Collection

2024 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

Authors

Chris Rennick; Sophie Nasato; Samantha White; Mary Robinson

provide students with opportunityto network and work on projects that can impact social change [5].Prior studies have shown that participating in extra-curriculars can increase student interest inSTEM careers and improve technical self-efficacy, particularly in women [8]. Despite this,representation of women in hackathons is still very low [5], resulting in this group missing outon professional development and employment opportunities [6]. Previous studies have found thathackathon environments can be unwelcoming and even hostile towards women [6] [7]. A surveyof women students who did not enjoy their past hackathon experience found that physicaldiscomfort, lack of technical skills (and limited opportunity to learn these skills during theevent