Momentum: Accelerating Equity in Computing and Technology

02/22/2021

Chantra Nhien (he/him) works on BRAID survey development and data collection for Momentum. Now a 3rd-year PhD student, he’s completing his dissertation on the early experiences of Southeast Asian college students in STEM.

01/22/2021

Last summer, Momentum welcomed 3rd-year PhD student Nadeeka Karunaratne (she/her), who’s helping with the BRAID follow-up student survey. Outside of Momentum, Nadeeka examines issues of campus sexual violence, focusing on the experiences of minoritized survivors.

12/22/2020

Thanks to UCLA Women's Basketball for honoring Momentum founding director Dr. Linda J. Sax as today's UNCOMMON Bruin of the game! Go Bruins!

12/15/2020

Momentum team members Kate Lehman, Kaitlin Newhouse and Linda Sax have a new chapter in The Wiley Handbook of Gender Equity in Higher Education on how and why women’s participation in undergraduate computing varies globally. We’re excited to be in the company of such great scholars, like Adrianna Kezar!

This chapter aims to establish a framework for understanding how and why women's participation in undergraduate computing varies globally. It begins with an overview of women's participation in compu...

12/03/2020

Thanks to Pivotal Ventures, NSF, and our other supporters, we’re happy to announce that Momentum is official! Check out this press release from UCLA SE&IS and stay tuned for research updates as we aim to accelerate equity in computing and technology.

The project, which is called Momentum, is an investment by Pivotal Ventures, National Science Foundation and others.

12/02/2020

Annie Wofford (she/her) is a PhD candidate, 4th-year Momentum researcher, and she will defend her dissertation this spring! Along with managing our BRAID student surveys, Annie uses quant & qual methods to critically examine inequities in STEM graduate ed pathways.

11/16/2020

Meet Justin Gutzwa (they/he), a 4th-year PhD candidate & 2nd-year Momentum researcher who’s defending their dissertation this year! Justin works on our qualitative team & lit matrix project and their dissertation explores trans*-identifying undergraduate experiences.

11/02/2020

Momentum Research Affiliate (and recent alum!) Dr. Kari George is doing great work as a Computing Innovation Postdoctoral Fellow at researching ways to broaden participation in computing.

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07/15/2020

Momentum shared BRAID research updates at the 2020 BRAID Summit over virtual Zoom. To learn more about findings we shared, please visit https://momentum.gseis.ucla.edu/publications/

“Momentum shared BRAID research updates at the 2020 BRAID Summit over virtual Zoom. To learn more about findings we shared, please visit https://t.co/Mg6hdOPZ5B”

07/15/2020

We are excited to announce the launch of Momentum (formerly BRAID Research)! We are particularly interested in efforts to recruit women and people of color into computing education pathways and retain them into technology fields. Visit our new website at http://momentum.gseis.ucla.edu

“We are excited to announce the launch of Momentum (formerly BRAID Research)! We are particularly interested in efforts to recruit women and people of color into computing education pathways and retain them into technology fields. Visit our new website at https://t.co/Ux5G4qSQ7t”

11/15/2019

The BRAID Research Team is currently at the 2019 Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference in Portland, Oregon.

Today, BRAID Research PI Dr. Linda Sax will be presented with the Mentoring Award during the ASHE Awards Ceremony, taking place in Grand Ballroom II, from 5:15PM-6:30PM!

For more information about the conference, as well as sessions the team will be presenting at, please visit: https://www.ashe.ws/conference.