Improving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Doctoral Computing Education

This panel brings together personnel from the University of Washington Seattle, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Google, who have helped shape the National Center for Women & Information Technology's (NCWIT) Extension Services for Graduate Programs (ES-Grad) a program designed to provide resources and strategies to enact systemic change in doctoral computing programs. Panelists will discuss barriers to recruiting and retaining more diverse students in doctoral computing education, as well as strategies and initiatives that can be replicated to foster equitable and inclusive PhD programs.