Posted on 10/18/2018 7:54:17 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
The National Science Foundation awarded a half a million dollars to an "intersectional feminisms" professor to study how to recruit more women into STEM fields.
The goal of the study, being led by Dr. Coleen Carrigan, a feminist anthropologist at California Polytechnic State University, is to "interrupt the reproduction of dominant class rule" in engineering and computer science programs. Carrigan's research focuses on how to "transform the powers of technology to advance social justice."
The project involves studying female engineering professors to "lend critical insights into the social/technical divide" that results in fewer women entering science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs.
The study seeks to upend current engineering and computer science programs by educating students and faculty on the "benefits of diversity and transformations required to foster welcoming environments for women."
"Due to the prominence and impact of ECS [engineering and computer science], identifying gender inequities in the field and interrupting them will help welcome and retain more talented women from a range of intersectional identities," the grant for the project states. "Harnessing the power of diversity in this way will positively contribute to all domains on which computing impinges."
The study has received $570,890 from taxpayers so far. Research began in June and is slated to continue through May 2023.
Other aims of the study include conceptualizing "labor segregation" and "intersecting vectors of gender."
"To yield new knowledge useful in efforts to broaden participation, this CAREER project systematically conceptualizes how labor segregation may relate to an ideological hierarchy between the social and technical dimensions of computing and influence cultural exclusions along intersecting vectors of gender and race," the grant states.
The project will create "educational interventions" into the engineering and computer science culture in order to "both interrupt the reproduction of dominant class rule and to study the beliefs and power relations of computing communities."
"Not only does this project contribute a novel qualitative theory of cultural change in ECS, it also tests innovative methods to better elucidate who and what counts in the field and why," the grant states.
Carrigan, the principal investigator on the study, is an assistant professor of Gender, Race, Culture, Science and Technology Studies at Cal Poly's Women's and Gender Studies Department.
Her research fields include "Intersectional Feminisms," "Cultural anthropology," "Science and technology studies," "Action-oriented ethnography," and "Broadening participation."
"First, she uses action-oriented ethnography to document women's lived experiences as marginalized members of STEM fields, the ways they navigate the politics of gender and race and the rites of passage in high-tech communities that reproduce inequalities and the ideological divide between the social and the technical," according to Carrigan's faculty page.
Carrigan also studies "feminist consciousness."
"Second, she studies women's intersectional identities and feminist consciousness and excavates the collective actions and values critical to demanding and enacting institutional change in STEM cultures," the website states. "Third, she examines cultures of STEM knowledge production through the experiences and perspectives of undergraduate students from marginalized standpoints."
"She applies her research findings to create interventions that help foster welcoming environments for underrepresented groups in STEM and transform the powers of technology to advance social justice," according to Cal Poly.
Courses taught by Carrigan include "Gender, Race, Culture, Science and Technology" and "Queer Anthropology."
She did not immediately respond to request for comment.
Science?
The misunderstanding is strong there.
Who is approving this crap?
” Carrigan’s research focuses on how to “transform the powers of technology to advance social justice.”
Scary in a fascist kind of way.
“social justice.”
Pull the grant.
Next.
5.56mm
Stupidity reigns. Women who are interested in STEM will pursue it. Those who are not interested will pursue other things. Why must we PAY to interest the uninterested?
“Who is approving this crap?”
...and why the HELL can’t somebody put a stop to it? They are spending OUR money to pay the enemy to teach the next generation destroy us. Very little makes me as angry as our tax dollars paying for this crap.
The education-industrial complex bubble is huge. It supports a huge, ideological, parasitical leftist political base, all on the backs of Federal Government spending, and above all, sky-high tuitions and massive student debt.
It is crying out for reform.
The American taxpayers are paying half a million dollars to underwrite their own demise.
“The National Science Foundation awarded a half a million dollars to an “intersectional feminisms” professor to study how to recruit more women into STEM fields.”
Either Elizabeth Harrington or the NSF needs to get with the program.
Our racist, sexist overlords have added “A” for “Arts” to STEM.
‘Intersectional Feminisms’ is the mother of all nothing burgers, sucking both IQ points from this so-called “professor”.
It’s long past time for us to institute “Brain Shaming” for this collection of people for whom even fifth grade level classes are an un-winnable challenge.
“transform the powers of technology to advance social justice.”
AKA how to track and exterminate politically conservative internet users.
Its easy...stop wasting young children time teaching them useless nonsense and teach real science.
Where is my 500k?
Eliminate all non-STEM majors. That would increase the number of females in STEM courses. That’s the answer. You can send me the $500k.
National Science Foundation: "Where Discoveries Begin"
The Bible calls these kind of women “contentious”
Woman was created to be a “helper” . . . of course women pursuing that kind of ideology thinks the Bible and Christianity is nonsense anyway
“transform the powers of technology to advance social justice.”
Teaching a dufus SJW how to turn on the lights?
NSF is as much a cesspool as the NE for the Arts. Defund now and use the money for the wall.
> Who is approving this crap? <
Great question. This type of spending shouldn’t be allowed even in a nation that is running a surplus. But the USA is a debtor nation. That makes it even worse.
Trump has been in office for almost two years now. I understand the difficulties when dealing with the Deep State. But sooner or later Trump is going to have to own this. It might not be fair, but the buck really does stop in the Oval Office.
The NSF "Merit Review" page has a "CONTACT US" section at the bottom that reads...
If you have additional questions regarding the NSF Merit Review Process or proposal submission and preparation, please contact us:So I called the phone number to complain. I got a voicemail recording: "You've reached the Policy Office of the NSF. In order to better serve you, send your questions to policy@nsf.gov." Then you can leave a recorded message. You cannot reach a human being at "Contact Us." They obviously do not want to hear from people upset about this garbage.By email: policy@nsf.gov
By phone: (703) 292-8243
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