Please find our continued visibility in the media, and our research endeavors related to Code for Her, below (Most Recent Shown First) :

Carmen Cole presented a poster about Code for Her entitled “Closing the Gap: Library Outreach to Empower Women and Gender-Diverse Individuals through Coding Workshops” at the American Library Association 2019 Annual Conference (ACRL Women and Gender Studies Section).

Our founder Carmen Cole was again interviewed by the Daily Collegian, the article was released in late March 2019.
Cracking the Code: Carmen Cole, ‘Code for Her’ founder, helps diversify the IST field

On March 16 the Code for Her team presented our work called Code for Her: Empowering women and gender-diverse individuals in tech at the Penn State TLT Symposium on the Fall 2018 semester of Code for Her.

Joslenne Peña, Carmen Cole, and Dr. Mary Beth Rosson (College of IST) presented a poster entitled “Code for Her: Exploring Female and Gender-Diverse Computing Workshops for Faculty, Staff, and Students” at the SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (Association for Computing Machinery) on March 2, 2019.

In December 2018, Joslenne Peña and Carmen Cole spoke about Code for Her as a part of the Connect & Communicate webinar series for the Pennsylvania Library Association’s College & Research Division.
“Code for Her: Reimagining Computing Education for Academic Library Outreach”

Carmen Cole spoke about Code for Her at the 2018 Women Advance I.T. conference held at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in October 2018.
“Code for Her: Developing Programming Skills in an Empowering Environment”

At the 2018 American Library Association Annual Conference, Carmen Cole, the founder of Code For Her, spoke on how to integrate diversity and inclusion into STEM librarianship.
American Library Annual Conference & Exhibition 2018 “Diversifying STEM Librarianship” Panel

In September 2018, The Daily Collegian wrote about the development of Code For Her and how it is empowering female and gender-diverse students, faculty, and staff at Penn State.
‘Code for Her’ challenges gender barriers by teaching Penn State women computer programming

In August 2018, Onward State reported on the development of Code For Her and its role on campus. This article was also featured in the American Library Association’s eNewsletter and on Penn State’s official Twitter page.
Onward State: “Penn State Libraries To Launch Coding Class For Women” Article