Race, Gender, Class, & Computing

Description from DukeHub

This course examines how identity impacts and is impacted by computing. We will explore the societal factors that have influenced present-day technology development and use, historical contexts, and the resulting impact on various communities.

Skills

• writingdescription: "writing" and 1 more

AI-resilient: 1 of 5 1/5

• No: Physical, lab or field work
• No: Live work with people
• ✓Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "justice"
• No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
• No: Small, in-person format

The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works

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