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President's Dream Colloquium On Women in Technology

Attracting, Retaining and Promoting Diverse Talent

Diversity 101: The Case for Diversity in Technology

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Recorded on September 14, 2017

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About the Speaker

Dr. Maria Klawe
President, Harvey Mudd College

Maria Klawe joined Harvey Mudd from Princeton University after serving 14 years at the University of British Columbia. Prior to UBC, Klawe spent eight years with IBM Research in California and two years at the University of Toronto. She received her Ph.D. (1977) and BSc (1973) in mathematics from the University of Alberta.

Klawe is a renowned lecturer and has given talks at international conferences, national symposia, and colleges across the U.S. and Canada about diversity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines and industries, gender and gaming, and lessons from her own career in STEM industry and education.

Publications


  • Article | January 2013 | Computer

  • Co-authored by Coger, R. N., Cuny, J., McGann, M. et al | Article | October 2012 | Chronicle of Higher Education

  • Co-authored by Whitney, T. and Simard, C. | Article | February 2009 | Communications of the ACM

  • Article | June 2002 | ACM SIGCSE Bulletin

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 welcomes Dr. Maria Klawe, president of Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California. Danniele chats with Maria in this minisode about how she ended up in a STEM field, her most memorable moments as a former chairholder of WWEST at UBC from 1997-2003, and how one can successfully balance a demanding career and family obligations.

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