Shaundra Daily
Professor of Practice in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Shaundra ("Shani B") Daily is a professor of practice in Electrical and Computer Engineering & Computer Science at Duke University and Levitan Faculty Fellow, Special Assistant to the Vice Provosts. Prior to joining Duke, she was an associate professor with tenure at the University of Florida in the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering. She also served as an associate professor and interim co-chair in the School of Computing at Clemson University. Her research focuses on the design, implementation, and evaluation of technologies, programs, and curricula to support diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM fields. Her approach has focused on four key strategies: 1) Collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data to support insights on best practices for diversity, equity, and inclusion, 2) Utilizing technology to support the development of interpersonal skills that will facilitate collaboration in diverse settings; 3) Developing technologies and programs geared towards making computing and engineering accessible to diverse identities, and 4) Mentoring, advising, and participating in outreach inside and outside of the university
Having garnered over $40M in funding from public and private sources to support her collaborative research activities, Daily’s work has been featured in USA Today, Forbes, National Public Radio, and the Chicago Tribune. Daily earned her B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University – Florida State University College of Engineering, and an S.M. and Ph.D. from the MIT Media Lab.
Current Research Interests
Identity-inclusive computing, Human-centered design & engineering, justice-centered STEM education
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Professor of Practice in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 2021
- Professor of the Practice of Computer Science, Computer Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2021
- Core Faculty in Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Initiatives 2018
- Affiliate Graduate Faculty in Computational Media Arts & Culture, Computational Media, Arts & Cultures, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2021
Contact Information
- 130 Hudson Hall, Durham, NC 27708
- 130 Hudson Hall, Durham, NC 27708
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shani.b@duke.edu
(202) 922-7339
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Personal Webpage
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- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2010
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Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 2017 - 2021
- Associate Professor of the Practice of Computer Science, Computer Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2018 - 2021
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Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke
- Levitan Faculty Fellow & Special Assistant to the Vice Provosts
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Academic Positions Outside Duke
- Associate Professor, University of Florida. 2015 - 2017
- Associate Professor, Interim Chair, Clemson University. 2014 - 2015
- Assistant Professor, Clemson University. 2011 - 2014
- Recognition
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In the News
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FEB 8, 2022 Governor's Office -
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AUG 21, 2021 Duke Chronicle -
AUG 11, 2021 Communications of the ACM -
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MAY 12, 2021 Duke Chronicle -
APR 1, 2021 DukeEngineer -
AUG 20, 2020 DukeEngineer -
AUG 18, 2018 Duke Today -
NOV 21, 2016 Science Magazine -
JUN 2, 2016 1. The Journal: Transforming Education Through Technology -
AUG 21, 2015 South Carolina ETV -
AUG 11, 2015 Book Chapter -
AUG 5, 2015 Chicago Tribune -
JAN 19, 2015 USAToday -
DEC 1, 2014 ASEE Prism -
NOV 14, 2014 National Science Foundation -
NOV 7, 2014 NationSwell -
NOV 3, 2014 Science World Report -
NOV 3, 2014 Phys Org -
NOV 3, 2014 La Nacion -
NOV 3, 2014 Medical Daily -
OCT 21, 2014 Clemson Newsstand -
OCT 3, 2014 Atlanta Blackstar -
MAY 1, 2014 Clemson Newsstand -
OCT 9, 2013 Girl Scouts of the USA -
JAN 13, 2013 Diverse Issues in Higher Education -
MAR 2, 2011 PBS
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Awards & Honors
- Educator of the Year. ACHI Magazine. November 2022
- Program of the Year. CoNECD Conference. February 2022
- North Carolina Black STEM Leaders. Governor Roy Cooper. 2022
- Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising. Pratt School of Engineering. May 2021
- Undergraduate Mentor of the Year. Mary Lou William Center for Black Culture. 2020
- Extraordinary Educator Award . Delta Alpha Pi. 2015
- Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning Early Career Research Award . American Education Research Association. 2015
- Emerging Scholar . Diverse Issues in Higher Education . 2013
- Epsilon Award - Most Promising Technologist . Black Data Processing Association. 2013
- Scholar . Clemson Institute for the Advancement of Healthcare . 2012
- Fellow. Samsung. 2007
- Fellow. Stanford University - LIFE Center. 2007
- Graduate Community Fellow - Women's Initiatives. Massachusetts Institute of Technology . 2006
- Fellow. Delta Airlines. 2003
- Sean A. Pittman Award for Outstanding Service to the African American Community . Florida State University. 2001
- Member. Tau Beta Pi. 2000
- Torchbearer. National Society of Black Engineers . 2000
- Seminole Torchbearer. Florida State University . 1998
- Expertise
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Subject Headings
- Research
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Selected Grants
- AI Institute: Athena: AI-Driven Next-generation Networks at the Edge awarded by National Science Foundation 2021 - 2026
- NSF INCLUDES Alliance: The Alliance for Identity-Inclusive Computing Education (AIICE): A Collective Impact Approach to Broadening Participation in Computing awarded by National Science Foundation 2021 - 2026
- STEM Ed PRF: The Alliance for Identity-Inclusive Computing Education-Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (AIICE-PRF) awarded by National Science Foundation 2022 - 2025
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Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants
- The Dancing Alice Project: Choreography & Computer Programming in Middle School awarded by Clemson University 2013
- Environmental Approaches to Increase Engagement and Reduce Dementia-related Disordered Behaviors of those with ADRD awarded by GHS/CU Institute for the Advancement of Healthcare 2013
- Virtual Environment Interactions: Exploring Grounded Embodied Pedagogy in Support of Computational Thinking awarded by National Science Foundation 2013 - 2017
- Broadening Participation in Computing-Alliance: Institute for African-American Mentoring in Computing Sciences (iAAMCS) awarded by National Science Foundation 2013 - 2018
- Human-Centered Computing Scholars: Fostering a New Generation of Underrepresented and Financially Disadvantaged Researchers awarded by National Science Foundation 2012 - 2014
- Developing Computational Thinking through Digital Storytelling: Coping with the Effects of the Oil Spill awarded by National Science Foundation 2011 - 2012
- Field Studies for the Development and Deployment of a Classroom Engagement Pedometer awarded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 2011 - 2013
- BPC-DP: A Multi-tiered Mentoring Model for Increasing Minority and Women Participation in Computing (M3) awarded by National Science Foundation 2010 - 2012
- Online Application to Support Inquiry-based Science (OASIS) Teaching in High Density Computing Environments awarded by Department of Education 2009 - 2011
- Integrating Computing Across the Curriculum (ICAC): Incorporating Technology into STEM Education Using XO Laptops awarded by National Science Foundation 2009 - 2012
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External Relationships
- ACM SIGCSE
- BlackComputerHe
- DEEP Designs LLC
- Durham Colored Library
- Inspiring Minds
- Joy Labz Consulting, LLC
- KidzHack LLC
- The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Academic Articles
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Leonard, A. E., S. B. Daily, S. Jörg, and S. V. Babu. “Coding moves: Design and research of teaching computational thinking through dance choreography and virtual interactions.” Journal of Research on Technology in Education 53, no. 2 (January 1, 2021): 159–77. https://doi.org/10.1080/15391523.2020.1760754.Full Text
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Brinkley, J., B. Posadas, I. Sherman, S. B. Daily, and J. E. Gilbert. “An Open Road Evaluation of a Self-Driving Vehicle Human–Machine Interface Designed for Visually Impaired Users.” International Journal of Human Computer Interaction 35, no. 11 (July 3, 2019): 1018–32. https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2018.1561787.Full Text
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Volante, M., S. V. Babu, H. Chaturvedi, N. Newsome, E. Ebrahimi, T. Roy, S. B. Daily, and T. Fasolino. “Effects of Virtual Human Appearance Fidelity on Emotion Contagion in Affective Inter-Personal Simulations.” Ieee Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 22, no. 4 (2016): 1326–35.
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DAILY, S. B., M. T. JAMES, T. ROY, and S. S. DARNELL. “EngageMe: Designing a Visualization Tool Utilizing Physiological Feedback to Support Instruction.” Technology, Instruction, Cognition & Learning 10, no. 2 (2015).
