CSEdResearch.org

 

Our team consists of staff that is overseen by our board. We have multiple ongoing projects, including research and evaluation. If you have an interest in collaborating or need a researcher or evaluator for your upcoming project, please contact us.

Monica McGill, Ed.D., is CEO & Founder of CSEdResearch.org (a 501(c)(3) nonprofit) and Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Knox College. Her area of scholarship includes computer science education research with a focus on improving the quality of research to examine effective practices on a large scale. She oversaw the design and development of the csedresearch.org website and database.

 

Anni Reinking, Ed.D., is the Director of Development and Education Research. Her area of scholarship includes STEM education research with a focus on equity. She oversees relationship building throughout the community and our current projects.

 

 

K-12 Computer Science Education Research Resource Center

 

We created the Resource Center with an amazing cast of people who have provided resources and support, including their time, thoughtful feedback, and insight into future ideas for the growth of csedresearch.org. A huge shout out to this wonderful group!

Principal Investigators

Monica McGill, Ed.D., is CEO & Founder of CSEdResearch.org (a 501(c)(3) nonprofit) and Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Knox College. Her area of scholarship includes computer science education research with a focus on improving the quality of research to examine effective practices on a large scale. She oversaw the design and development of the csedresearch.org website and database.

 

Adrienne Decker, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at the University at Buffalo. Her areas of scholarship are computing education with a primary focus on how we teach introductory programming and providing tools and support for student learning computing concepts.

Post-Doctoral Researcher

Brian McSkimming, Ph.D, is a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Engineering Education at the University at Buffalo. He is working with the data on evaluation instruments to explore learning heuristics and biases. He is also providing support for other parts of the project development.

 

Financial Support and In-kind Donations

	Support for csedresearch.org includes direct funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation under grants #1625005, #1625335, #1757402, and #1933671.
	Support for csedresearch.org includes funding from SageFox Consulting Group and CSforAll under the U.S. National Science Foundation grant #1745199.
	ACM provides an in-kind donation that provides us with the capability for open access to all DOIs from the ACM Digital Library.

 

Advisory Board

Ruth Anderson, Faculty, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington

Jake Baskin, Executive Director, Computer Science Teachers Association

Erin Mindell Cannon, Program Manager, Google

Leigh Ann DeLyser, Co-founder and Executive Director, CSforAll

Wendy DuBow, Director of Evaluation, National Center for Women & Information Technology

Alvaro Monge, Professor of Computing, University of California Long Beach

Karen Peterson, Chief Executive Officer, National Girls Collaborative Project

Jason Ravitz, Evaluation by Design

Evaluation Team

SageFox Consulting Group has evaluated our project and provided feedback on its usefulness within the community. The SageFox team assigned to this project are Alan Peterfreund, Jeff Xavier, and Ken Rath.

 

Graduate and Undergraduate Talent

 

2021-22

 

Tavian James, Undergraduate Student, Knox College, is conducting software development.

 

 

Sean Mackay, Graduate Student, University at Buffalo, is reviewing literature on retrospective evaluation instruments during summer 2020 and updating the Effectiveness of Technology Outreach Survey.

 

Joey Reyes, Undergraduate Student, Knox College, is conducting new research in computing education, including data synthesis, quantitative studies and systematic literature reviews.

 

Hung Vu, Undergraduate Student, Knox College, is conducting software development (bug fixes and enhancements).

 

Data Curation – Bishakha Awale, Tavian James, Joey Reyes, Undergraduate Students at Knox College

 

 

2020-21

 

Sean Mackay, Graduate Student, University at Buffalo, is reviewing literature on retrospective evaluation instruments during summer 2020 and updating the Effectiveness of Technology Outreach Survey.

 

Emily Schroder, Undergraduate Student, Knox College, is working as a site administrator for REDCap, training REDCap users, and creating an automated system for sharing tips.

 

Nhan Thai, Undergraduate Student, Knox College, is conducting software development (bug fixes and enhancements).

 

Bishakha Updhyaya, Undergraduate Student, Knox College, is working on guest blog entries and creating an automated system for sharing tips.

 

Hung Vu, Undergraduate Student, Knox College, is conducting software development (bug fixes and enhancements).

 

Data Curation – Bishakha Awale, Tavian James, Joey Reyes, Undergraduate Students at Knox College

 

 

2019-20

 

Momin Zahid, Undergraduate Student, Knox College, is currently serving as the Program Team Lead. He works across the development process and the entire devstack.

 

Sean Mackay, Undergraduate Student, University at Buffalo, is reviewing literature on retrospective evaluation instruments during summer 2019.

 

Thu Nguyen, Undergraduate Student, Knox College, is is developing the site’s Testing Plan and Automated Testing Integration.

 

Nhan Thai, Undergraduate Student, Knox College, is conducting software development and developing the site’s Testing Plan and Automated Testing Integration.

 

Bishakha Updhyaya, Undergraduate Student, Knox College, is working on integration of Tableau for visual representation of data that can be customized by users.

 

Hung Vu, Undergraduate Student, Knox College, is conducting software development (bug fixes and enhancements).

 

Research Development Team – Shebaz Chowdhury, Zane Huffman, Musa Khan, Jacob Newcomb, Amar Puri, Jeremy Robb, Undergraduate Students at Knox College

Data Curation – Alia Saadi El Hassani, Tavian James, Ava Lu, Bishakha Upadhyaya, Sarah Wallenfelsz, Undergraduate Students at Knox College

 

2018-19

 

Momin Zahid, Undergraduate Student, Knox College, is currently serving as the Program Team Lead. He works across the development process and the entire devstack.

 

Trang Tran, Undergraduate Student, Knox College, has worked on enhancing the site to make it more useful. She works across the development process and entire devstack.

 

Bishakha Updhyaya, Undergraduate Student, Knox College, is working within Tableau during summer 2019 to convert important data into meaningful infographics.

 

Sean Mackey, Undergraduate Student, University at Buffalo, is reviewing literature on retrospective evaluation instruments during summer 2019.

 

Data Curation Team – Bishakha Updhayaya, Arsalan Bin Najeeb, Musaddiq Javed, Shebaz Chowdhury, Alia Saadi El Hassani, Undergraduate Students at Knox College

 

2017-18

 

Nate Blair, Graduate Student, Rochester Institute of Technology

 

Momin Zahid, Undergraduate Student, Knox College

 

Data Curation Team – Olivia Lu, Bradley University

 

 

 

2016-17

 

Nate Blair, Graduate Student, Rochester Institute of Technology

 

Data Curation Team – Articles – Zachary Abbott and Jessica Potter, Undergraduate Students at Bradley University

 

Data Curation Team – Evaluation Instruments – Ma’Kiah Holliday, Rochester Institute of Technology