{"659142":{"#nid":"659142","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Melkers Co-authors Article on Impact of Covid on Underrepresented Groups in Computing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/julia-melkers\u0022\u003EJulia Melkers\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the School of Public Policy, co-authored an \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.upenn.edu\/learninganalytics\/CBLC\/issue-4-1\/article-4-1-2.html\u0022\u003Earticle\u003C\/a\u003E published in the University of Pennsylvania\u0026rsquo;s \u003Cem\u003EComputer-Based Learning in Context\u003C\/em\u003E. The paper, written alongside researchers from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/kanfer-ackerman.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EPARK Lab\u003C\/a\u003E in the School of Psychology, is titled \u0026ldquo;Hidden Costs: Covid-19\u0026rsquo;s Disproportionate Impact on Underrepresented Groups in Online Computing Education.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn it, the team notes that certain negative effects of the pandemic disproportionately harmed both students and workers in low-wage sectors. They then pose the question as to whether or not this same inequity extended to those in \u0026ldquo;bright prospect\u0026rdquo; industries, such as computing. In surveying 989 employees enrolled in an Online Master of Science in Computer Science program at the onset of the pandemic, the researchers find \u0026ldquo;significant disparate impacts to work and learning as a function of age, race, and psycho-social factors (e.g., social support).\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMelkers and her co-authors then argue that while these results came during the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, they can be used to guide responses to future disruptive events.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Specifically, results highlight the value of a \u0026lsquo;whole-person\u0026rsquo; approach to more precisely identify the pathways by which these disruptive effects occur, particularly in the context of career development,\u0026rdquo; they write. \u0026ldquo;At the institutional level, interventions to support adult learners through disruption should incorporate such an approach.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERead the full article at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.6616493\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.6616493\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe article was published in \u0026quot;Computer-Based Learning in Context.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The article was published in \u0022Computer-Based Learning in Context.\u0022"}],"uid":"34946","created_gmt":"2022-06-28 19:29:50","changed_gmt":"2022-06-28 19:57:42","author":"gwyner3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-06-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-06-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"635962":{"id":"635962","type":"image","title":"Julia Melkers","body":null,"created":"1591294786","gmt_created":"2020-06-04 18:19:46","changed":"1591294786","gmt_changed":"2020-06-04 18:19:46","alt":"","file":{"fid":"241996","name":"J. Melkers.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/J.%20Melkers.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/J.%20Melkers.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":17029,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/J.%20Melkers.jpg?itok=AkiaNkku"}}},"media_ids":["635962"],"groups":[{"id":"648414","name":"_OLD: Ivan Allen College \u0022The Buzz\u0022"},{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:gwyner3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGrace Wyner\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Officer\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Public Policy | Sam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}