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Cultivating African American Undergraduate and Graduate STEM Career Choice and Aspirations 

Dr. LaVar J. Charleston,Assistant Director and Senior Research 

Associate Wisconsin's Equity and Inclusion Laboratory 

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Cultivating African American Undergraduate and Graduate STEM Career Choice and Aspirations     

Dr. LaVar J. Charleston, Assistant Director and Senior Research Associate Wisconsin's Equity and Inclusion Laboratory (Wei LAB)

African Americans in Computing Scienceswithin the Academy

• 56 Black/African American computer science tenure-track faculty members at PhD-granting institutions (CRA, 2012)– 12 (or 0.6%) Full Professors– 21 (or 1.4%) Associate Professors– 23 ( or 3.0%) Assistant Professors

• This compares to approximately 3.4%, 5.4% and 6.4% of all Black/African American Full, Associate and Assistant professors, respectively, across all degree-granting institutions in the U.S, including HBCUs

• 172 Black/African American PhD students currently enrolled in computer science PhD programs – 1.6% of total PhD students in CS programs– 3:1 Disparity for Black/African American PhD student to faculty, – vs 1:1 for White PhD Students and faculty

CRA Taulbee Survey (2012)

Black/African American Tenure-Track Faculty Members

Professor

Associate Professor

Assistant Professor

0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0

0.6 %

1.4 %

3.0 %

3.4 %

5.4 %

6.4 %

AllComputer Science

CRA Taulbee Survey (2012)

Black/African American PhD Students

1.6 %

98.4 %Black/African American

Others

CRA Taulbee Survey (2012)

PhD Students : Faculty Members

Black/African American

White

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

PhD StudentsFaculty

1 1

3 1

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JOIN US NEXT WEEK FOR ANOTHER CIRTLCAST IN THE SERIES:

STEM Career Pathways for Underrepresented Populations: a Community College Perspective 

September 16, 201412-1ET/11-12CT/10-11MT/9-10PT

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