Technology Education for Women in Transition: Broadening Participation Through Innovations

This project in the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program's Innovations in Development track aims to broaden participation in STEM education among underserved populations through innovative and inclusive approaches to technology education. The project is designed to enhance knowledge and comfort with technology and develop computational thinking among women who were formerly incarcerated and are now seeking to reenter the workforce or adjust to their lives outside the criminal justice system ("women in transition") in the Midwest.

National Science Foundation Collaborative Research Grant

Principal Investigator

Hyunjin Seo, associate dean for research and faculty development, Oscar Stauffer Professor of Journalism, Docking Young Faculty Scholar

Baek-Young Choi, professor of computer science & electrical engineering, University of Missouri - Kansas City

Co-Principal Investigators

Megha Ramaswamy, professor of population health, University of Kansas Medical Center 

Hannah Britton, professor of political science and women, gender & sexuality studies

Sejun Song, associate professor of science and engineering, University of Missouri - Kansas City

Project Dates

August 2019 – July 2024


Funding Agency