Curtis C. Cain
- IST Ph.D. Candidate (Advisor: Eileen Trauth)
- 2010 Fall
College of Information Sciences and Technology
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park , PA 16802
E-mail:
caincc@psu.edu
Office Phone:
(814) 865-8952
Websites
Education
- M.S., Auburn University, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, College of Engineering, 2010
- B.S., Johnson C. Smith University, Information Systems Engineering, Magna Cum Laude, College of Computer Science and Engineering, 2008
Awards and Honors
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRFP) 2011 -
- Richard A. Tapia Diversity in Computing (Google Scholarship) 2011
- Penn State University Africana Research Center Research Grant 2010 - 2011
- NSF Bridge to the Doctorate Fellowship 2008 - 2010
Membership in Professional Societies
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) (SIGMIS, SIGCHI, SIGCSE)
- The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (SSIT, ES)
- Association for Information Systems (AIS)
- Empowering Leadership: Computing Scholars of Tomorrow Alliance (EL Alliance)
- The PhD Project – Information Systems Doctoral Students Association (ISDSA)
- Student & Technology in Academia, Research & Service (STARS)
- Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC)
- National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
- Black Graduate and Professional Student Association (BGPSA)
- Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated
Selected Publications
- Cain, C.C., Trauth, E.M. (2012) "Black Males in IT Higher Education in The USA: The Digital Divide in the Academic Pipeline Re-visited," Proceedings of the 18th Americas Conference on Information Systems (Seattle, WA).
- Cain, C.C. (2012) "Underreresented Groups in Gender and STEM: The Case of Black Males in CISE," Proceedings of the 2012 ACM SIGMIS-CPR (Milwaukee, WI).
- Trauth, E.M., Cain, C.C., Joshi, K.D., Kvasny, L. and Booth, K. (2012) "Embracing Intersectionality in Gender and IT Career Choice Research," Proceedings of the 2012 ACM SIGMIS-CPR (Milwaukee, WI).
- Trauth, E.M., Cain, C.C., Joshi, K.D., Kvasny, L. and Booth, K. (2012) "Understanding Underrepresentation in IT through Intersectionality," Proceedings of the 2012 iConference (Toronto, CA).
- Cain, C, Nyagwencha, J., Seals, C.D., (Forthcoming 2011). Using Components of Social Networking and Learning Management Environments to Facilitate K-12 Education. ERN – Emerging Researchers National Conference
- Cain, C., Seals, C. & Nyagwencha, J. (2010). Social Networking Teaching Tools: A Computer Supported Collaborative Interactive Learning Social Networking Environment for K-12. In Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2010 (pp. 1612-1617). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
