Paper ID #36751Using Academic Controversy in a Computer Science UndergraduateLeadership Course: An Effective Approach to Examine Ethical Issues inComputer ScienceMariana A. AlvidrezDr. Elsa Q. Villa, University of Texas, El Paso Elsa Q. Villa, Ph.D., is a research assistant professor at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) in the College of Education, and is Director of the Hopper-Dean Center of Excellence for K-12 Computer Science Education. Dr. Villa received her doctoral degree in curriculum and instruction from New Mexico State University; she received a Master of Science degree in Computer Science and a Master of
cybersecurity is beneficial. Sometimes, however, the call for diversity incomputing can be complicated, as diversity is a complex concept. While most of the research ondiversity in computing focuses on gender and race/ethnicity, some interpret diversity in otherways. Undergraduate students are stakeholders in the assessment of cybersecurity as a diverseand inclusive subfield of computing--as they may or may not consider these concepts as theymake curricular and career decisions. A goal of the study is to enrich our understanding ofdiversity perspectives in the field, and so we sought complexity of interpretation over anarrowing or codifying of viewpoints. Data for this piece come from three sources: Q-sortrankings, group interview transcripts, and
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