Curriculum Vitae | October 31, 2009


Education

PhD Candidate in Human-Computer Interaction
Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science, Pittsburgh, PA
Committee: Richard Schienes, Vincent Aleven, Sharon Carver, & Gautam Biswas
Dissertation Title: Improving educational technology through the integration of cognitive tutors and educational games or, The young citizen's illustrated primer.
May 2010
(Expected)
Master of Science in Human-Computer Interaction
Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science, Pittsburgh, PA
2009
Master of Human-Computer Interaction
Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science, Pittsburgh, PA
2004
Bachelor of Arts in Pscyhology and Mathematics
Reed College, Porland, OR
1999


Publications



Teaching / Curricula

Programming Usable Interfaces (Carnegie Mellon University)
Designed assignments and on-line curriculum, and taught Flash programming to novice HCI programmers.
2008
Educational Game Design (Carnegie Mellon University)
Initiated and co-designed popular educational game design course and constructed on-line Flash game programming unit.
2007
Critical Thinking (Carnegie Mellon University)
Advised Department of Philosophy on design of Critical Thinking course.
2007
Public Speaking (Carnegie Mellon University)
Organized a public speaking group for students and faculty, which became the second highest rated Toastmasters club (of 68 in PA, WV & MD) by its second year.
2006
Technology Consulting in the Community (Carnegie Mellon University)
Designed and taught summer course where undergraduate and graduate computer science students worked with local non-profit organizations to develop and implement technology projects.
2002
TA - Technology Consulting in the Community (Carnegie Mellon University)
Advised undergraduate and graduate computer science students working with local non-profit organizations to develop and implement technology projects.
2002
Life Skills: Critical Thinking, (UNDP, Mongolia)
Initiated project, wrote critical thinking lesson plans, and organized national network of after-school clubs that later became part of Mongolian Ministry of Health and Education official curriculum.
2000-2002
TEFL (School 12, Dornod, Mongolia)
Taught English as a Foreign Language at a K-12 school, and web-design at the community library.
2000-2002
Computers (Dornod, Mongolia)
Taught web-design at the community information center.
2000-2002


Educational
technology

Policy World
Developed a cognitive tutor embedded in an educational game for learning about policy deliberation.
2009-present
iLogos
Developed argument mapping software used in Department of Philosophy introductory courses.
2004-present
Causality Lab
Developed science inquiry environment for teaching Causation and Social Policy.
2002-2008


Selected Honors

Siebel Scholar
"The Siebel Scholars program was established by the Siebel Foundation in 2000 to recognize the most talented students at the world's leading graduate schools of business, computer science, and bioengineering."
2009
Program in Interdisciplinary Educational Research (PIER) Fellow
A pre-doctoral training program funded by the Institute of Educational Sciences, Department of Education.
2005-2009
Carnegie Mellon University Graduate Student Service Award Nominee
Selected by the Human-Computer Interaction Institute for University-wide award for service to the community
2007


Professional
Experience

Software Engineering Lead
Carnegie Mellon University, Philosophy Department
Led software development team on the design and implementation of the causality lab. a virtual laboratory for learning causal and statistical reasoning.
2002-2004
Community Development Specialist, Peace Corps Mongolia
Life Skills Youth Development Initiative Organizer (UNDP, Peace Corps)
Initiated, coordinated, acquired funding for, and created curricula to create a nation-wide network of after-school clubs that teach critical-thinking, organization & leadership and other life skills to youth.

'Bayalog' Teachers' Dairy Cooperative Organizer (USAID)
Created a business plan and acquired funding for a non-profit teachers' cooperative to provide locally-made dairy products to the School 12 community.

'Statewide Reproductive Health Teacher Training Organizer (MSCI, USAID)
Organized health teacher training that provided 86% of province schools with a fully qualified reproductive health teacher in a region with highest incidence of STDs.
2000-2002
Research Programmer
Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
Developed a case-based reasoning system to work in an agent-context.
1999-2000


Academic Service

Symposium public speaking club (Founder)
Started speaking club to prepare graduate students for departmental speaking requirements.
2006-2008
PIER Steering Committee Member
Student representative for IES program on interdisciplinary educational research.
2006-2008
HCII Curriculum Committee Member
Student representative for redesign and oversight of masters and PhD curricula.
2005-2008
HCII Graduate Peer Mentor
Ombudsman for new graduate students in computer science.
2005-2007
Southwestern Pennsylvania Program for Deliberative Democracy Affiliate
Helped to integrate argument mapping into materials for citizen discussions on policy.
2005-2008
Center for Appalachian Network Access project for rural communities
Mentored masters of public policy students on technology project in rural Appalachia.
2005