In this interview with Nicki Washington, we discuss the importance of cultural competency, expanding beyond “diversity” by focusing on creating inclusive and equitable environments, learning from people and scholarship outside of the field, lessons learned working with CS educators across the country, lessons learned while teaching during a pandemic, focusing on the humanity in computer science education, and much more. If you haven’t listened to it yet, check out the unpacking scholarship episode that unpacks one of Nicki’s papers.

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How to Get Started with Computer Science Education

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00:00 Intro

01:18 Nicki introducing herself

02:07 How Nicki got into CS education

07:09 How marginalization impacted Nicki's career trajectory

12:05 When twice as good isn't enough

20:36 How to prevent this problem from continuing to happen

26:01 What has surprised Nicki about her research?

31:59 How to improve diversity, equity, inclusion, etc.

37:53 What Nicki has learned working on large projects in education

42:02 Something in education that Nicki changed her mind about

48:55 Multiperspectival approaches in large classes

52:48 How Nicki prevents burnout

57:09 What Nicki wishes there was more research on

01:00:34 What Nicki wishes more people understood about her research

01:05:38 Questions Nicki has for the field

01:07:00 What I could do to improve how I serve the CS community through this podcast

01:12:49 How to connect with Nicki

01:14:17 Outro