Tamara L. Clegg
ABSTRACT
In this talk Tammy will briefly connect participants virtually to the conference site through tracing her own entree into Computer Science as a woman of color in North Carolina, sharing ways community experiences played pivotal roles. More broadly, she will share research insights from her research that illustrate the pivotal role of communities for STEM learning and that point to ways to mobilize communities to support such learning. Lastly, she will share some examples of STEM and computing learning environments that draw upon inherent characteristics of communities to promote life-relevant STEM learning.
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