We are happy to release our newest research brief titled, “Engagement of Men of Color in Introductory Artificial Intelligence Computing Courses at a Hispanic Serving Community College.” This research brief features research by Virginia Tech Associate Professor of Engineering Education and Project MALES Faculty Affiliate, Dr. Sarah Rodriguez, as well as Virginia Tech doctoral student, Antarjot Kaur, and Ph.D. candidate, Paul Bigby.
Here is a snippet of the research brief:
In today’s world where AI and computing are essential to daily life, the computing workforce continues to face shortages and struggles to diversify. This struggle can partially be attributed to the computing field being dominated by exclusionary white male culture (Chang, 2018). It may seem intuitive that all men would have an easier time joining this male-dominated space, but this ignores the complexity of their experiences and assumes that men of color (MOC) hold enough privilege to simplify their experiences to the privileged majority (Johnson, 2018; Hurtado & Sinha, 2008; Wong & McCullough, 2021).
While significant scholarship has centered the experiences of MOC in community colleges (Abrica et al., 2020; García-Louis et al., 2023; Hutchings et al., 2024), AI and computing education continues to lack a significant intersectional approach (Rodriguez & Lehman, 2017). MOC are more likely to access higher education through community colleges than other types of institutions (Postsecondary National Policy Institute, 2022), and Hispanic-serving community colleges (HSCCs) act as a key access point for MOC (Harris & Wood, 2022).
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