Imagine a computer programmer. What does this person look like? What is this person doing? Is the person with anyone? What kinds of hobbies might he or she have? Chances are that you imagined someone ...

Allison Master has received funding from the National Science Foundation and the Mindset Scholars Network. Imagine a computer programmer. What does this person look like? What is this person doing? Is ...

Women lag behind men in the lucrative computer science and technology industries, and one of the possible contributors to this disparity is that they're less likely to enroll in introductory computer ...

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The stereotype of computer scientists as geeks who memorize "Star Trek" lines and never leave the lab may be driving women away from the field, a new study suggests. And women can be turned off by ...

The gender gap in computer science may have been widened by Star Trek, a new study suggests — but it could be bridged with a less geeky image. New research published in the December Journal of ...

Imagine a computer programmer. What does this person look like? What is this person doing? Is the person with anyone? What kinds of hobbies might he or she have? Chances are that you imagined someone ...

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The stereotype of computer scientists as geeks who memorize Star Trek lines and never leave the lab may be driving women away from the field, a new study suggests. And women can be turned off by just ...