Event: CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap

When:

Monday, Apr. 25, 2016. 4:00pm to 4:00pm

Categories:

Films

Department:

Media Library

About this Event

Tech jobs are growing three times faster than our colleges are producing computer science graduates. By 2020, there will be one million unfilled software engineering jobs in the USA. Through compelling interviews, artistic animation and clever flashpoints in popular culture, CODE documentary examines the reasons why more girls and people of color are not seeking opportunities in computer science and explores how cultural mindsets, stereotypes, educational hurdles and sexism all play roles in this national crisis.

Expert voices from the worlds of tech, psychology, science, and education are intercut with inspiring stories of women who are engaged in the fight to challenge complacency in the tech industry and have their voices heard. CODE aims to inspire change in mindsets, in the educational system, in startup culture and in the way women see themselves in the field of coding.

Please join us beforehand to have a discussion with the Dean of the UNT Libraries, Dr. Martin Halbert, who will provide insight on job searching in the field of library and information science, as well as a list of available positions and opportunities for employment at UNT. We will meet at 4:30 PM in the same room that the documentary screening is being held, Chilton 111c.

Co-sponsored with the student chapter of ASIS&T.

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