Maria Klawe to deliver lecture in DCU on increasing the participation of women in STEM careers

This Friday (September 13th) DCU will welcome Maria Klawe, the President of Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California.  She will deliver a lecture entitled Changing the Ratio for Women in Tech.

Over the past fifteen years the participation of females in the tech industry has declined rather than advanced. As a result, young women are missing out on excellent career opportunities, the tech industry is missing out on talent and society as a whole is missing out, with the loss of diversity of perspective among tech teams. 

Professor Klawe will talk about the reasons why women tend not to major in computer technology fields, how Harvey Mudd College dramatically increased the number of females majoring in computer science from 15% to 50% and how similar approaches can help in industry as well as universities.

Prof. Brian MacCraith, President of DCU said

“Professor Klawe has achieved remarkable success at Harvey Mudd University in greatly increasing female participation in STEM subjects. I believe her multi-faceted approach could provide a template for Irish universities and industry, as they work to increase the numbers of women in tech. I greatly look forward to hearing Professor Klawe outline her approach to this important challenge.”

Maria Klawe’s lecture will take place at 2pm in the Stokes Building on DCU’s Glasnevin campus.

If you wish to attend, please register here.

About Maria Klawe

Maria Klawe became Harvey Mudd College’s fifth president in 2006.  She joined HMC from Princeton University after serving 14 years at the University of British Columbia. Prior to UBC, Klawe spent eight years with IBM Research in California and two years at the University of Toronto.

She received her PhD (1977) and BSc (1973) in mathematics from the University of Alberta. In addition to numerous other commitments, Klawe is a member of the boards of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the nonprofits Math for America and EdReports.org and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.