The Allen School DEIA Newsletter is a quarterly publication highlighting the many ongoing activities run by and/or available to our faculty, staff and students to advance diversity, equity, inclusion and access in our community and in the field of computing.
Spring 2024
Featured Article: Spotlight on the Allen School's Diversity & Access Team, focused on K-12 outreach and recruitment, undergraduate retention and programming that cultivates a welcoming and inclusive community and supports students from groups that are underrepresented in computing.
Recent Activities: Ph.D. visit days, SIGCSE conference
Accessibility-Related Research Collaborations: Taskar Center and CREATE
A Person You Should Know: John Rumney, Mental Health Consultant
Winter 2024
This issue is entirely focused on accessibility in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the passing of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, a landmark piece of legislation whose Section 504 helped to create the mandate for accessibility that still positively affects many of us today.
Spring 2023
Recent Activities: Changemakers in Computing summer program; A Vision for Engineering Literacy and Access (AVELA); new intro course sequence; the Allen School at the Tapia and Grace Hopper celebrations; Pre-Application Mentorship Service (PAMS) for prospective Ph.D. students; LEAP Fellows and Scholars
A Person You Should Know: Les Sessoms, Recruitment and Retention Specialist
Announcements: Land acknowledgements; reporting incidences of bias, discrimination or harassment