
Capacity Building
CGEST’s Capacity Building arm serves to increase the participation of students of color in STEM fields by providing evidence-based, research-driven programs that engage participants in socially relevant technology experiences. Through programs such as COMPUGIRLS, CGEST provides one of the few technology programs that weds culturally relevant practices with project-based technology activities encouraging students of color to develop socially relevant, researched products in areas of digital media, coding, and robotics.
Knowledge
The knowledge arm of CGEST is committed to advancing students of color in STEM through an intersectional and culturally responsive approach. We promote data-driven advocacy by exploring issues related to digital media learning and the underrepresentation of students of color in STEM. In order to reach multiple stakeholders, we share our findings with scholars, organizations, policymakers, and practitioners through a variety of avenues, including academic articles, conference presentations, poster sessions, and digital stories.