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<span>Calvin Pohawpatchoko Jr. delivers PhD defense</span>
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<span><time datetime="2018-08-27T12:26:44-06:00" title="Monday, August 27, 2018 - 12:26">Mon, 08/27/2018 - 12:26</time>
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<p>On August 13, ATLAS doctoral student <a href="/atlas/calvin-pohawpatchoko-jr" rel="nofollow">Calvin Pohawpatchoko Jr.</a> successfully defended his dissertation, 鈥淐ultural Constructionism: an Indigenous Computing Experience.鈥�</p><p>Pohawpatchoko鈥檚 research investigates why Native Americans are underrepresented in computing and how indigenous representation might be increased.</p><p>鈥淚 was in the IT profession for almost 20 years, and there weren鈥檛 many Native Americans in the field,鈥� says Pohawpatchoko, who is a member of the Numunu People (Comanche Tribe) from the Quahada (Antelope) clan. 鈥淚 had a dream to pursue a PhD and try to find answers to that question.鈥�</p><p>Pohawpatchoko鈥檚 dissertation is a semi-longitudinal investigation of the design, application and evaluation of a novel abstraction of two learning theories from the late William Demmert, Culture-Based Education theory, and the late Seymour Papert, Constructionism theory, to form 鈥淐ultural Constructionism.鈥�</p><p>Programs need to be developed specifically for Native Americans if they are to become interested in computing careers, says Pohawpatchoko. 鈥淥therwise, it鈥檚 not going to be in their vernacular; if they are not aware of it, it鈥檚 not a career option.鈥�<br> </p><p dir="ltr"> </p></div>
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<div>Pohawpatchoko鈥檚 research investigates why Native Americans are underrepresented in computing and how Indigenous representation might be increased.</div>
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