
Teaching Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences @Caltech. non-binary. neurodivergent. they/them.
Joined July 2008
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New episode! This time we talk to Adam Blank from @Caltech about master's degree only teaching faculty by discussing what a job title should mean. csedpodcast.org/blog/s4e3_te…
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AlphaGo is book-smart 🤓
Tic-Tac-Toe robot is street smart 😎
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As I mentioned in my talk at GraceHopper last year, my association with the conference is pure unadulterated gaslighting. And after my talk last year @AnitaB_org decided to double down. Shame.
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For all the oppressed yt folks out there.

ALT Title: Aggrieved Entitlement looks like this: There are 2 scenes. One has a white man in a white shirt, grey pants and brown shoes with his arms folded and he's sitting on a bench. There is room beside him. A Black woman in a black skirt white shoes a pink long-sleeve shirt with a green vest over it says as she points to the bench "I think I deserve to sit on this bench too!" The second scene has the woman sitting on the empty side of the bench looking nervously as the man is now on the ground flailing. He says "oh my god I've been pushed off! There's no room for me on MY bench anymore!" The word "my" is underlined.
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One of the best parts of being a prof is hearing from alumni and what they're up to. Had a favorite prof in college (or even just one whose class meant a lot to you?) reach out to them once in a while and let them know. They want to hear from you :)
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If you are straight and cisgendered, over the next few years you may start seeing and hearing LGBTQ people a lot less.
It may be very gradual and subtle, and therefore hard for you to notice.
So, I'm going to say now, while you can still see and hear me- this was deliberate.
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As a person with ADHD, I know what it's like to experience so many memory errors that I've just learned to take them for granted. That's why this Pride, I'm partnering with C++ to
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New Taulbee survey dropped (👍 to @ksm_csed for passing it along): cra.org/wp-content/uploads/2…
For those that aren't familiar, it has a lot of info about CS faculty in the US - demographics, hiring, salary, enrollment, etc.
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Atoms are binary. They are either intended to be hydrogen or helium. We can't just scrap this worldview just because of a handful of exceptions
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A teacher invited me to speak about CS in her 2nd grade classroom in Florida. Then this DeSantis BS emerged and she asked if I would be disclosing that I’m trans. I said yes and she rescinded the invite. This is what erasure looks like. nytimes.com/2022/03/16/opini… – at Seattle, WA
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For everyone teaching this term: do you recommend students to go to the Accommodations Office at your uni? If you do, are you aware of what that process looks like? Hint - the process is not good. It is not empowering. It is costly, time consuming, and demoralizing. 1/10
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Brain: DO A THING
me: okay let's watch-
brain: NO
Me: Ok maybe let's make some -
BRin: BORING
Me: or i could rea-
BRaen: ABSOLUTELY NEVER
Me: scroll?
BRAIN: WHY NOT DO THING *meltdown*
Golly gee ADHD Sure is about not sitting still, huh?
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I don't want to start another #AcademicTwitter dumpster fire but if institutions are really serious about diversity, they probably would start by developing strategies not only to hire more diverse candidates, but to RETAIN them and ensure their continued success/
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63 studies: women who assert their ideas, make direct requests, and advocate for themselves are liked less.
They're also less likely to get hired—and it hasn't improved over time.
It's 2021. When will we stop punishing dominant women for violating outdated gender stereotypes?
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“Faculty ..., in collaboration with their leaders, should be allowed to creatively revise their workload to reflect institutional needs, unit priorities and individual faculty strengths -- and those ... loads must be equally valued” for tenure decisions insidehighered.com/views/202…
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If you are not having conversations about race, gender, and disability with your students, I would argue that you are part of the problem. @robotsmarts #CSforALL #SIGCSE2021
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Algorithms are like guns. Need safety measures to make it not so easy to do harm - Ayanna Howard @robotsmarts #SIGCSE2021-
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Renaming buildings is a small step forward. Unfortunately, @Caltech’s process is full of examples of the #invisiblework that minoritized academics disproportionately do. Fair distribution, attribution and compensation of DEI work benefits everyone! See full thread by @sarahsamiam
Replying to @sarahsamiam
10/15 How did a committee of 14 academics plus the President of Caltech gloss over such a gross misattribution of work? After all, this is a serious offense in academia.























