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Social Science Advisory Board Members

Brenda J. Allen
Professor, Department of Communication, and Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
University of Colorado at Denver
Research Area: Organizational Communication, Diversity, Critical Pedagogy

Joshua Aronson
Associate Professor of Applied Psychology, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
New York University  
Research Area: Stereotypes, Self-esteem, Motivation and Attitudes, Race and Gender Gaps in Educational Achievement and Test Performance

Catherine Ashcraft
Senior Research Scientist, NCWIT
University of Colorado at Boulder
Research Area:  Education, Communication, Diversity and Technology, Culturally Relevant and Critical Pedagogy

Lecia Barker
Research Associate Professor, School of Information 
University of Texas at Austin
Research Area: Communication, Education, IT Workforce Research & Evaluation

Brigid Barron
Associate Professor, School of Education
Stanford University
Research Area: Technology, Learning, Assessment, Equity

Enobong (Anna) Branch
Assistant Professor, Sociology
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Research Area: Social Inequality (race, gender, and class), Work and Occupations, Entry and Persistence in IT

Justine Cassell
Director and Professor, Human-Computer Interaction, School of Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University
Research Area: Communication, Gender & Technology

Sapna Cheryan
Assistant Professor of Social Psychology 
University of Washington
Research Area: Individual and Group Stereotypes, Women, Minorities, & Computing

Joanne Cohoon
Associate Professor, Department of Science, Technology, & Society
University of Virginia
Research Area: Sociology of Gender, Technology & Education; Evaluation

Gabriella Coleman
Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy, Department of Art History & Communication Studies
McGill University
Research Area: Anthropology, Ethics of and Politics of Computer Hacking and Digital Activism

Margaret Eisenhart
Professor, School of Education, Fellow of the American Anthropological Association
University of Colorado
Research Area: Educational Anthropology & Research Methodology

Mary Frank Fox (Co-chair Elect)
NSF Advance Professor, School of Public Policy
Co-director, Center for Study of Women, Science, and Technology 
Georgia Institute of Technology
Research Area: Sociology/Gender, Science, & Technology - in organizational contexts

 

 

Lisa Frehill
Principal Analyst, STEM Development Office, Research Directorate
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (ASD(R&E)) 
Research Area: Diversity and the U.S. and Global STEM Workforces, Research Methods, and Program Evaluation.

Angela Ginorio
Associate Professor, Women Studies
University of Washington
Research Area: Access to and the Experiences of Underrepresented Groups in Science and Engineering

Sarah Kuhn
Associate Professor, Psychology, and Faculty Associate, Center for Women and Work 
University of Massachusetts at Lowell
Research Area: Human/Computer Interaction; IT Workforce

Elsa Macias
Director, Research & Development, Center for Urban Education
University of Southern California
Research Area: Academic Leadership and Organizational Change in Higher Ed, Minority Access to Higher Ed, and Educational Technology

Jane Margolis
Senior Researcher, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies
University of California at Los Angeles
Research Area: Social Inequity, Gender, Ethnicity & Education

Rose Marra
Associate Professor, Learning Technologies
University of Missouri
Research Area: Online Learning and Learning Technologies

Mia Ong
Project Leader, Education Research Collaborative
TERC
Research Area: Electronic Communities, Social dynamics of Higher Education Physics and Engineering Programs

Gerhard Sonnert
Research Associate in the Harvard College Observatory and Associate of the Department of Physics 
Harvard University
Research Area: Science & Society

Janice Stockard
Researcher, Author, Anthropologist, Teacher
Research Area: Cultural Anthropology, Gender, Family & Technology

Roli Varma (Co-chair)
Professor, School of Public Administration
University of New Mexico
Research Area: Science and Technology Policy, Women and Minorities in IT Education, Management of Industrial Science, The Tenure System in Engineering

Sneha Veeragoudar Harrell
Researcher, Education Research Collaborative
TERC
Research Area: Computational Agency, Computational Literacy, Computer-supported Learning Environments (including 3D virtual worlds), and Critical Pedagogy

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