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Eggert, J., C. J. Dye, E. Vincent, V. Parker, S. B. Daily, H. Pham, A. T. Watson, H. Summey, and T. Roy. “Effects of viewing a preferred nature image and hearing preferred music on engagement, agitation, and mental status in persons with dementia.” Sage Open Medicine 3 (2015): 2050312115602579.
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Leonard, A. E., N. Dsouza, S. V. Babu, S. B. Daily, S. Jörg, C. Waddell, D. Parmar, K. Gundersen, J. Gestring, and K. Boggs. “Embodying and Programming a Constellation of Multimodal Literacy Practices: Computational Thinking, Creative Movement, Biology, & Virtual Environment Interactions.” Journal of Language and Literacy Education 11, no. 2 (2015): 64–93.
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Daily, S. B., A. E. Leonard, S. Jörg, S. Babu, K. Gundersen, and D. Parmar. “Embodying Computational Thinking: Initial Design of an Emerging Technological Learning Tool.” Technology, Knowledge and Learning 20, no. 1 (2014): 79–84.
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Wu, Y., S. V. Babu, R. Armstrong, J. W. Bertrand, J. Luo, T. Roy, S. B. Daily, L. Cairco Dukes, L. F. Hodges, and T. Fasolino. “Effects of virtual human animation on emotion contagion in simulated inter-personal experiences.” Visualization and Computer Graphics, Ieee Transactions On 20, no. 4 (2014): 626–35.
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Daily, S. B., and W. Eugene. “Preparing the future STEM workforce for diverse environments.” Urban Education 48, no. 5 (2013): 682–704.
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Hutcherson, D. E., R. A. Hurley, S. B. Daily, and A. D. Ouzts. “Talk to Me—Biometrically Adaptive Consumer Packaging: The Effects of Emotion Relative to a Consumer’s Purchasing Decisions.” International Journal of Science in Society 4, no. 3 (2013).
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Leonard, A. E., and S. B. Daily. “The Dancing Alice Project: Computational and Embodied Arts Research in Middle School Education.” Voke, 2013.
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Roy, T., M. T. James, A. Gupta, S. S. Darnell, and S. Daily. “A Participatory Design Process for Developing a Tool to Visualize Classroom Engagement,” 2013.
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Eugene, W., S. B. Daily, and E. Langer. “XO integration: voices from the field.” International Journal of Services, Economics and Management 4, no. 1 (2012): 62–74.
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Daily, S. B., and R. W. Picard. “Girls Involved in Real Life Sharing: Utilizing Technology to Support the Emotional Development of Teenaged Girls.” Journal of School Counseling 5, no. 20 (2007): n20.
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Volonte, M., S. Babu, H. Chaturvedi, N. Newsome, E. Ebrahimi, T. Roy, S. B. Daily, and T. Fasolino. “Effects of Virtual Human Appearance Fidelity on Emotion Contagion in Affective Inter-Personal Simulations,” n.d.
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Book Sections
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Daily, S., M. T. James, D. Cherry, J. J. Porter, S. S. Darnell, J. Isaac, and T. Roy. “Affective Computing: Historial Foundations, Current Applications, and Future Trends.” In Emotions and Affect in Human Factors and Human-Computer Interaction, edited by M. Jeon. Academic Press, 2017.Link to Item
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Millner, A. D., and S. B. Daily. “CREATING AN EDUCATIONAL ECOSYSTEM FOR DESIGN, PERSONAL FABRICATION, AND INVENTION,” 1:403. IAP, 2008.
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Conference Papers
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Daily, S. B., A. E. Leonard, S. Jörg, S. Babu, N. DSouza, D. Parmar, K. Gundersen, J. Isaac, and S. Acker. “Combating Perceptions of Computer Scientists: A Short-term Intervention.” In Proceedings of the 47th Acm Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education, 686–686. ACM, 2016.
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Parmar, D., J. Isaac, S. V. Babu, N. D’Souza, A. E. Leonard, C. S. Joerg, K. Gundersen, and S. B. Daily. “2016 IEEE Virtual Reality Conference, VR 2016-Proceedings.” In Ieee Computer Society, 2016.
