Computer science (CS) has historically struggled with issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Based on how these issues were affecting PhD students in our department, we identified required DEI education for PhD students as a potentially high-impact approach to improving the PhD student experience in our program. Given that no existing curriculum met the desired criteria, we (PhD students) - along with many others at our school - developed and implemented CS-JEDI: Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Computer Science. CS-JEDI is a 6-week DEI curriculum that is now taken by all first-year PhD students in our department. This paper covers CS-JEDI's motivation and goals; describes how its evidence-based curriculum is tailored to these goals and to the CS PhD context; and gives a data-driven evaluation of the extent to which CS-JEDI's first offering, in Spring 2022, achieved these goals.
翻译:计算机科学(CS)领域长期面临与多样性、公平性和包容性(DEI)相关的挑战。基于这些问题对本系博士生造成的影响,我们认定为博士生开设必修的DEI教育课程,是改善本项目中博士生就读体验的高潜力举措。由于现有课程均未满足预期标准,我们(博士生们)与校内众多同仁共同开发并实施了CS-JEDI课程:计算机科学领域的正义、公平、多样性与包容性课程。该课程是为期六周的DEI教育模块,现已成为本系所有一年级博士生的必修课。本文阐述了CS-JEDI课程的设计动机与目标;介绍了如何基于循证教学法将课程内容适配至上述目标及计算机科学博士生培养场景;并通过数据驱动评估,检验该课程于2022年春季首次开课时的目标达成程度。