Rendering History: The Women of ACM-W/ Gloria Childress Townsend.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Townsend, Gloria Childress, editor.

Series:

ACM books - Collection 3 ; #58.

ACM books, 2374-6777 ; #58

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rendering History: The Women of ACM-W.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 PDF (xviii, 456pages) LuaTEX

Edition:

First Edition

Place of Publication:

[New York, NY, USA] : Association for Computing Machinery; [2024].

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Mode of access: World Wide Web

System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Notes on the Title, Rendering History: The Women of ACM-W

1 Introduction to the Surfaces (a Traditional History) of ACM's Women in Computing (ACM-W)

2 ACM-W: Community Builder

2.1 Systers

2.2 ACM-W Chapters

2.3 ACM Celebrations

2.4 ACM Scholarships for Women Computing Students to Attend Research Conferences

3 ACM-W: Communication Channel

3.1 History of Computing

3.2 Athena Lecturer Project

3.3 Rising Star Award

3.4 Committee to Identify Women Candidates for Awards and Elevated Membership

3.5 Wikipedia Campaign

3.6 SIGs Liaison

3.7 Celebrating Technology Leaders

3.8 Additional Communication-Based ACM-W Projects

4 ACM-W: Agile Adaptor to Change

4.1 Mission Statements

4.2 Women Supported by ACM-W

4.3 Influence of Major Computing Organizations

4.4 ACM-W in the Context of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)

4.5 Struggles

4.6 New Roles for ACM-W

5 ACM-W: Global Organization

5.1 ACM-W Ambassadors

5.2 ACM-W India

5.3 ACM-W Europe

5.4 ACM-W North America

5.5 ACM-W Asia Pacific

5.6 ACM-W Africa Planning and Preparation

5.7 Looking Ahead

6 Introduction to Lighting

7 The Co-Founder

7.1 Themes

7.2 Telle Whitney: My Journey from VLSI to Advocacy for Technical Women

8 The Presidents

8.1 Themes

8.2 Maria Klawe: Becoming an Advocate for Women in CS

8.3 Monica McGill: Passing the Baton

8.4 Barbara Simons: An Accidental Computer Scientist

9 The ACM-W Chairs

9.1 Themes

9.2 Tracy Camp: Putting a Dent in the Universe

9.3 Ursula Martin: Searching for Patterns

9.4 Elaine Weyuker: Challenges Reveal Strengths

9.5 Valerie Barr: A Deep Commitment to Social Justice within the Context of Computing

9.6 Jodi Tims: Would You Like to Know Your Future?

9.7 Ruth G. Lennon: The Value of a Personal Network

10 The ACM Board/Council Members

10.1 Themes

10.2 MaryAnne Egan: I Get By with a Lot of Help from My Friends

10.3 Elizabeth K. Hawthorne: Staying Curious and Courageous!

10.4 Kelly Lyons: The Importance of Role Models and a Personal Support System, Even Now

References

11 The Authors

11.1 Themes

11.2 Sue Black: Bright Red Hair and Bright UK Light for Women in Computing

11.3 Kathy Kleiman: Going to the Internet Policy Microphone with the ENIAC Programmers

12 The Editor

12.1 Themes

12.2 Aruquia Peixoto: Let's Talk about Women, Diversity, Inclusion, and Intersectionality

13 The Computer Science Historian

13.1 Themes

13.2 Barbara Boucher Owens: Keeper of Oral Histories

14 The Directors

14.1 Themes

14.2 Bushra Anjum: I Can Figure This Out...

14.3 Reyyan Ayfer: What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?

14.4 Rane Johnson-Stempson: Oh, the Places You Will Go...

14.5 Caroline Wardle: My Computer Science Career-Both Sides of the Pond

15 The Deans

15.1 Themes

15.2 Sheila Anand: The First ACM-W India Chair

15.3 Kay Connelly: The Exception Makes the Rule

15.4 Paula Gabbert: Finding a Career with a Little Luck

15.5 Ellen Walker: Step Out of Your Comfort Zone!

15.6 Yuqing Melanie Wu: Mentors Led Me to Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the College

16 The Department Chairs

16.1 Themes

16.2 Cindy Steiz Hood: Words Matter

16.3 Katie Siek: My Dream Job Is in the Crosshairs

16.4 Gloria Childress Townsend: The Password Is...

17 The Professors and Computer Science Researchers

17.1 Themes

17.2 Viviana Bono: Moving Forward

17.3 Annemieke Craig: Life Is Now So Very Different.... But Some Things Remain the Same

17.4 Vashti Galpin: Three Generations of Women in Computing (Falling in Love with Programming)

17.5 Rachelle Kristof Hippler: Finding My "Why"

17.6 Catherine Lang: Fortuitous Happenstance-High School Teacher to Australian ACM-W Ambassador

17.7 Wendy Powley: The Long and Winding Road

17.8 Ellen Spertus: A Series of (Un)Fortunate Events

17.9 Bhavani Thuraisingham: Sri Lanka to the UK to the US-How I Developed My Computer Science Career

17.10 Pamela Jean Wisniewski: Strength and Resilience

18 Introduction to Texturing (an Annotated Bibliography of Literature that Is Related to ACM's Purview)

19 Literature that Predates the Formation of ACM-W

20 Literature Published after ACM-W's Formation

Appendix A ACM-W Chairs and Co-Chairs

Appendix B ACM-W Members, Their Initial ACM-W Year, and Their Project(s)

Appendix C Athena Lecturers

Bibliography

Editor's Biography

Index

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3640508

9798400717758

9798400717734

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