¡Bienvenidos!
Welcome! I am a Professor of Software and Information Systems in the College of Computing and Informatics at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
During the Spring 2022 semester, I am on educational leave while I work for the Center for Inclusive Computing, as a Visiting Professor at the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern.
Research
My research is in Human-computer interaction and Computer Science Education. Some areas that I have studied include personal information management, information refinding, tools for building interactive systems, digital libraries, use of computers for education, and cultural influence in interface design.
- Publications
- Grants
- PI on a CS4All NSF Grant studying NCVPS online offering of APCSA high school course.
- Co-PI on the STARS Computing Corps
- Students
- HCI Lab at CCI
Teaching
In the Fall of 2022, I will be teaching a section of ITSC 2214 Data Structures and Algorithm.
Professional Service
I participate on a number of groups and organizations inside and outside of UNCC as part of my commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in academia and professional service.
- Member fo the Advisory Board for AiiCE - Alliance for Identity Inclusive Computing Education.
- Member of the BPCnet Steering Committee.
- Member (2021-2023) of the Chancellor's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Council at UNCC.
- President (2021-2022) of the Latinx Faculty/Staff Caucus at UNCC.
- Member of the Committee on Women in Science, Engineering and Medicine at the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, and coauthor of the consensus study report on Transforming Trajectories for Women of Color in Tech.
- At-Large Member of the Board 2019-22 for the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE), board liaison for the Technical Symposium, and webmaster for their website.
- Member of the Board of Advisors for Center for Minorities and People with Disabilities in IT (CMD-IT).
- Co-Founder of the Hispanics in Computing group and manager their listserv and website.