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Under-represented But Preparing for the IT Industry - A Professional and Personal Story

Under-represented But Preparing for the IT Industry - A Professional and Personal Story Dr. Fay Cobb Payton Associate Professor of Information Systems/Technology North Carolina State University. My Current Career. Chair, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

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Under-represented But Preparing for the IT Industry - A Professional and Personal Story

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  1. Under-represented But Preparing for the IT Industry - A Professional and Personal Story Dr. Fay Cobb Payton Associate Professor of Information Systems/Technology North Carolina State University Payton - 2008 NAF Workshop

  2. My Current Career • Chair, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee • Area Coordinator, Information Systems/Technology Group • Member, Diversity Advisory Board • All within the College of Management • Member, African Advisory Board; International Affairs Office (Scheduled to travel to South Africa, 9/08) • Member, WOMEN’S Taskforce, NSF ADVANCE Under Review (1/08) • All within the Provost Office, University Level Payton - 2008 NAF Workshop

  3. My Current Career • Affiliated Faculty, Institute of Analytics • Newly Funded Program • Advisor, Women in Science & Engineering Board • College of Engineering (Health Care Grant, Under Review) • Multiple Discipline Collaborations • Engineering • Education • Statistics • Communications (NIH Grant, Under Review) • Psychology Payton - 2008 NAF Workshop

  4. Career Collaborations & Activities Payton - 2008 NAF Workshop

  5. Professional Career Before The Academy Payton - 2008 NAF Workshop

  6. My Higher Educational Background Payton - 2008 NAF Workshop

  7. My Primary Educational Background Payton - 2008 NAF Workshop

  8. My Primary Years • Role of Parents • Family Background • Role of Education • Role of Family • Role of Spirituality • Extracurricular Activities • Role of Teachers • Expectations • Relationship with Parents • Communication Payton - 2008 NAF Workshop

  9. Me in IT/STEM Based on • Research Predictors? • Math Courses • Science Courses • HS GPA • SAT Scores • Family Background • Socioeconomic Status Payton - 2008 NAF Workshop

  10. Me in IT/STEM High Education Based on • Uncommon Predictors? • Student Interest • The HBCU Experience • Personal Drive • Being What I Have Yet to See • Parental Expectations • Teacher Expectations • Role of ACT/SAT as a Predictor • Role Models • Mentors Payton - 2008 NAF Workshop

  11. Predicting What One is to Become Payton - 2008 NAF Workshop

  12. Predicting What Your Students Will Become Progress on this issue has been marginal, neither steady nor substantial enough for representation of minorities in STEM to reflect their overall proportion of the U.S. population. Among other statistics, the report reveals: Payton - 2008 NAF Workshop

  13. Confronting the New American Dilemma : Adopted from NACME 2008 Payton - 2008 NAF Workshop

  14. Confronting the New American Dilemma Adopted from NACME 2008 Payton - 2008 NAF Workshop

  15. Addressing the Dilemma Top Figures from NACME 2008; Bottom Figures from AAAS 2005 Payton - 2008 NAF Workshop

  16. What Does the Professoriate Look Like? Encourage Education Beyond the BA/BS? This is just in traditional engineering! What is the pipeline? How does this look at majority, HBCUs, HIS and Tribal Colleges? Payton - 2008 NAF Workshop

  17. Contact Info: Dr. Fay Cobb Payton fay@paytonservices.com 919.513.2744 (V) 919.782.9375 (F) Payton - 2008 NAF Workshop

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