The CIC regularly engages in research on system interventions that have been proven to broaden participation in computing. We welcome the opportunity to present on these papers and topics.
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| Publication (with link) | Venue | Year | Authors | Paper type | Intervention(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Choosing Their Own Way: Guided Self-Placement for Students in an Introductory Programming Sequence | SIGCSE | 2026 | Wortzman, B., Chen, M., Natsuhara, M., O’Rourke, E. | partner school case studies | undergraduate intervention: management of distribution of prior experience |
| Creating a Second Pathway to the Computing Major | SIGCSE | 2026 | Pang, A., LePendu, P., Salloum, M., Watkinson Medina, N., and Brodley, C.E. | partner school case studies | undergraduate intervention: management of distribution of prior experience |
| Is It Time to Remove Data Structures? A Critical Look at Requirements and Curricular Placement | SIGCSE | 2026 | Lionelle, A. | research papers | undergraduate intervention: curricular complexity |
| Earning a CS Minor: A Not-So-Minor Feat. A Survey of Accessibility and Structure of 120 Computer Science Minors | SIGCSE | 2026 | Lionelle, A., Amin, A., Giordano, M., and Gill, C. | research papers | undergraduate intervention: computing minors |
| Does Reducing Curricular Complexity Impact Student Success in Computer Science? | SIGCSE | 2025 | Ganesan, S., Lionelle, A., Gill, C., and Brodley, C. E. | research papers | undergraduate intervention: curricular complexity |
| Student Application Trends for Teaching Assistant Positions | SIGCSE | 2025 | Muzny, F., Abdulaziz, S., and Brodley, C. E. | case studies | undergraduate intervention: teaching assistants |
| An MS in CS for non-CS Majors: A Ten-Year Retrospective | SIGCSE | 2025 | Schmidt, L., Kidder, C. J., Akhmetov, I., Bebis, M., Jamieson, A. C., Lionelle, A., Maravetz, S., Rollins, S., and Selinger, E. | case studies | graduate intervention: bridge programs |
| An Analysis of the Math Requirements of 199 CS BS/BA Degrees at 158 U.S. Universities | CACM | 2024 | Brodley, C. E., Quam, M. and Weiss, M. | research papers | undergraduate intervention: curricular complexity |
| ACM 2023: CS + X — Challenges and opportunities in developing interdisciplinary computing curricula | ACM Inroads | 2024 | Brodley, C. E., Barr, V., Gunter, E., Guzdial, M., Libeskind-Hadas, R., and Manaris, B | research papers | undergraduate intervention: interdisciplinary computing majors |
| Does Curricular Complexity in Computer Science Influence the Representation of Women CS Graduates? | SIGCSE | 2024 | Lionelle, A., Quam, M., Gill, C. and Brodley, C. E. | research papers | undergraduate intervention: curricular complexity |
| Top Ten List for Making a Great “Major Requirements” Web Page | CIC White Paper | 2024 | Quam, M. | white papers | undergraduate intervention: degree maps |
| The BPC Relevance of Common Assessment in the Introductory Sequence | CACM | 2024 | Brodley, C. E. and Gill, C. | opinion pieces | undergraduate intervention: common assessment |
| Visualizing Progress in Broadening Participation in Computing: The Value of Context | CACM | 2024 | Barr, V., Brodley, C. E. and Pérez-Quiñones, M. | research papers | CIC methodology: tracking and analyzing BPC initiatives and progress |
| Collecting, Analyzing, and Acting on Intersectional, Longitudinal Data and Pass/Fail/Withdraw Rates in Computing Courses | SIGCSE | 2024 | Muzny, F., Giordano, M., Sommers, E. and Brodley, C. E. | research papers | CIC methodology: tracking and analyzing BPC initiatives and progress |
| Teaching Assistant Training: An Adjustable Curriculum for Computing Disciplines | SIGCSE | 2023 | Muzny, F. and Shah, M. D. | case studies | undergraduate intervention: teaching assistants |
| On the BPC Importance of Centralizing TA Training, Recruiting, and Evaluation | CIC White Paper | 2023 | Brodley, C.E. and Muzny, F. | white papers | undergraduate intervention: teaching assistants |
| Systematizing Solutions to Attrition in University Computing | CIC White Paper | 2023 | Brodley, C.E. | white papers | CIC methodology: tracking and analyzing BPC initiatives and progress |
| On the BPC Importance of Advising | CIC White Paper | 2023 | Alvarado, C. and Brodley, C. E. | white papers | undergraduate intervention: co-curricular support |
| Expanding the Pipeline: Addressing the distribution of prior experience in CS1 | CRA News | 2022 | Brodley, C. E. | opinion pieces | undergraduate intervention: management of distribution of prior experience |
| Why Universities Must Resist GPA-based Enrollment Caps in the Face of Surging Enrollments | CACM | 2022 | Brodley, C. E. | opinion pieces | undergraduate intervention: remove barriers to major declaration |
| Broadening Participation in Computing via Ubiquitous Combined Majors (CS+X) | SIGCSE | 2022 | Brodley, C. E., Hescott, B. J., Biron, J., Pekin, M., Maravetz, S. and Mislove, A. | case studies | undergraduate intervention: interdisciplinary computing majors |
| Diagnosing why Representation Remains Elusive at your University: Lessons Learned from the Center for Inclusive Computing’s Site Visits | RESPECT | 2021 | Brodley, C. E., Gill, C. and Wynn, S. | research papers | CIC methodology: site visits |
| CS 0: Culture and Coding | SIGCSE | 2020 | Lionelle, A., Grinslad, J. and Beveridge, J, R. | case studies | undergraduate intervention: CS0 |
| An MS in CS for non-CS Majors: Moving to Increase Diversity of Thought and Demographics in CS | SIGCSE | 2020 | Brodley, C. E., Barry, M., Connell, A., Gill, C., Gorton, I., Hescott, B., Lackaye, B., LuBien, C., Razzaq, L., Shesh, A., Williams, T. and Danyluk, A. | case studies | graduate intervention: bridge programs |
| Publication (with link) | Venue | Year | Authors | Paper type | Intervention(s) |