Notable Women of EECS

In commemoration of the anniversary of 150 Years of Women at Berkeley (150W),  we are celebrating the lives and achievements of a number of remarkable women associated with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at Berkeley.

Notable Women the EECS Department

Profiles of some of there remarkable students, faculty, staff, and alumnae in Berkeley EECS.

  • Arlene Cole-Rhodes
    The first Black woman to earn a doctorate in Electrical Engineering from Berkeley, EECS PhD 1980
  • Valerie E. Taylor
    Director of the Mathematics and Computer Science Division of Argonne National Laboratory, EECS Ph.D. 1991
  • Melody Ivory
    The first Black woman to earn a doctorate in Computer Science from Berkeley, CS PhD 2001
  • Cecilia Rodriguez Aragon
    The first Latina full professor at the University of Washington, and the first Latina pilot on the United States Unlimited Aerobatic Team, EECS Ph.D. 2004
  • Sheila Morrin Humphreys
    The first EECS Director of Diversity, 1982-2015
  • The First Women of EECS
    A selection of ten "firsts" by EECS women which mark 50 years of change at Berkeley. The first female EECS graduate student and the first female CS professor arrived at the department at the cusp of the 1960s-70s, an EECS alumna created the first video game designed by a woman a decade later, and the first female EE professor arrived on campus at the end of the 1980s. By the 1990s and 2000s, efforts made by women in the 1970s and '80s started to gain recognition, with awards to alumnae for contributions to both their fields and society. As the 2010s came to a close, the progress made by women during the previous half-century was highlighted by the election of the first female dean of Berkeley Engineering in 2018.
  • Other Profiles of Notable EECS Women
    Profiles of EECS women hosted on other websites.

Notable Women of EECS

The First Women of EECS