BLKGENIUS: a social-academic network for combating the underrepresentation of Black men in computing in the United States

Curtis C. Cain

Chapter 12 in Handbook of Gender and Technology, 2023, pp 216-228 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: There is only one reason we should seek diversity in our societies, organizations, workplaces, and schools: it is the socially just and moral thing to do. This chapter describes BLKGENIUS, a moniker I created to chronicle my journey through a PhD program. As completion of the degree program drew nearer, I began to think of ways that BLKGENIUS could shift from being a reflective journal of my experiences to supporting and uplifting Black men’s growth and development in information technology (IT) in the United States. This iteration of BLKGENIUS represents both a research project to understand the dynamic experiences of Black men in IT against a societal backdrop of barriers that inhibit participation, and an intervention mechanism to highlight successful Black men in IT. This federally funded research further establishes a stream of work critical to the advancement of diversity and inclusion in IT and a worthwhile topic of exploration.

Keywords: Business and Management; Innovations and Technology; Sociology and Social Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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