Jane Margolis is a social scientist and faculty member at the

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Graduate School of Education and Information Studies who studies why so few African American, Latino, and female students are learning computer science.

Education

Jane earned a A.L.M in Psychology from

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in 1985 and an Ed.D. from

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in 1990.

Recognitions

She was recognized by President

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on February 1, 2016, as one of nine Computer Science Champions of Change for her work to democratize access to computer science education.

Books

*''Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing'' (with Allan Fisher, MIT Press, 2001) *''Stuck in the Shallow End: Education, Race, and Computing'' (with Rachel Estrella, Joanna Goode, Jennifer Jellison Holme and Kim Nao, MIT Press, 2008)Reviews of ''Stuck in the Shallow End'': * *

References

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