Associate Professor
School of Computing, Queen's University, Kingston ON - CANADA
I have a long history at Queen's
- Undergraduate Student (BA, Psychology, 1984),
- Consecutive Education Student (B.Ed., 1985),
- Research Associate in the Department of Psychology (Queen's)/Department of Urology (KGH) (1985-1988),
- Graduate Student (MSC, Computer Science, 1990),
- Research Associate/Adjunct Lecturer (1992 - 2016),
- Lecturer (July 2016 - June 2019)
- Assistant Professor (July 2019 - June 2020)
- Associate Professor (July 2020 - present)
Teaching 2021/2022
CISC 101 (Fall and Winter) - Elements of Computing Science - learn the fundamentals of programming in Python.
CISC 332/CMPE 332 (Winter) - Database development, relational algebra, SQL, application programming
I also manage the Queen's School of Computing internship program.
Research
I worked as the Research Associate for the Database Systems Lab, headed by Dr. Pat Martin from 1992 - 2016. We have numerous conference and journal publications from the many projects that we were involved in.
Women in Computing
The Queen's School of Computing ACM-W Chapter (formerly the Women in the School of Computing (WISC)) is an informal support and social group for all women, undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff in the School of Computing at Queen's University.
In 2008, I attended the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference for the first time. Upon my return, I set a goal to ensure that students from the Queen's School of Computing would have a chance to attend the Grace Hopper Conference, but we went a few steps further and spearheaded the Ontario ACM-W Regional Celebration - the Ontario Celebration of Women in Computing. The event ran for 5 years hosted by U of T, Western University, University of Waterloo, and the University of Guelph. In 2016, the first Canadian Celebration of Women in Computing (CAN-CWiC) was held, hosted by the University of Ottawa. In 2017 the conference was hosted by University of Quebec, Montreal, in 2018 by Dalhousie University in Halifax and in 2019 the conference was held in Toronto. CAN-CWIC 2020 and 2021 were virtual events. CAN-CWIC 2022 will be an in-person event in Toronto!
In 2019, I worked with NCWIT to set up the first international NCWIC Aspirations in Computing Awards for Canadian students. These awards recognize female secondary school students for excellence in computing.
In 2008, I attended the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference for the first time. Upon my return, I set a goal to ensure that students from the Queen's School of Computing would have a chance to attend the Grace Hopper Conference, but we went a few steps further and spearheaded the Ontario ACM-W Regional Celebration - the Ontario Celebration of Women in Computing. The event ran for 5 years hosted by U of T, Western University, University of Waterloo, and the University of Guelph. In 2016, the first Canadian Celebration of Women in Computing (CAN-CWiC) was held, hosted by the University of Ottawa. In 2017 the conference was hosted by University of Quebec, Montreal, in 2018 by Dalhousie University in Halifax and in 2019 the conference was held in Toronto. CAN-CWIC 2020 and 2021 were virtual events. CAN-CWIC 2022 will be an in-person event in Toronto!
In 2019, I worked with NCWIT to set up the first international NCWIC Aspirations in Computing Awards for Canadian students. These awards recognize female secondary school students for excellence in computing.
