Reports & Articles
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- (NEW!) Wanted: Technical Women (U.S. News and World Report, January 2012) by J. McGrath Cohoon
- (NEW!) Gender and Computing Conference Papers (CACM, August 2011) by J. McGrath Cohoon, Sergey Nigai, and Joseph Kaye
- (NEW!) Summary of Recent Research on Gender and High-tech Start-ups
- NCWIT Offers Community, Resources, and Results (CRN, March 2011) by J. McGrath Cohoon
- Work in Progress -- A Practical Model for Achieving Gender Parity in Undergraduate Computing: Change the System, Not the Student (Presented at 40th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference October 2010) by Lecia J. Barker, J. McGrath Cohoon, and Leisa D. Thompson
- The NCWIT Scorecard: A Report on the Status of Women in Information Technology
- Strategy Trumps Money: Recruiting Undergraduate Women into Computing (IEEE Computer Magazine, 2010) by Lecia J. Barker, J. McGrath Cohoon, and Lucy Sanders
- Summaries of Research Presented by the SSAB, May 2010 Meeting, Portland, OR
- The Anatomy of an Entrepreneur: Are Successful Women Entrepreneurs Different from Men?
- Women in IT: The Facts A summary of recent research on women in the IT workforce that makes the business case for increased participation from women and provides recommendations for action
- Women in IT: The Facts - Executive Summary Business Case
- Gearing Up for Change: Institutional Reform in Undergraduate Computing Programs
- Communicating for Change: Persuade Colleagues to Get on Board
- Exploring Factors that Influence Computer Science Introductory Course Students to Persist in the Major, 2009, by Lecia J. Barker, Charlie McDowell, and Kimberly Kalahar
©ACM, 2009. This is the authors’ version of the work. It is posted here by permission of ACM for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive version is published in ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, 41(2), pp. 282-286. - The Culture of Open Source Computing
- Who Invents IT? An Analysis of Women's Participation in Information Technology Patenting (Executive Summary)
- Who Invents IT? (Full Report with Appendix)
- Information Technology Business Advocacy Roundtable report: June 19, 2008, Washington, D.C.
- Guide to Promising Practices in Informal Information Technology Education for Girls, produced by Girl Scouts of the USA and NCWIT
- Evaluating Promising Practices in Informal Information Technology (IT) Education for Girls (Phase III - Women in IT Survey Results), produced by Girl Scouts of the USA and NCWIT
- The State of Research on Girls & IT, a research summary by J. McGrath Cohoon
- ENTREPRENEURIAL SERIES REPORT #1 - Gender Differences in Firm Size, Growth, and Persistence: A Review of Research Literature on Women's Entrepreneurship in the Information Technology Field
- ENTREPRENEURIAL SERIES REPORT #2 - Positive Illusions, Motivations, Management Style, Stereotypes, Stress, and Psychological Traits: A Review of Research Literature on Women's Entrepreneurship in the Information Technology Field
- ENTREPRENEURIAL SERIES REPORT #3 - Access to Financial Capital: A Review of Research Literature on Women's Entrepreneurship in the Information Technology Field
- ENTREPRENEURIAL SERIES REPORT #4 - Networking and Access to Social Capital: A Review of Research Literature on Women's Entrepreneurship in the Information Technology Field
- ENTREPRENEURIAL SERIES REPORT #5 - The State of Social Science Research on Gender and IT Entrepreneurship: A Summary of Research Literature on Women’s Entrepreneurship in the Information Technology Field
- Recruiting and Retaining Women Graduate Students in Computer Science and Engineering: Report on Research Findings and Workshop Recommendations, October 8, 2006, by Holly Lord and J. McGrath Cohoon




