Senior Research Scientist
National Center for Women & IT

Lecia Barker is and a Senior Research Scientist for the National Center for Women & Information Technology an Associate Professor in the Department of Information Science at the University of Colorado Boulder. Lecia conducts research in attracting, retaining, and advancing groups underrepresented in professional computing and science careers. Her studies focus on social climate, identity/belonging, faculty adoption of teaching and curricular practices, and sustainable organizational change. She advises several research and implementation projects intended to advance knowledge about computer science education. She is a co-PI of the NCWIT Extension Services program, which provides customized consulting to support systemic reform of computing and engineering departments. Lecia is currently studying faculty adoption of teaching methods in computer science.