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From Male-Identified Misogynist to Sexiest Geek Alive: My journey as a woman in computer science
May 9, 2007 11AM, Engineering 2 Building, Room 599
The talk will be followed by lunch 12PM-1PM, same location
Speaker: Ellen Spertus, Associate Professor of Computer Science at Mills College
Abstract:
In our culture, the term "female scientist" is often viewed as an incongruity, if not as a contradiction in terms. I grew up believing that such a person had to be deficient either as a woman or as a scientist and possibly at both. I describe how I changed my beliefs and embraced both my feminism and geekiness. I will also discuss my career, such as deciding among and blending research and teaching in academic and industrial settings.
About the Presenter:
Ellen Spertus is an associate professor of computer science and department head at Mills College and a part-time software engineer at Google. She received her bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in computer science from MIT and has worked at Microsoft Research and The University of Washington. Since 1990, she has investigated and advocated around girl's and women's underrepresentation in computer science. She and her work have been written about in The New York Times, Wired, and The Weekly World News.
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