Exploring Computing Education Research as a Racialized Space

Within computing education research, there is an ongoing debate about the global impact of racism. Thus, its importance as a topic for researchers in the field of computing education is often overlooked. Although we acknowledge that projects focused on interrogating the role of race and racism in computing education are often led by US-based researchers, the long-term growth of the field requires that we actively interrogate the extent to which racism has and continues to privilege dominant racial groups across the globe. In response to this dilemma, this working group seeks to identify how race is explicitly and implicitly used within the field of computing education research to subjugate researchers of color and produce racial privilege. We apply Battey and Levya’s framework for whiteness in mathematics education to explore two sites of power within computing education research: (1) organizational leadership and (2) dissemination and recognition of scholarship. Our findings will be critical in transforming the global computing education research community into one that values and uplifts non-dominant methodologies, expertise, and lived experiences.