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Call for Short Articles for

Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology

Editor: Eileen M. Trauth, Ph.D.

School of Information Sciences and Technology The Pennsylvania State
University

As information technology (IT) has spread throughout all aspects of
personal and work life, so too, has grown an interest in understanding
more about those who use and develop IT, as well as those who are
affected by it. This, in turn, has lead to an increasing interest in the
demographics of IT developers and consumers. One demographic category of
considerable research interest is gender. Consequently, a diffuse body
of research related to the role of gender in human interactions with
information technology has emerged in recent years. This body of
research spans a number of disciplines including information science,
information systems, computer science, education, women's studies,
gender studies, labor studies, human resource management, and technology
and society. The purpose of this research is to inform teachers,
parents, educators, managers, policy makers and other researchers about
such issues as the differences between women's and men's use of
information technology and the under representation of women as IT
professionals.

In an effort to bring together this diffuse body of research so that it
can better inform subsequent research and practice, an Encyclopedia of
Gender and Information Technology is being produced. The objective is to
develop an international compilation of research about the role of
gender in human interaction with IT and the IT profession. It will be
most helpful as it provides comprehensive coverage and definitions of
the most important issues, concepts, trends and research devoted to the
topic of gender and IT. This important new publication will be
distributed worldwide among academic and professional institutions and
will be instrumental in providing researchers, scholars, students and
professionals access to the latest knowledge related to research on
women and men with respect to information technology. Contributions to
this important publication will be made by scholars throughout the world
with notable research portfolios and expertise.

Coverage: The Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology will
provide an international compilation of research on the topic of gender
and information technology from a broad range of perspectives.

Contributions by leading experts as well as emerging investigators are
welcome. This volume will feature short articles (3,000-3,500 words)
that provide an overview of research being carried out around the world
related to gender and IT. Chapter submissions will be peer reviewed. We
welcome both empirical and conceptual chapters.

Invited Submissions: Individuals interested in submitting short articles
(3,000-3,500 words) on a topic related to gender and information
technology should submit an email proposal to
GenderITEncyclopedia@ist.psu.edu by October 15, 2004. Upon acceptance of
your proposal, you will have two months to prepare your article and 7-10
related terms and their appropriate definitions. Guidelines for
preparing your short piece and terms and definitions as well as a sample
article and terms and definitions can be found on the main menu of this
project at

http://genderitencyclopedia.ist.psu.edu.=20

Please forward your email proposal including your name, affiliation and
a short description of your topic to Eileen Trauth, editor, at
GenderITEncyclopedia@ist.psu.edu no later than October 15, 2004. Upon
notification of the acceptance of your proposal you will be asked to
write a 3000-3500 word article in two months. This book is scheduled for
publishing by Information Science Publishing (an imprint of Idea Group
Inc.) in 2006.