Amber Settle

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Amber Settle
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma mater University of Arizona (BS, BA)
University of Chicago (SM, PhD)
Known forWork in the field of computer science
Scientific career
Fields Computer science education
Institutions DePaul University

Amber Settle is an American computer scientist and professor of education and theory in the department of Computer Science at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. She is known for her work in computer science education and her continuing service and leadership in Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE). She is also known for her work on computational thinking. [1]

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Education

She received a bachelor of science in mathematics and a bachelor of arts in German from the University of Arizona. She also received a master of science and a doctor of philosophy in theoretical computer science from the University of Chicago. [2]

Career

She served[ when? ] on the SIGCSE Board for six years, during which she served as Treasurer for three. SIGCSE is the premier international organization for computer science educators serving over 2700 members from more than 60 countries. [3]

She is served as Past Chair on the ACM SIGCSE Board from 2016-2019. [4]

Awards and honors

In 2011, she was awarded the ACM Women Senior Member Award for her leadership, technical, and professional accomplishments. [5]

In 2015, she received the DePaul School of Computing Spirit of Inquiry Award for her work on Computational Thinking across the Curriculum. [6]

Selected publications

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Teaching App Creation, Unit 6 - Pedagogy Strand" (PDF). MIT App Inventor. 2018-03-11. Retrieved 2018-03-11.
  2. ↑ "Amber Settle". Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media, DePaul University . Retrieved 2022-09-13.
  3. ↑ "The SIGCSE Board | Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education". sigcse.org. Retrieved 2018-03-11.
  4. ↑ "ACM Inroads: Archive". inroads.acm.org. Retrieved 2018-03-11.
  5. ↑ "Awards Recipient | ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing". women.acm.org. Retrieved 2018-03-11.
  6. ↑ "Tenured and promoted faculty: College of Computing and Digital Media | Newsline | DePaul University". Newsline. Archived from the original on 2018-03-12. Retrieved 2018-03-11.
  7. ↑ Settle, Amber; Simon, Janos (2002-04-06). "Smaller solutions for the firing squad". Theoretical Computer Science. 276 (1–2): 83–109. doi: 10.1016/S0304-3975(01)00191-8 . ISSN   0304-3975.
  8. ↑ Mannila, Linda; Dagiene, Valentina; Demo, Barbara; Grgurina, Natasa; Mirolo, Claudio; Rolandsson, Lennart; Settle, Amber (2014-06-23). Computational Thinking in K-9 Education. ACM. pp. 1–29. doi:10.1145/2713609.2713610. ISBN   9781450334068. S2CID   207223092.
  9. ↑ McGill, Monica M.; Decker, Adrienne; Settle, Amber (2016-10-13). "Undergraduate Students' Perceptions of the Impact of Pre-College Computing Activities on Choices of Major" . ACM Transactions on Computing Education. 16 (4): 15. doi:10.1145/2920214. S2CID   24214164.


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