Morgan & Claypool is pleased to announce the latest title in their series on Visualization:
Diversity in Visualization
Ron Metoyer, University of Notre Dame
Kelly Gaither, University of Texas at Austin
Paperback ISBN: 9781681734934
eBook ISBN: 9781681734941
Hardcover ISBN: 9781681734958
March 2019, 127 pages
http://www.morganclaypoolpublishers.com/catalog_Orig/product_info.php?products_id=1377
Abstract:
At the 2016 IEEE VIS Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, a panel of experts from the Scientific Visualization (SciVis) community gathered to discuss why the SciVis component of the conference had been shrinking significantly for over a decade. As the panelists concluded and opened the session to questions from the audience, Annie Preston, a Ph.D. student at the University of California, Davis, asked whether the panelists thought diversity or, more specifically, the lack of diversity was a factor.
This comment ignited a lively discussion of diversity: not only its impact on Scientific Visualization, but also its role in the visualization community at large. The goal of this book is to expand and organize the conversation. In particular, this book seeks to frame the diversity and inclusion topic within the Visualization community, illuminate the issues, and serve as a starting point to address how to make this community more diverse and inclusive. This book acknowledges that diversity is a broad topic with many possible meanings. Expanded definitions of diversity that are relevant to the Visualization community and to computing at large are considered. The broader conversation of inclusion and diversity is framed within the broader sociological context in which it must be considered. Solutions to recruit and retain a diverse research community and strategies for supporting inclusion efforts are presented. Additionally, community members present short stories detailing their “non-inclusive” experiences in an effort to facilitate a community-wide conversation surrounding very difficult situations.
It is important to note that this is by no means intended to be a comprehensive, authoritative statement on the topic. Rather, this book is intended to open the conversation and begin to build a framework for diversity and inclusion in this specific research community. While intended for the Visualization community, ideally, this book will provide guidance for any computing community struggling with similar issues and looking for solutions.
- Table of Contents:
- Editor’s Note
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Framing the Conversation
- Diversity: A Sociological Perspective
- Factors Hindering Diversity
- Case Studies
- Community On-Ramps
- Retention
- Building
- Inclusive Communities
- Marshaling the Many Facets of Diversity
- Future of Diversity in Vis
- Bibliography
- Authors’ Biographies
Series: Synthesis Lectures on Visualization
Series Editors: David Ebert, Purdue University
Niklas Elmqvist, University of Maryland