Dr. Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones
Professor
Department of Software and Information Systems
College of Computing and Informatics
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
En la vida todo es ir
a lo que el tiempo deshace.
Sabe el hombre donde nace
y no donde va a morir.
-- Juan A. Corretjer
Research
My research is in Human-computer interaction and Computer Science Education.
Teaching (and course coordinator)
ITSC 2214 Data Structures and Algorithm.
Professional Service
I participate on a number of organizations outside of UNCC.
- Member of the Board of Directors for the Computing Research Association (CRA)
- Member of the Committee on Women in Science, Engineering and Medicine (CWSEM) at the National Academies of Science, Engineering.
- Website manager for the SIGCSE organization, the premier professional organization on Computer Science Education (but I am biased).
Previous Jobs
- Program Officer, EWF Cluster, National Science Foundation
- Associate Dean, College of Computing and Informatics, UNC Charlotte
- Associate Chair, Computer Science Department, Virginia Tech
- Associate Dean, Graduate School, Virginia Tech
- Associate Professor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, UPR Mayagüez
- Visiting Professor, US Naval Academy
- Visiting Professor, Northeastern University
- Computer Scientist, Naval Research Lab
Awards
- 2025: 2025 ACM SIGCSE Distinguished Service to the Computer Science Education Community - For 30 years of dedicated service to computing education through mentorship and advocacy for students and faculty representing the full spectrum of diverse computing talent.
- 2024: NSF Director's Award for Achievement in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility and/or Equal Opportunity - For extraordinary commitment and collaboration in establishing the NSF SOGI data action plan to advance equity for LGBTQI+ individuals.
- 2019: ACM Distinguished Member for Outstanding Educational Contributions to Computing.
- 2018: CRA's A. Nico Habermann Award.
- 2017: ACM Senior Member.
- 2017: Richard A. Tapia Achievement Award for Scientific Scholarship, Civic Science and Diversifying Computing.
More
Visit my personal/professional page at http://mapq.github.io/ for more about my work.
Mis canciones favoritas
El Buen Borincano - Rafael Hernández
Si yo no hubiera nacido
en la tierra en que nací
estuviera arrepentido
de no haber nacido allí.
Boricua en la luna - Juan Antonio Corretjer
… Pues según alguien me cuenta
dicen que la luna es una
sea del mar o sea montuna
y asi le grito al villano
yo sería borincano aunque naciera en la luna.