Assistant Professor of History Marie Hicks will be at the Seminary Coop bookstore, along with documentarian Melissa Pierce, to discuss Hicks’s new book, Programmed Inequality, on Thursday, February 9 at 6 p.m. Hicks and Pierce, who is making a documentary about legendary computer pioneer Grace Hopper, will talk about the history of women in computing during a panel presentation. Afterward there will be a brief book signing. All are welcome, and there is no cost to attend. More details about the event can be found here.

More information about the book, which looks at the role of gendered labor change in the decline of the British computing industry, can be found at programmedinequality.com