Dr. Ann Quiroz Gates, a long-term Latinas in Computing partner and nationally recognized computer science scholar with an extensive background in higher education administration, research and education in science, has been named Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), effective Aug. 1, 2020.
Back in 2010, Dr. Gates received the Anita Borg Social Impact Award honoring individuals that have caused technology to have a positive impact on the lives of women and society or have caused women to have a signifi-cant impact on the design and use of technology. As the founder of the Computing Alliance for Hispanic Serving Institutions, Ann’s leadership is making a significant social impact by increasing the number of Latinos and Latinas graduating from college and seeking graduate studies in STEM fields. The Computing Alliance of Hispanic Serving Institutions (CAHSI) is a nationally recognized network of more than 60 colleges, universities and stakeholders that focus on the recruitment, retention, mentorship and advancement of Hispanics in computing.
Dr. Gates has an extensive portfolio of academic accomplishments and research awards. She is the recipient of the 2015 Great Minds in STEM Education Award, created to honor the nation’s best and brightest Hispanic engineers, scientists and technology experts. That same year, Dr. Gates was recognized with the A. Nico Habermann Award for her outstanding contributions in increasing the numbers of underrepresented groups in the computing research community. Her development, research and implementation of the Affinity Research Group model – a set of practices that support the creation and maintenance of dynamic and inclusive research groups in which students learn and apply the knowledge and skills required for research and cooperative work – has been recognized and adopted at institutions outside of CAHSI. In 2006, she was named to Hispanic Business Magazine’s 100 Influential Hispanics for her work on the Affinity Research Group model. She is a founding member of the National Center for Women in Information Technology (NCWIT) and the NSF Advisory Committee for Cyberinfrastructure. Dr. Gates is also the recipient of the 2009 Richard A. Tapia Achievement Award for Scientific Scholarship, Civic Science and Diversifying Computing. Gates was a member of the Naval Research Advisory Committee from 2016 to 2018 and currently serves on the State University of New York Research Council.
You can learn more about her recent appointment here.
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