BibTeX:

@inproceedings{10.1145/3576123.3576133,
author = {Runa, Shamima Nasrin and Antoniadi, Anna Markella and Becker, Brett A. and Mooney, Catherine},
title = {Student Sense of Belonging: The Role of Gender Identity and Minoritisation in Computing and Other Sciences},
year = {2023},
isbn = {9781450399418},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3576123.3576133},
doi = {10.1145/3576123.3576133},
abstract = {Sense of belonging, or belongingness, is an important factor in a student’s academic life as it is associated with factors such as motivation and persistence, in addition to mental health and well-being. Belongingness has been shown to be correlated with factors such as gender, race, nationality, socio-economic status, religion and disability. Previous work has shown lower belongingness of minoritised women in computing compared to other computing students. However, it is not well known how belongingness in computing compares to other disciplines. This is a difficult comparison to draw as belongingness is closely related to specific contexts including learning environment, and therefore one’s discipline. We utilised a survey adapted from the validated “Math Sense of Belonging Scale” to examine the belongingness of undergraduate science – including computer science – students. We examined how the belongingness of students varies by gender identity and minoritisation, how the belongingness of computer science students compares to that of other science students, and how the belongingness of students in computer science varies by gender identity and minoritisation compared to other science students. In this specific study we found that belongingness is not statistically significantly different across genders overall. However, minoritised students have statistically significantly lower belongingness, which varies by gender. We also found that the belongingness of computer science students is statistically significantly lower than that of other science students and that belongingness varies across science disciplines by gender and minoritisation. Our results provide insight that may help us as well as others improve the belongingness of undergraduate computer science students, with a particular focus on the intersection of identities. We will explore the impact of interventions to increase belongingness in future work.},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 25th Australasian Computing Education Conference},
pages = {87–96},
numpages = {10},
keywords = {EDI, Minoritisation, Diversity, Underrepresentation, Intersectionality, Underrepresented, DEI, Sense of Belonging, Gender Equality, Inclusion, Belongingness},
location = {Melbourne, VIC, Australia},
series = {ACE '23}
}

EndNote:

\%0 Conference Paper
\%T Student Sense of Belonging: The Role of Gender Identity and Minoritisation in Computing and Other Sciences
\%@ 9781450399418
\%U https://doi.org/10.1145/3576123.3576133
\%R 10.1145/3576123.3576133
\%B Proceedings of the 25th Australasian Computing Education Conference
\%I Association for Computing Machinery
\%A Shamima Nasrin Runa
\%A Anna Markella Antoniadi
\%A Brett A. Becker
\%A Catherine Mooney
\%D 2023
\%P 87–96
\%K EDI, Minoritisation, Diversity, Underrepresentation, Intersectionality, Underrepresented, DEI, Sense of Belonging, Gender Equality, Inclusion, Belongingness
\%C Melbourne, VIC, Australia

ACM:

Shamima Nasrin Runa, Anna Markella Antoniadi, Brett A. Becker, and Catherine Mooney. 2023. Student Sense of Belonging: The Role of Gender Identity and Minoritisation in Computing and Other Sciences. In Proceedings of the 25th Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 87–96. https://doi.org/10.1145/3576123.3576133