Resume

• 2013

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

  Computer Science

  Computer Science Graduate Student Benevolent Society

  CUPE 3902

  University of Toronto

• 2011

  Master of Science

  Computer Science

  CS4HS

  Software Carpentry

  CUPE Local 3902

  University of Toronto

• 2007

  Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)

  Computer science

  physics

  mathematics

  UBC Math Club

  Physics Society

  Bike Co-op

  Computer Science Students' Society

  TechTrek

  The University of British Columbia

• Computer Science Graduate Student Benevolent Society

  Curriculum Development

  Quantitative Research

  Computer Programming

  R

  Programming

  LaTeX

  Qualitative Research

  Circuit Design

  Theory

  Scientific Writing

  Algorithms

  Java

  Experimentation

  University Teaching

  Science

  Teaching

  Literature Reviews

  Action Research

  Ruby

  Python

  A Case Study of the Development of CS Teaching Assistants and Their Experiences with Team Teaching

  A Case Study of the Development of CS Teaching Assistants and Their Experiences with Team Teaching

  Steve Wolfman

  Effective Closed Labs in Early CS Courses: Lessons from Eight Terms of Action Research

  Steve Easterbrook

  Comparing and Contrasting Different Algorithms Leads to Increased Student Learning

  Scott Portnoff

  Renzo Davoli

  Tony Clear

  John Barr

  Motivating the Social Value Contribution of Computing: A Values First Approach

  Steve Easterbrook

  A Historical Examination of the Social Factors Affecting Female Participation in Computing

  Steve Easterbrook

  Scaling up Women in Computing Initiatives: What Can We Learn from a Public Policy Perspective?

  Steve Wolfman

  Circuits and logic in the lab : Toward a coherent picture of computation

  A Case Study of Environmental Factors Influencing Teaching Assistant Job Satisfaction

  Elizabeth

  Patitsas

  The University of British Columbia

  McGill University

  University of British Columbia

  University of Toronto

  My dissertation research focuses on the underrepresentation of women in CS. Why is it that the number of women in CS has not significantly changed in the past decade

  despite wide-spread diversity efforts?

  University of Toronto

  Research assistant

  Sept 2009-June 2011: Various CS Science Education Initiative projects with Steve Wolfman

  Meghan Allen

  Kim Voll

  and Ray Lister.\n\nSummer 2009: research assistant in the Bioinformatics

  Empirical and Theoretical Algorithmics Lab\n\nSummer 2008: research assistant in the Networking and Internet Computing Lab

  University of British Columbia

  McGill University

  Montreal

  Canada Area

  Joint appointment between the Department of Integrated Studies in Education and the School of Computer Science.

  Assistant Professor

  I was a TA for CPSC 111 (intro Java)

  121 (discrete math and digital logic) and 221 (data structures); I held nine TAships over the course of three years and received two Undergraduate Teaching Awards. I was lab coordinator for CPSC 121 for five terms.

  The University of British Columbia

  Instructor

  TechTrek

  Summer camp instructor for TechTrek

  teaching CS to grade 9 students.

  University of British Columbia

  ACM SIGCSE

  French

  English

  Doctoral Fellowship

  Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada

  Ontario Graduate Scholarship

  Government of Ontario

  Ontario Graduate Scholarship

  Government of Ontario