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

  • SIGCSE 2024 Best Paper (2024)

  • 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

SIGCSE 2024 (Best Paper)

Jayne Everson, F. Megumi Kivuva (co-first), Camilo Montes De Haro, and Amy J. Ko. 2024. Cultural-Centric Computational Embroidery. In Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 1 (SIGCSE 2024). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 673–679. https://doi.org/10.1145/3626252.3630818

  • Found that students eagerly engaged with computation and culture, and incorporated their identities into their work.

ICER 2024

Eman Sherif, Jayne Everson, F. Megumi Kivuva, Mara Kirdani-Ryan, and Amy J. Ko. 2024. Exploring the Impact of Assessment Policies on Marginalized Students' Experiences in Post-Secondary Programming Courses. In Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research - Volume 1 (ICER '24), Vol. 1. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 233–245. https://doi.org/10.1145/3632620.3671100

  • Found that assessment policies impacted students with marginalized identities in ten distinct ways.

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 2022 (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

  • 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, 2023

Skills

Javascript, Python, Physical and Electronic Fabrication, Intermediate Azerbaijani, Basic Russian