Service

Departmental Service (Colby College)

  • Writing across the Curriculum Liaison: Coordination of meetings with writing program to review results of Phase 2 and plan Phase 3 plan for departmental writing-based learning objectives.
  • Search Committee Member: Served on three searches Spring 2022 – CS TT and Visitor, Davis Institute for AI post-doc.
  • Student Advising: Advised 35 first year students for 2021-22 academic year.
  • Increasing participation of underrepresented groups in CS. My contributions include individual student mentoring, hiring research assistants, advising Women in CS and Mathematics group.
  • Training student TAs and graders for CS dept. The grading manager for a course writes the guidelines for grading, sends out the grading assignments to 3-8 graders, then reads the grading files to check for consistency before sending them out to students.
  • Faculty advisor to WJHS coding club. Advise and mentor student co-directors, coordinate and plan with school district computer science curriculum coordinator, network with Maine CSTA leadership.
  • Increasing visibility of Colby CS. The department has an established priority to be visible participants in the national conversation about CS education. I participated and presented in the primary computer science education conference on pedagogy (ACM SIGCSE 2019-22). 

Institutional Service

Year                            Activity                                                   Description

2021-Facilities Advisory Committee Met with Facilities administration to coordinate communication of plans with NS division chair and members,
2021-Global Engagement Advisory CommitteeReviewed proposals for global engagement courses
2021-                       Davis Institute for AI Faculty Advisory CommitteeMet with Director Amanda Stent to review goals and progress, provide feedback
2021-Working Group Co-LeaderEstablished Computing Ethics Narratives Faculty Working Group with Kara Kuglemeyer
2021-Faculty Group for SearchMet with 4 candidates for Davis Institute for AI Director search
2017-18Implementation and Evaluation Committee-UMaineConsultation on best practices in teaching intro CS concepts to HS students
2017-18Planning Committee, Expanding Your Horizons-UMainePlanning and implementation of transition of EYH to Rising Tide Center.
2016-18ACM-W Student Chapter Advisor – UMaineWrote successful Google Foundation grant for $3,000 ACM-W student chapter 
2016-18Oversight Committee, Women in STEMM-UMainePlanning and implementation of WiSTEMM Symposium
2015-17Data Committee, Provost Council on Advancement of Women Faculty-UMaine                        Institutional transformation evaluation to increase recruitment, retention, and advancement of women STEM faculty 
2007-15STEM-CS Gr 4-12 Workshop Facilitator-UMaine                                                                                        Designed +12 workshops with a focus on STEM -CS education/career opportunities for Gr 4-12 girls