Education
University of Washington - Seattle Washington (2020 to present)
PHD student in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering
Advised by Amy J. Ko
Harvard University - Cambridge Massachusetts (Graduated 2015)
Ed. M. in Mind Brain and Education
Intellectual Contribution/Faculty Tribute Award Recipient for Mind, Brain, and Education
Asbury University – Wilmore, Kentucky (Graduated 2014)
Masters of Arts in Teaching: Secondary Mathematics
University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign (Graduated 2004)
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Research Experience
Research Assistant and Pre-Doctoral Instructor (Fall 2020 to present)
University of Washington, Code and Cognition Lab - Amy Ko
Examining implicit barriers to critical CS instruction
Research Assistant (Summer 2016)
Harvard Graduate School of Education, Karen Brennan
Literature research and organization for the breadth of Computation Thinking frameworks
Graduate Research Assistant (January 2015 to May 2015)
Harvard Graduate School of Education, BEE lab - Dr. Gigi Luk and Courtney Pollack
Designed and tested behavioral mathematics assessments for symbolic representation
Graduate Research Assistant (September 2014 to May 2015)
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics- Dr. Philip Sadler & Dr. Gerhard Sonnert
Examined data and prepared studies on effective science and math education practices
Volunteer Research Assistant (Fall 2014)
Laboratory for Developmental Studies- Elizabeth Spelke
Designed experimental tasks on child cognition
Undergraduate Research Assistant (May 2004 to December 2004)
University of Illinois – Dr. Herman Krier & Dr. Nick Glumac research group
Operated and maintained shock tube combustion equipment to study rocket fuel
Analyzed spectroscopy combustion data and reconditioned additional shock tube for laboratory
Undergraduate Research Assistant (September 2002 to June 2003)
University of Illinois – Dr. Leslie Phinney
Performed MEMS literary research
Designed and created research group website
Biological Lab Technician – Virology Team (Summer 2000, 2001)
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Independently designed, planned and ran experiments
Utilized technical knowledge of equipment and worked with complex virology processes
Awards and Honors
CSCW Recognition for contribution to Diversity and Inclusion (2022)
SIGCSE 2022 Best Paper (2022)
Intellectual Contribution/Faculty Tribute Award Recipient for Mind, Brain, and Education Harvard Graduate School of Education (2015)
HIVE Pitch Competition Finalist (2015)
Recognized Excellence on Praxis 0061 Mathematics: Content Knowledge (2013)
Peer-Reviewed Publications
ICER 2023
Lena Armstrong, Jayne Everson, and Amy J. Ko. 2023. Navigating a Black Box: Students’ Experiences and Perceptions of Automated Hiring. In Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research - Volume 1 (ICER '23), Vol. 1. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 148–158. https://doi.org/10.1145/3568813.3600123
SIGCSE 2023
Amy J. Ko, Anne Beitlers, Jayne Everson, Brett Wortzman, Dan Gallagher (2023), Proposing, preparing, and teaching an equity- and justice-centered secondary pre-service CS teacher education program, ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE), Research Track
Describes the administrative, fundraising, and pedagogical backstory behind the CS creation of a pre-service program.
ICER 2022
Jayne Everson, Amy J. Ko (2022) “I would be afraid to be a bad CS teacher”: Factors Influencing Participation in Pre-Service Secondary CS Teacher Education, ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research
Examines the perspectives of pre-service teachers on the decision whether or not to pursue an endorsement in CS were driven by themes of Justice, Cost, Knowledge and Belonging, and aspects of entering the profession.
Alannah Oleson + Benjamin Xie, Jean Salac, Jayne Everson, Megumi Kivuva, Amy J. Ko (2022), A decade of demographics in computing education research: A critical review of trends in collection, reporting, and use, ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research
Finds that most computing education research studied adults, did not mention how demographics data was gathered, and used imprecise and sometimes hegemonic aggregate terms about diversity.
