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her lecture, Dr. Rankin will explore the relationship between community
and citizenship in the formative years of networked computing. In her
colloquium, she will discuss the resistance she faced when excavating
the sometimes-troubling gender dynamics in the software development
communities and the consequences this resistance had for her
professional career.
Dr.
Rankin’s visit has been arranged by the Hagley Program in the History
of Capitalism, Technology, and Culture, with co-sponsorship by UD’s
ADVANCE Institute, which promotes women in STEM, and the departments of
history, women and gender studies, electrical and computer engineering,
and computer and information sciences. Hagley
Program coordinator David Suisman said, “We are excited about Dr.
Rankin’s upcoming visit. She is a highly original scholar whose work
brings together many important issues. Plus, her visit was a chance to
enhance the connections between the humanities and STEM at UD.”