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Parmar, D., J. Isaac, S. V. Babu, N. D’Souza, A. E. Leonard, S. Jörg, K. Gundersen, and S. B. Daily. “Programming moves: Design and evaluation of applying embodied interaction in virtual environments to enhance computational thinking in middle school students.” In 2016 Ieee Virtual Reality (Vr), 131–40. IEEE, 2016.
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Parmar, D., S. V. Babu, L. Lin, S. Jörg, N. D’Souza, A. E. Leonard, and S. B. Daily. “Can embodied interaction and virtual peer customization in a virtual programming environment enhance computational thinking?” In Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (Respect), 2016, 1–2. IEEE, 2016.
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Roy, T., L. F. Hodges, S. B. Daily, and J. McClendon. “SecondLook: Participatory Design Process to Create a Phone App that Detects Digital Dating Abuse.” In Healthcare Informatics (Ichi), 2016 Ieee International Conference On, 320–27. IEEE, 2016.
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Thomas, J., S. B. Daily, and M. Streeter. “Supporting Students of Color in Learning Computer Science.” In Proceedings of the 47th Acm Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education, 706–706. ACM, 2016.
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Daily, S. B., A. E. Leonard, S. Jörg, S. Babu, and K. Gundersen. “Dancing alice: Exploring embodied pedagogical strategies for learning computational thinking.” In Proceedings of the 45th Acm Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 91–96. ACM, 2014.
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Jörg, S., A. E. Leonard, S. Babu, K. Gundersen, D. Parmar, K. Boggs, and S. B. Daily. “Character animation and embodiment in teaching computational thinking.” In Acm Siggraph 2014 Posters, 4. ACM, 2014.
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Daily, S. B., D. Meyers, S. Darnell, T. Roy, and M. T. James. “Understanding privacy and trust issues in a classroom affective computing system deployment,” 414–23. Springer, 2013.
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Daily, S. B., J. E. Gilbert, W. Eugene, C. Gardner-McCune, K. A. McMullen, P. W. Hall, S. L. Remy, D. L. Woodard, and T. Roy. “Alternate pathways to careers in computing.” In 120th Asee Annual Conference and Exposition, 2013.
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Daily, S. B., S. Cotten, P. Gibson, M. Howell-Moroney, and L. O’neal. “Teacher self-efficacy and usage: the case of the XO laptop in Alabama.” In Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, 2013:4676–83, 2013.
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Eugene, W., S. B. Daily, T. Barnes, and R. Burns. “Building technology fluency.” In 120th Asee Annual Conference and Exposition, 2013.
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Johnson, D., J. M. Wyss, J. Gray, S. Daily, A. Shih, and G. Abbot. “Broadening participation in computing: the multi-tiered approach.” In Proceedings of the 50th Annual Southeast Regional Conference, 371–72. ACM, 2012.
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Chapman, R., and S. B. Daily. “OASIS.” In 9th International Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Conference: Connecting Computer Supported Collaborative Learning to Policy and Practice, Cscl 2011, 2011.
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Carter, A., S. Daily, and J. Daily. “ScratchLabs: A Novel Professional Development Program for Technology Integration.” In Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, 2010:2672–78, 2010.
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Daily, S. B., and K. Brennan. “Utilizing technology to support the development of empathy.” In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, 5–8. ACM, 2008.
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Hayes, E. R., J. P. Gee, I. Games, R. J. Torres, K. Peppler, Y. B. Kafai, N. Pinkard, E. Klopfer, H. Scheintaub, and M. Rogers. “New perspectives on learning through (game) design.” In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on International Conference for the Learning Sciences Volume 3, 253–57. International Society of the Learning Sciences, 2008.
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Brittain, E., R. Bryant, L. Chandler, R. Chapman, S. B. Daily, M. Hampton, I. Mills-Henry, and A. Walcott. “The academy of courageous minority engineers.” In 114th Annual Asee Conference and Exposition, 2007, 2007.
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Daily, S. B., W. Eugene, and A. Prewitt. “The development of social capital in engineering education to improve student retention.” In Proceedings. in 2007 Asee Southeastern Section Annual Conference, 2007.
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Prewitt, A., W. Eugene, and S. B. Daily. “Minority retention and success in engineering.” In 114th Annual Asee Conference and Exposition, 2007, 2007.
