RESPECT 2025: 2025 CONFERENCE FOR RESEARCH ON EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINED PARTICIPATION IN ENGINEERING, COMPUTING, AND TECHNOLOGY
PROGRAM FOR MONDAY, JULY 14TH
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09:00-10:30 Session 1: DC
Chairs:
Colleen Lewis (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States)
Raja Kushalgnar (Gallaudet University, United States)
Briana Bettin (Michigan Technological University, United States)
Location: 215-220
09:00
Marie Sakowicz (UMBC, United States)
Exploring AI’s Role in Special Education
09:30
Bridget Agyare (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States)
Computational Approaches to Equity in CS Education
10:00
Salma El Otmani (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States)
Code-Switching and Computing Identity in Informal Computing Spaces: Gaming as an Entry Point into CS
10:30-10:45Coffee Break in Gallery
10:45-12:45 Session 2: DC
Chairs:
Colleen Lewis (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States)
Raja Kushalgnar (Gallaudet University, United States)
Briana Bettin (Michigan Technological University, United States)
Location: 215-220
10:45
Madison Thomas (North Carolina State University, United States)
Pathways and Persistence: Identifying Barriers to Enrollment and Retention in Undergraduate Cybersecurity Education in the United States
11:15
Joseph Teahen (Michigan Technological University, United States)
Examining Student and Faculty Perspectives On Hidden Curriculum in Computing Education
11:45
Atayliya Irving (University of Florida, United States)
Graduate Student Researcher
12:15
Christopher Watson (Howard University, United States)
Enhancing Secondary Computer Science Education: Implementing AI Tools for Improved Teaching Outcomes
12:45-13:15Lunch Break in Gallery
13:15-15:15 Session 3: DC
Chairs:
Colleen Lewis (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States)
Raja Kushalgnar (Gallaudet University, United States)
Briana Bettin (Michigan Technological University, United States)
Location: 215-220
13:15
Katherine Allen (Tufts University, United States)
Creative Human-Robot Co-Manipulation
13:45
María López Delgado (University of Maryland - Baltimore County, United States)
Computational Thinking and Creative Technologies in Early Childhood Education in Puerto Rico
14:15
Shaniah Reece (Emory University, United States)
Designing the AfroVerse - A Speculative Design Workshop for Black Women in Computing
14:45
Darren Butler (Carnegie Mellon University, United States)
Scaffolding Psychological Safety in Collaborative Software Development with Digital Collaborative Spaces
15:15-15:30Coffee Break in Gallery
15:30-17:30 Session 4: DC
Chairs:
Colleen Lewis (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States)
Raja Kushalgnar (Gallaudet University, United States)
Briana Bettin (Michigan Technological University, United States)
Location: 215-220
15:30
Raechel Wallker (MIT, United States)
Liberatory Computing: Empowering African Americans Through Data Activism
16:00
Mavis Murdock (Tufts University, United States)
Algorithmic Transparency for Assistive Robotics
16:30
Nadia Morrow (University of Florida, United States)
Nothing About Us Without Us in CS: Toward Inclusive Accessibility for Multiply Marginalized Students
17:00
Gabriel Medina-Kim (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, United States)
The Construction of Change Experts and Others: A Qualitative Case Study of Equity-Based Change in University Computer Science & Engineering