Victoria C. Chavez
Victoria (V/they/she) is a Chicago-born and raised Chapine (Guatemalan) educator, scholar, and engineer. Currently, they're a third-year PhD student at Northwestern University's Computer Science Program. Victoria's research interests explore systemic issues within computer science education, centering the experiences of Black, Disabled, Indigenous, and Latine/x students. Most recently, their research has focused on teaching and learning accessibility as well as unpacking how ableism is codified in the policies, practices, and pedagogies used in college CS courses.
Publications (2)
Chávez, V. C. (2023). "The Focus Came in Handy for Me Too": Exploring Accessibility Learning and Identity Formation in a Web Development Course. In Blikstein, P., Van Aalst, J., Kizito, R., & Brennan, K. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences - ICLS 2023 (pp. 2127-2128). International Society of the Learning Sciences.
PDF DOIChávez, V. C., Van Wart, S. (2023). "Accessibility is important to everybody": Unpacking Students' Understanding about Accessibility. In Blikstein, P., Van Aalst, J., Kizito, R., & Brennan, K. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences - ICLS 2023 (pp. 1474-1477). International Society of the Learning Sciences.
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