Going Native and Compiling Code_ Exploring gender equality in programming cultures
Focusing on gender equity, Dr. Siân Brooke (she/her) will demonstrate how computational methods can be rehabilitated into critical social science. Building on her recent study on the popular programming forum Stack Overflow, Dr Brooke will show how she incorporated anonymity and non-binary gender into her large-scale study of sexism. Complimenting such computational work, Dr Brooke will also discuss her recent work on humour and sharing memes at hackathons, which examines the masculine characters of Incels, Virgins, and Nice Guys. She will also discuss her current project on GitHub collaborations with the Leverhulme Trust, which she is working on during her visit to the Hertie School Data Science Lab.