Please spread the news!

Kaiton Williams, Eric Corbett and I are happy to announce we are
organizing the second research Summer School for Designing Technology
for Social Impact, targeted to PhD and PhD-bound students from
ethnically underrepresented minorities.

The idea behind the summer school is that voices imagining what
technology could be and shaping how it emerges are limited, with
underrepresented communities often marginalized in tech discourses.
Researchers and designers from these communities therefore have a
central role to play in articulating social impact and potential for
communities that other technology developers might forget or know
nothing about, creating alternative, innovative visions for what
technology can be in this world. This summer research workshop is
designed to foster a strong cohort of researchers from underrepresented
backgrounds working on topics related to the social impact of
information technology.

Rising seniors and graduate students at any stage from a variety of
disciplines are invited to attend, including - but not restricted to -
informatics, computer science, science and technology studies,
communication, product design, urban and rural studies, and visual arts.
Our goal is to build a cohort of up-and-coming researchers, provide
experience in this research area, and provide research and career
building opportunities. The event will take place June 15-19, 2020 on
the Ithaca Campus of Cornell University. The costs of travel, food,
lodging, and all events will be covered.

Please let students know they can apply directly for our program through
our website, https://impact.infosci.cornell.edu/ The application
deadline is Friday, Feb. 7, 2020. Please feel free to contact me or
cis-diversityprograms@cornell.edu with any questions.

Thank you!

Phoebe, Kaiton, and Eric

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Phoebe Sengers
Associate Professor
Information Science / Science & Technology Studies
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14850
USA
phoebe.sengers@cornell.edu