Name: Takeria Blunt

Title: Advancing Design-Based and Learner-Centered Research Approaches to Co-Create Equitable and Empowering Learning Experiences with Black Women Computing Students at HBCUs

Date/Time: November 9th, 2023 from 2:00pm-4:00pm

Location: Online 

Link: https://gatech.zoom.us/j/4547562285?pwd=R3FSNTN1ZDQwajh4VDNqRFhwSWhjZz09

Committee: Brian Magerko - Co-Advisor (magerko@gatech.edu), Susana M. Morris - Co-Advisor (susana@gatech.edu), Christopher A. Le Dantec (ledantec@gatech.edu), Tamara Pearson (tpearson30@gatech.edu), Yolanda A. Rankin (yrankin@gmail.com)

Abstract: This research takes qualitative and experimental approaches together

to make visible the computing education experiences of Black women students at Historically Black Colleges/Universities (HBCUs), and to co-design and pilot iterative learning interventions based on knowledge produced to illustrate the potential of these experiences in re-imagining the bounds of computing education. As Black women students and professionals are one group impacted by disparities and inadequate support in the larger push for CS education expansion, this work engages pressing questions in an endeavor to create

equitable and empowering learning environments that recognize and build upon the unique experiences of this demographic at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs). Situated at the nexus of learning sciences and HCI studies, this work adopts an interdisciplinary conceptual and methodological approach to produce several contributions for research on the social realities of

Black women computing students, advancing practices for the design-based research (DBR) methodology of social design-based experimentation (SDBE), and realizing implications for learner-centered design practices for CS education research.