Colleen M. Lewis

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Education

• University of California, Berkeley, B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - 2005
• University of California, Berkeley, M.S. in Computer Science - 2009
• University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D. in Science and Mathematics Education - 2012

Biography

Colleen Lewis is an Associate Professor of computer science (CS) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Lewis was previously the McGregor-Girand Associate Professor of CS at  Harvey Mudd College. At the University of California, Berkeley, Lewis completed a PhD in science and mathematics education, an MS in computer science, and a BS in electrical engineering and computer science. Her research seeks to identify and remove barriers to CS learning and understand and optimize CS learning. Lewis curates CSTeachingTips.org, a NSF-sponsored project for disseminating effective CS teaching practices. Lewis has received the NSF CAREER Award, the NCWIT.org Undergraduate Mentoring Award and the AnitaB.org Emerging Leader Award for her efforts to broaden participation in computing. 

Academic Positions

• Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Harvey Mudd College - 2012-2018
• McGregor-Girand Associate Professor of Computer Science, Harvey Mudd College - 2018-2020
• Teaching Faculty at the Race and Equity Center, USC Rossier School of Education - 2018-present
• Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - 2020-2021
• Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - 2021-present

Research Interests

• Broadening Participation in Computing
• Computer Science Education