How To Get Involved
CS Diversity Committee Diversity & Inclusion Action Plan Phase II Draft is now available for member of the Brown CS community to review. Please click this link to read the DIAP Phase II Draft. Please click this link to share anonymous feedback about the draft.
CS Diversity Committee Monthly Meeting Summaries are now available for Brown University community members on the Action Plan & Initiatives page.
CS DIAP Phase II Town Hall: Our semesterly Town Hall was held on Tuesday October 25 at 4P-5P in CIT 368 / 3rd Floor Atrium
2022-2023 Student Advocates for Diversity & Inclusion, and Health & Wellness: Applications for 2022-2023 Student Advocates are closed. Please check back in spring 2023 for the 2023-2024 application.
CS Diversity Conferences: The CS Department offers student scholarships to attend the Grace Hopper and Richard Tapia conferences. Student scholarship applications for fall 2023 conference attendance will open in spring 2023. Please check back fot the application form. If you would like to request funding to attend a different diveristy, equity and inclusion related CS conference, please email laura_dobler@brown.edu
Socially Responsible Computing: The SRC program strives to reimagine CS education to not only familiarize future engineers with the ethical, and political challenges and social impacts of modern digital technology, but to provide them with the tools to reason critically about those challenges. Students can apply to become Socially Resoponsible TAs (STAs) and/or join the ARG reading group. You can learn more about this program here.
Visiting Undergraduate Research: We offer two immersive research opportunities for visiting udnergraduate sudenfts interested in artificial intelligence reseach: exploreCSR (spring 2023) and REU Site (summer 2023).
exploreCSR 2023 Socially Responsible AI for Computational Creativity: January 2023 - May 2023 (~ 5 hours per week), virtual program, compensation $300 + travel stipend to attend the Undergraduate Research Symposium in May.
REU Site 2023 AI for Computational Creativity: June 2023 - August 2023 (7 weeks, 40 hours per week), in-person, compensation ~$6,000 + housing and travel stipend.
If You Need Help
Our Email:
Diversity & Inclusion Student Advocates: diversity.advocates@lists.cs.brown.edu
Health & Wellness Student Advocates: wellness.advocates@lists.cs.brown.edu
Diversity Committee: diversity@lists.cs.brown.edu
Have questions/concerns about mental/physical health, accessibility, disability rights, and/or diversity, equity & inclusion within the department? Open/Office Hours provide students with 1:1 peer mentorship, problem-solving, advocacy, and guidance on student resources and centers available to them on campus.
Undergraduate Health & Wellness Student Advocate Office Hours: Fall 2022, in-person hours are available throughout the week, please feel free to just stop by. Link to Google Calendar hours schedule.
Undergraduate Diversity Student Advocates Office Hours: Fall 2022, hours are by appointment; please email diversity.advocates@lists.cs.brown.edu or complete the contact form below to schedule.
