The Grainger College of Engineering
Siebel School of Computing and Data Science

Equity & Justice in Computing Lectures

About Equity and Justice Lectures

This monthly conversation series features talks focused on research issues in computing, justice, and equity. Topics spotlight broad issues of equity and justice in tech and computing, as well as computing research specifically centered around these issues.

2022-2023 Speakers

October
14

Equity & Justice in Computing: David Robertson, "Community-Centered Design: A Cherokee Perspective on Design Thinking"

3:30 PM

https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_z0wn05yj

December
5

Dean's Distinguished Diversity Lecture and Round Table Discussion: Jeff Forbes, "Pathways to Broadening Participation in Computing and Information Science and Engineering"

1:00 PM

Campus Instructional Facility (CIF): Lecture in (CIF) 4025 & Round Table Discussions in (CIF) 4031

March
29

DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) Open Meeting

3:30 PM

HYBRID: 1404 Siebel Center for Computer Science and ZOOM

September
15

Equity & Justice in Computing: Chad Jenkins, "That Ain’t Right: AI Mistakes and Black Lives"

5:00 PM

https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_xl2e1eyq

October
20

Equity & Justice in Computing: Jeffrey Forbes, "Exploring the National Science Foundation’s Work in Broadening Participation in Computing"

5:00 PM

https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_33agv74k

November
17

Equity & Justice in Computing: Colleen Lewis, Kari George, Vidushi Ojha, "Launchpad for Learning about Intersectionality "

5:00 PM

Zoom ONLY: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/81904266560?pwd=UG5qRjZTZjcrcGpKS2dURHNJWmdXQT09

January
24

Equity & Justice in Computing: Manuel Perez Quinones "How the Ideology of Monolingualism Excludes Bilingual Users"

3:30 PM

https://illinois.zoom.us/j/84925151312?pwd=SndJbGVjNVhyci9tT2VWb0lWbzVrZz09

February
23

Equity & Justice in Computing: Sepehr Vakil, "Youth as Philosophers of Technology"

3:30 PM

https://illinois.zoom.us/j/87919723954?pwd=anU5MXNYSVl5c2pOYTdtK1pPZTc5UT09

March
9

Equity & Justice in Computing: Judy Spitz, "The Gender Equality Challenge in Tech: How industry and academia need to do things differently to get things done"

3:30 PM

https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_q1m82kju

April
20

Equity & Justice in Computing: Tiffani Williams, "The Lives of Hidden Figures Matter in CS Education"

3:30 PM

https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_xok899ol