Who am I?

I am a doctoral student in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at Washington Univeristy in St. Louis advised by Dr. Caitlin Kelleher. My major interests are computer science education and human-computer interaction, specifically focusing on novice programmers and their learning.

I love teaching, and I really like novice and end-user programmers and want to make the world a better place for them. I strongly support computer science outreach of any kind.

Education

B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 2003
M.S. in Computer Science, Tufts University, 2005
Ph.D. in Computer Science, Washington University in St. Louis, (some future date)

What's happening now?

11/9/2011 Passed dissertation proposal defense
7/14/2011 Paper on Dinah Evaluation accepted to VL/HCC 2011
4/29/2011 Won Best Doctoral Student Seminar Presentation for Spring 2011!