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Academic Publications about Inclusive STEM Education

“Did You Know That You Are a Role Model?” – Exploring Role Models for Female Computing Students

Haugland, Hanne Sofie, “Did You Know That You Are a Role Model?” – Exploring Role Models for Female Computing Students, Master thesis Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 2024, supervisors Anna Szlavi and Letizia Jaccheri

Check here: https://ntnuopen.ntnu.no/ntnu-xmlui/handle/11250/3149994

Establishing Effective Mentoring Programs for Gender Diversity in Computing Academia

Oppenhagen, Tuva Cornelia, Establishing Effective Mentoring Programs for Gender Diversity in Computing Academia Master thesis Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 2024, supervisors Anna Szlavi and Letizia Jaccheri

Check here: https://ntnuopen.ntnu.no/ntnu-xmlui/handle/11250/3149993

Evaluating the impact of mentorship programs on students’ self-efficacy

Nguyen. Minh Dan. Evaluating the impact of mentorship programs on students’ self-efficacy. Master thesis Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 2025, supervisors Anna Szlavi and Letizia Jaccheri

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Designing Retention Tools Involving Role Models For Inclusive Computing Education

Szlávi, Anna, Haugland, Hanne & Jaccheri, Letizia. (2024). Role Models as an Intervention for Gender Diversity in Computing Education. In: Proceedings of UDIT Norwegian Conference on Didactics of IT Education.

Check here: https://doi.org/10.5324/nikt.6201

Mentoring as a Tool for Better Gender Diversity in Informatics

Szlavi, Anna. Versino, Serena. Raffini, Daniel. Oppenhagen, Tuva Cornelia. Jaccheri, Letizia. (2025). Mentoring as a Tool for Better Gender Diversity in Informatics. In Birgit Penzenstadler, Karima Boudaoud, Sonay Caner Yildirim, Antinisca Di Marco (Eds.) Actions for Gender Balance in Informatics Across Europe. Springer Nature.

Check here: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-78432-3_5

Designing Retention Tools Involving Role Models For Inclusive Computing Education

Szlávi, Anna; Haugland, Hanne & Sahin Timar, Zeynep. (2025). Designing Retention Tools Involving Role Models For Inclusive Computing Education. In: HCII 2025. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer Nature.

Check here: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-93851-1_16

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