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Picard, R. W., and S. B. Daily. “Evaluating affective interactions: Alternatives to asking what users feel.” In Chi Workshop on Evaluating Affective Interfaces: Innovative Approaches, 2119–22, 2005.
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Daily, S. B., and R. Picard. “INNER-active Journal.” In Proceedings of the 1st Acm Workshop on Story Representation, Mechanism and Context, 51–54. ACM, 2004.
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Alvarez, I., K. Lopez-de Ipiña, S. B. Daily, and J. E. Gilbert. “Emotional Adaptive Vehicle User Interfaces: moderating negative effects of failed technology interactions while driving,” n.d.
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Brennan, K., S. B. Daily, and C. Kaman. “Empathy as a Foundation of Civic Engagement: Using Technology and Storytelling to Cultivate Perspective Taking Abilities,” n.d.
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Daily, S. B. “Alternate Pathways to Careers in Computing: Recruiting and Retaining Women Students,” n.d.
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Theses and Dissertations
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Daily, S. B. “Digital story explication as it relates to emotional needs and learning,” 2005.
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- Teaching & Mentoring
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Recent Courses
- COMPSCI 394: Research Independent Study 2023
- EGR 393: Research Projects in Engineering 2023
- HOUSECS 59: House Course 2023
- RACESOC 395T: Bass Connections Race & Society Research Team 2023
- RACESOC 396T: Bass Connections Race & Society Research Team 2023
- RACESOC 795T: Bass Connections Race & Society Research Team 2023
- RACESOC 796T: Bass Connections Race & Society Research Team 2023
- COMPSCI 653: Human-Centered Computing 2022
- ECE 110L9: Fundamentals of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Lab 2022
- ECE 110L: Fundamentals of Electrical and Computer Engineering 2022
- ECE 392: Projects in Electrical and Computer Engineering 2022
- ECE 653: Human-Centered Computing 2022
- ECE 899: Special Readings in Electrical Engineering 2022
- EGR 393: Research Projects in Engineering 2022
- RACESOC 395T: Bass Connections Race & Society Research Team 2022
- RACESOC 795T: Bass Connections Race & Society Research Team 2022
- COMPSCI 391: Independent Study 2021
- COMPSCI 653: Human-Centered Computing 2021
- ECE 110L9: Fundamentals of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Lab 2021
- ECE 110L: Fundamentals of Electrical and Computer Engineering 2021
- ECE 590: Advanced Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering 2021
- ECE 653: Human-Centered Computing 2021
- ECE 899: Special Readings in Electrical Engineering 2021
- EGR 101L: Engineering Design and Communication 2021
- ME 491: Special Projects in Mechanical Engineering 2021
- Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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Presentations & Appearances
- Cultivating Computing Competence. CONNECT Conference . Veracross. June 2021 2021
- (Mistakes I've Made) On My STEM Journey. April 10, 2019 2019
- We Got Next: Expanding Opportunities for Science Participation. November 9, 2018 2018
- Internet of Things Innovation Challenge. Farad Ali - The Institute. 2017 2017
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Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
- Bass Connections Team Leader. Understanding Perceptions of Race Among Computer Science Undergraduates . 2022 - 2023 2022 - 2023
- Bass Connections Team Leader. Artificial Intelligence Bias in an Age of a Technical Elite. 2019 - 2020 2019 - 2020
- Inspiring Minds Youth Campus Visit. September 21, 2018 2018
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Service to the Profession
- Technical Advisor. Center for Inclusive Computing. 2020 2020
- National Academies of Science - Committee on Authentic STEM Learning for Computing/Technology. 2019 2019
- Review Committee. Organizational Transformation (OT) Track . Grace Hopper Celebration. 2019 2019
- Review Committee. Organizational Transformation (OT) Track. Grace Hopper Celebration. 2018 2018
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Service to Duke
- Interdisciplinary Strategy Council (2022-2023). 2022 2022
- ECE Curriculum Revision Committee. 2021 2021
- University Librarian and Vice Provost for Library Affairs. 2021 - 2022 2021 - 2022
- Pratt Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Community. 2020 2020
- ECE Diversity Committee. 2018 2018
- Faculty Director. Duke Technology Scholars Program. 2017 2017
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