Education Research Community Participation

This page overviews my participation in the education research community both internal and external to my institution. This component of scholarship of teaching is a symbiotic relationship where it is critical for the support and growth of the community as well as for my own professional development to keep my teaching practices informed, current and relevant to the students I teach.  Below I have listed the conferences and committees I have contributed to and conference and workshops I have attended since starting my tenure-track teaching role, followed by a list of informal collaborations with the community.

Conference Contributions

  • (2021, 2017) Program Committee Member and Reviewer, SPLASH-E (held in conjunction with conference on Systems, Programming, Languages and Applications: Software for Humanity (SPLASH))
  • (2019) Panelist, “Mentoring of Faculty and Graduate Students”, ACM Canadian Celebration Of  Women In Computing (CAN-CWIC).
  • (2019) Session Chair, STOKED Workshop (Spatio-Temporal Observations and Knowledge on Earth Data) held in conjunction with conference on Systems, Programming, Languages and Applications: Software for Humanity (SPLASH).
  • (May 2019) Co-presenter, Workshop on Electronic Grading, The 23rd Western Canadian Conference on Computing Education (WCCCE).
  • (2018) Program Co-Chair, Western Canadian Conference on Computing Education (WCCCE)
  • (2018, 2017) Reviewer, UBC Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference (MURC).
  • (2017) Chair, Vantage Capstone Conference.  A yearly two-day conference to showcase student projects from Arts, APSC, Science and Management streams.
  • (2017) Co-participant, Community of Inquiry (COI) Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) into the classroom setting.
    Community: 5 instructors from Math, Biology and Computer Science
    Project Lead: Silvia Mazabel, PhD Student, Educational & Counselling Psychology & Special Education
  • (2017, 2016) Reviewer, ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE)
  • (2017, 2015, 2013) Reviewer, Journal of Supercomputing, High performance Computer Design, Analysis and Use, Springer Journals.
  • (2017, 2013) Reviewer, IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on Communications, Computers and Signal Processing.
  • (2014) Co-Reviewer, ACM Modularity Aspect-Oriented Software Development

Conference Attendance

  • (2019) SPLASH-E (held in conjunction with conference on Systems, Programming, Languages and Applications: Software for Humanity (SPLASH))
  • (2024, 2023, 2022, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2008, 2007) Western Canadian Conference on Computing Education (WCCCE).
  • (2017) 13th Annual Learning Conference: Engaging Every Learner, Centre for Teaching & Learning, University of British Columbia – Okanagan Campus.
  • (2017, 2016) ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE).

Thesis Committees

  • (Dec 2019) External Examiner, Felicia Halliday thesis defense, “Cops, Robbers, and Pre-Calculus Skills”, Master’s of Science in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.

Research Project participation

  • (Oct 2017) Advisory Board Member, Large TLEF grant application
  • (Aug 2017) Participant, First Year Education & Experience Forum, led by Karen Smith, Patty Hambler, Kari Marken, Neil Armitage

Workshop and Presentation Attendance

  • (Apr 2021) webinar, “Working with a Culture of Academic Integrity in the Classroom”, Dr. Sarah Eaton, hosted by UVic Division of Learning and Teaching Support and Innovation.
  • (Jan 2021) webinar, “Women in physics: Untold stories, the elephant in the room, and challenging the status quo”, Dr. Rowan Thomson, hosted by Carleton University.
  • (Nov 2020) presentation, “2020 Herzberg Lecture: Improving Diversity in Computer Science at All Levels”, Dr. Maria Klawe, hosted by Carleton University.
  • (Jul 2020) webinar, “Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Computer Science Research”, CS-Can|Info-Can.
  • (Oct 2019) workshop, UVic Learning and Teaching Support and Innovation workshop – “Making assessment enjoyable: Is that possible?”.
  • (Feb 2019) workshop, UVic Learning and Teaching Center workshop – “Refining the teaching dossier: Wrapping it all up”, hosted by Vantage College.
  • (Sep 2017) workshop, “Impact Assessment of Science Education Initiatives: What Strategies Have Worked, and Which Will Support Continued Improvements of Science Education at all Levels?”, Francis Jones, EOAS and Ashley Welsh, Skylight & CTLT, UBC Science Education Supper Series.
  • (April 2017) Science Education Open House, UBC Faculty of Science.
  • (Feb 2017) workshop, “Workshop on facilitating in classroom group-work”, Barish Golland, Sauder School of Business and Vantage College.
  • (Mar 2017) workshop, “Modernizing Laboratory Teaching in 2nd Year Chemistry laboratories”, José Rodríguez Núñez and Jason Wickenden, UBC Science Education Supper Series.
  • (Feb 2017) workshop, “Out of the file drawer and into the world: Start your students writing for Wikipedia”, Rosemary J. Redfield and Judy Chan, UBC Science Education Supper Series.
  • (Jan 2017) workshop, “Making (and Measuring) Connections: Adventures in Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning”, Chris Addison and James Charbonneau, UBC Science Education Supper Series.
  • (Nov 2015) workshop, “Lunch and Learn: Experiential Learning – Exploring the Possibilities”, Vantage College.
  • (Oct 2015) workshop, “Demystifying Learning Analytics: Potential for the UBC Faculty of Science”, Noureddine Elouazizi, Leah Macfadyen and Gillian Gerhard, UBC Science Education Supper Series.
  • (Sep 2015) workshop, “A worksheet-focused approach to facilitate a classroom with diverse levels of preparation”, Georg Rieger and Joss Ives, UBC Science Education Supper Series.

Informal Education Community Participation

  • (2015-2018) member of the UBC Computer Science Education (CS-Ed) reading group
    • biweekly meetings
    • reviewing papers, sharing research projects
  • (2016-2018) recruitment and informal mentorship of CPSC lecturer