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Dr Catherine Lang

Project Officer, Swinburne Professional Learning (secondment)
Faculty of Information & Communication Technologies
Swinburne University of Technology


Emailclang@swin.edu.au
Phone+61 3 9214 5884
Fax+61 3 9214 4328
OfficeBA909


Administrative Responsibilities

  • Pathways to Research Project
  • Postgraduate Coursework Masters Audit

Qualifications

  • PhD (Melb)
  • Master of Education, Monash
  • Graduate Diploma of Education (Computers in Education), Monash
  • Bachelor of Education (Secondary), Melbourne State College

Research Interests

  • Women in IT - recipient of Digital Divas ARC Grant 2009-2011
  • Student Transition to Higher Education
  • Gender and Information Technology - What influences student choice

Recent Publications

  • "Australian IT Enrolment Trends and a Model of Contributing Factors " (2006) C. Lang & J. McKay, in Encyclopedia of Gender & I. T. , E.Trauth (ed) Vol 1, Idea Group Reference, USA, pp.50-56
  • "Seven Factors that Influence ICT Student Achievement", (2007) Lang C, McKay J, Lewis S ITiCSE Conference, Dundee UK June 2007
  • "Declining popularity increases lack of diversity in the ICT discipline: extending the discourse of the discipline" Lang C, Lewis S, McKay J (2006) ACIS Conference, Adelaide S.A.
  • " Women in ICT students: the paradox of invisibility and visibility " (2006) Lewis S, Lang C, McKay J AusWIT06 conference, University of South Australia, December 06
  • "The next wave of Gender Projects in IT Curriculum and Teaching at Universities" (2006) Lewis S, McKay J, Lang C. ACE Conference, Hobart Jan 06
  • "A compulsory IT Transition subject experience: zero credit points leads to zero future" (2005) C. Lang & D. Robbie. Good Practice in Practice Conference, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, September 2005.
  • "The Success Stories: girls who went against the trend and chose to study IT degree courses" (2005) Lang, C. Women in Computing Conference" Greenwich, UK, July 2005.
  • "Twenty years of Girls into Computing Days: Has it been worth the effort?"(2008) Craig, A., Lang, C., & Fisher, J., Journal of IT Education. Volume 7, pages 339-353 http:/jite.org
  • "The impact of gender and pedagogical factors on female student pass rates"(2008, forthcoming) Lang, C., McKay, J., & Lewis, S., Communications of the Association for Information Systems (Under review Dec 2008)

Professional Activities

  • ACM-W Australian Ambassador
  • MACM; MACS
  • Victorian ICT for Women Network - Advisory Board Member

Awards and Honours

  • 2005 Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching (Higher Education) with Ms Diane Robbie
  • ARC Linkage Grant 2009-2011
  • Telematics Trust Grant 2008

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