Maria Klawe Discusses Women in Computing Dec. 7 at RIT
President of Harvey Mudd College presents ‘Gender and Games: Why
it Matters’   Maria Klawe  Follow Scott Bureau on Twitter Follow
RITNEWS on Twitter  As a woman in the male-dominated field of
computer science, Maria Klawe felt like an imposter for much of
her career. Today, as president of Harvey Mudd College, Klawe
works to bridge the gender gap, finding best practices to
attract and retain women in the field of computing.  Klawe will
visit Rochester Institute of Technology to present “Gender and
Games: Why it Matters” at 1 p.m. Dec. 7 in Golisano Hall
auditorium. The talk is sponsored by RIT’s Association of
Computing Machinery Student Chapter in the B. Thomas Golisano
College of Computing and Information Sciences.  The discussion
will explore how males and females differ in their preferences
and attitudes toward computer games, and why these differences
are important when using computer games as a motivational
approach to engage students in learning c