ABOUT ME
I'm a Research Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department in the College of Computing and Informatics at the University of North Carolina Charlotte. My research focus is in the Science of Broadening Participation in Computing (SoBPC) and computer science education program evaluation in efforts to make computing inclusive and accessible to all. I've been PI, Co-PI, or Senior Personnel on large scale projects like CS4All STEM Ecosystem Research Practice Partnerships, STARS Computing Corps, the CISE REU Evaluation Toolkit, and the Connected Learner. Each of these projects are working to transform pathways into computing, and to create equitable educational opportunities in K12, college and beyond.
EDUCATION
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Broadening Participation in Computing
High impact practices of pipeline development of students and of faculty
Counselor Education, Doctorate of Philosophy
University of North Carolina Charlotte
College of Education
Dissertation: Professional Development Relationships for Counselor Educators: The Relationship between Ethnic identity, Advocacy, Empowerment, and Cultural Empathy on Faculty Mentoring Alliances
Evaluation Capacity Building
Designing tools to catalyze, sustain and scale educational research and quality evaluation of educational programs
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Student Development in Higher Education, Master of Science
Appalachian State University
College of Education
Thesis: An Examination of Work Values among Female College Seniors in Education and Science Majors
Psychology, Bachelor of Science
Religious Studies, Double Major
Guilford College