<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>Hi all, <br><br></div>I wanted to mention that my book, <i>Programmed Inequality</i>, was the <i>Times Higher Education Supplement</i>'s book of the week pick this week. It was actually reviewed--very sympathetically--by a computer scientist. I found his perspective really interesting, especially when he talks about his dilemma re: "booth babes" at trade shows. (I think it shows the difficulties many of us face when trying to address institutionalized discrimination.)<br><br>If you're interested, the link is: <br><a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/books/review-programmed-inequality-marie-hicks-mit-press">https://www.timeshighereducation.com/books/review-programmed-inequality-marie-hicks-mit-press</a><br></div>(it may ask you to register--for free--in order to read it.)<br><br></div>At the very bottom--near the end of the interview portion, there is also a section of shout outs to some other scholars whose work I admire (including a few SIGCISers). Space prevented me from listing all of the many folks I would have liked to!<br><br></div>Best, <br><br></div>Marie<br clear="all"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>______________________<br>Marie Hicks, Ph.D.<br>Asst. Professor, History of Technology<br>Illinois Institute of Technology<br>Chicago, IL USA<br><a href="mailto:mhicks1@iit.edu" target="_blank">mhicks1@iit.edu</a> | <a href="http://www.mariehicks.net" target="_blank">mariehicks.net</a>  | <a href="http://twitter.com/histoftech" target="_blank">@histoftech</a><br><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span><span><span><i>Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing</i><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"></span></span></span><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br><a href="http://www.programmedinequality.com" target="_blank">www.programmedinequality.com</a></span><br><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"></span><span><span><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"></span></span></span><span><div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div></div></span><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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