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)在历史上长期面临与多样性、公平性和包容性(DEI)相关的问题。鉴于这些问题对我系博士生产生的影响,我们认为为博士生开设必修的DEI教育课程,是改善本项目中博士生体验的潜在高影响力方案。由于现有课程未能满足预期标准,我们(博士生)与校内众多同仁共同开发并实施了CS-JEDI:计算机科学中的正义、公平、多样性与包容性课程。CS-JEDI是一套为期6周的DEI课程,目前我系所有一年级博士生均需修读。本文阐述了CS-JEDI的动机与目标;描述了其循证课程如何针对这些目标及计算机科学博士背景进行定制;并通过数据驱动评估,分析了CS-JEDI于2022年春季首次开课实现这些目标的程度。