Gerry Stahl

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Gerry Stahl
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Gerry Stahl keynote at ICCE 2009 in Hong Kong
BornMarch 16, 1945 (1945-03-16) (age 78)
Wilmington, DE, USA
Alma mater Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Northwestern University
University of Colorado Boulder
Scientific career
Fields computer-supported collaborative learning
Institutions Drexel University
Website gerrystahl.net

Gerry Stahl is an American computer scientist specializing in computer-supported collaborative learning. He is professor emeritus of computing and informatics at Drexel University, and was the founding editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning.

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Education and career

Stahl studied philosophy and mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating in 1967. While supporting himself with work as a systems programmer, he completed a Ph.D. in philosophy at Northwestern University in 1975, with a dissertation on the philosophy of Heidegger and Marx. After returning to graduate study at the University of Colorado Boulder, he completed a second Ph.D. in computer science there in 1993. [1]

After working for several years as a researcher at the university and various software firms, he became an associate professor at Drexel University in 2002. He was given tenure there in 2008, and promoted to full professor in 2012. [1] He retired as professor emeritus in 2014. [2]

He is the founding editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, an official journal of the International Society of the Learning Sciences, which published its first issue in 2006. [3] He stepped down as editor-in-chief in 2016. [4]

Books

Stahl is the author of books including:

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References

  1. 1 2 Curriculum vitae, September 9, 2012, retrieved 2021-03-24
  2. "Gerry Stahl, Professor Emeritus", Faculty directory, Drexel University College of Computing & Informatics, 19 March 2019
  3. Howland, Shiloh M. J.; Martin, M. Troy; Bodily, Robert; Faulconer, Christian; West, Richard E. (November–December 2015), "International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2006–2014", Educational Technology, 55 (6): 42–47, JSTOR   44430424
  4. About ijCSCL, International Society of the Learning Sciences, retrieved 2021-03-25
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  6. Review of Studying Virtual Math Teams: Valentina Dagienë, Zbl   1178.00016
  7. Review of Constructing Dynamic Triangles Together: Whitney George, MAA Reviews,