We created csedresearch.org 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
Advisory Board
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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
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).
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