SUMMARY: Faculty from the College of Arts and Letters and the College of Integrated Science and Engineering partnered with colleagues at the Georgia Institute of Technology to better understand how women access makerspace resources in university settings and negotiate barriers to their participation.
Faculty from the College of Arts and Letters and the College of Integrated Science and Engineering partnered with colleagues at the Georgia Institute of Technology to better understand how women access makerspace resources in university settings and negotiate barriers to their participation. This research, led by Professor of Communication Studies Melissa Alemán and Associate Professor of Engineering Robert Nagel, builds on a multi-year, $156,263-National Science Foundation grant award, which supports an investigation into the relationship between student learning, creativity and…