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Sheila M. HUMPHREYS

Women in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering: A Network of Our Own

September 1, 2020 by Sheila M. HUMPHREYS

Since the late 1970s, WICSE has pursued the goal of increasing the number of women in those disciplines and supporting their academic progress. WICSE has become a permanent force in EECS, and, indeed, is the first such group in an American university with a disciplinary focus on computer science or electrical engineering. Since then, women’s groups have been created in most computing departments. The establishment of WICSE created peer support and a strong voice for women graduate students, and the faculty has relied on WICSE to monitor the climate for women ever since.

Filed Under: Alumni, Current WHM, Diversity, History, People, Students, Women's History

A Salute to Early Women in STEM at UC Berkeley

March 22, 2019 by Sheila M. HUMPHREYS

During the first hundred years at UC Berkeley women students and faculty were minimally present in science and engineering. By 1870, in its second year, the Faculty Senate proposed to the Regents the admission of women “on equal basis with men.” The Regents voted unanimously and next year Berkeley opened the door to eight women […]

Filed Under: Current WHM, Diversity, History, Women's History

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