Ogan co-authors book sectionOgan co-authors book section
Published: February 28, 2006
Professor Chris Ogan is co-author of "Gender Differences Among Students in Computer Science and Applied Information Technology," a section of a new book,
Women and Information Technology: Research on Underrepresentation, published by M.I.T. Press and edited by J. McGrath Cohoon and William Aspray.
Her co-authors are Jean C. Robinson, Manju Ahuja and Susan C. Herring.
The book investigates the reasons for low female participation in computing and suggests strategies for moving toward parity through studies of middle and high school girls, female students and postsecondary computer science programs, and women in the information technology workforce.