Brief

I am a Lecturer in the Computer Science department at Smith College. I received my PhD. from the George Washington University under the direction of Professor Rahul Simha. I currently teach a variety of undergraduate courses and have taught graduate courses in the past.

My research is currently focused on STEM, especially on the areas of identifying misconceptions, creating scalable and informative assessments, and in the use of active learning techniques such as learning-by-teaching, and peer learning.

In addition, I work on Human-Computer Interaction and how it might allow us to interact with virtual worlds and robots.

I enjoy collaborating with colleagues in other fields where I get to combine CS with Biology or Physics and play with their data.

Topics of interest include:

• Flipped Classroom techniques to teach programming
• The benefits of games and puzzles in learning
• Construction of fair, scalable assessments
• Multimodal teaching with an emphasis on getting students to articulate their understanding
• 3D-Shape reconstruction and analysis
• The use of Embedded Systems and Machine Learning to automate (Biology) Laboratory tasks.

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