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Associate Professor of Data Science, University of Virginia

At the end of her professional career, Lynn Conway was professor emerita of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan. Marcin Szczepanski/University of Michigan via AP

June 19, 2024

Lynn Conway was a trans woman in tech − and underappreciated for decades after she helped launch the computing revolution

Mar Hicks, University of Virginia

The trailblazing engineer was co-inventor of a technique for designing computer chips that laid the groundwork for the computing revolution.

Oh the terrible irony. Photo by Mar Hicks

August 11, 2017

What the Google gender ‘manifesto’ really says about Silicon Valley

Mar Hicks, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Five years after a major sexism scandal, Silicon Valley’s misogynist culture remains strong and pervasive – and history reveals the stakes could be as high as the entire US tech sector.

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