SIGCSE 20222 (Best Paper)
Jayne Everson, Megumi Kivuva, Amy J. Ko (2022), “A key to reducing inequities in like, AI, is by reducing inequities everywhere first”: Emerging Critical Consciousness in a Co-Constructed Secondary CS Classroom, ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE), Research Track
Finds that before there is space for critical consciousness about CS, teachers have to navigate issues of trust, positionality, and inequitable systems of education.
CSCW 2022 (Recognition for contribution to Diversity and Inclusion)
Benjamin Xie, Alannah Oleson, Jayne Everson, Amy J. Ko (2022); Surfacing Equity Issues in Large Computing Courses with Peer-Ranked, Demographically-Labeled Student Feedback, Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction.
Developed and evaluated tool that contextualizes student feedback for teaching teams to identify equity issues.
Book Chapters
CS + Mathematics in Critically Conscious Computing: Methods for Secondary Education. https://criticallyconsciouscomputing.org/
CS + Engineering in Critically Conscious Computing: Methods for Secondary Education
Presentations and Posters
Fablearn/Constructionism 2023 Sock it to Ya: a Call for Collaboration
ICER 2023 Interrogating Implicit Power in Secondary Computer Science Education Doctoral Constortium
AERA 2023 What do you really mean by rigor? Deconstructing the definition in CS Teaching
SIGCSE 2022 Between the Lines: Student Experiences of Resubmission in an Introductory CS Course, Poster
NEASC 2019 The Power of Stepping Aside: Facilitating Student Driven Learning
MakerEd 2019 Constructing Knowledge: Learners Defining Learning
SXSWedu 2018 Inclusion in the Making: Maker Experience for All
SXSWedu 2017 Forget What You Know: The Power of Unlearning
HGSE SRC 2015 OST Activities as Predictors of Engineering Career Choice
HGSE SRC 2015 Investigating the Research Disconnection in the Approximate Number System
Work Experience
Pre-Doctoral Instructor, RA, and TA (Fall 2020 to Present)
University of Washington – Seattle, Washington
Design and Teach Assessment Course inaugural cohort in CS Education Endorsement
Coach and instruct teacher candidates in math instruction over student teaching
TA math assessment and methods course
Upward Bound Instructor (Summer 2020 and 2021)
Upward Bound - University of Washington, Seattle
Design and Facilitate summer courses Physics of Motion and Creatively Coding a Better Future
Director of Robotics + Engineering, R+D Experience Lead (July 2015 to August 2020)
Organize, facilitate, train faculty, and supply the Design Level for fabrication and creation
Design, plan, and facilitate courses in an innovative and responsive classroom
Facilitate girlCODE and CODEclub, informal student code and creation clubs
Coordinate Robotics program and Advise BeaverAUV RoboSub team (2019 international finalists)
IDEO CoLab Fellow
IDEO CoLab Fellow – Cambridge, Massachusetts (Summer 2019)
Explored Urban Mobility and Civic Engagement, Presented to Mayor’s Office
Conducted Design Research and synthesis
IDEO Bits and Blocks Lab -- Cambridge, Massachusetts (Summer 2015)
Designed and started a new business venture in Bitcoin and social entrepreneurship
Math and Science Faculty (August 2008 to July 2014)
Trinity Christian Academy – Lexington, Kentucky
Planned and taught classical curriculum for all Math and Physics courses
Facilitated student Math and Science Society including travel to three international competitions
Initiated and coordinated math and science extensions such as the AMC, Hour of Code, and robotics
English as a Second Language Teacher, Entrepreneur (August 2006- July 2008)
English Center – Baku, Azerbaijan
Founding Member of the school and a Coffee Shop
Director of Curriculum, Instructor
Manufacturing Engineer (January 2005 to July 2006)
Tempel Steel Co. – Chicago, Illinois
Problem solved and implemented cost saving procedures across company
Managed cross-departmental manufacturing projects to increase efficiency
Worked with customers to develop and apply manufacturing solutions
Service
Peer Review, CHI 2022, 20223; CSed 2022
Co-Chair University of Washington Diverse Genders in CS conference (2021)
PAMS mentor 2021, 2022
Skills
Javascript, Python, Physical and Electronic Fabrication, Intermediate Azerbaijani, Basic Russian