Lewis College of Human Sciences Assistant Professor of History Marie Hicks speaks to BBC Radio about women in technology.

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Lewis College of Human Sciences Assistant Professor of History Marie Hicks recently talked about women in computing on BBC Radio 4. Hicks was featured on the long-running “Woman’s Hour” program which has been a BBC institution since it began airing in 1946. She spoke with the current host, Dame Jenni Murray, about the connections between historical discrimination in the field and the imbalances and lack of diversity we see in Silicon Valley today. You can listen to the ten-minute segment here.