¡Bienvenidos!
Welcome! I am a Professor of Software and Information Systems in the College of Computing and Informatics at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Season 2 of the CS Ed Podcast - first episode with yours truly
College Board AP Daily Faculty Lecture - Unit 5 Using Classes to create user-defined data types.
My TEDxUNC Charlotte talk on bilingual issues in user interfaces.
Research
My research is in Human-computer interaction and Computer Science Education. Some areas that I have studied include personal information management, information refinding, tools for building interactive systems, digital libraries, use of computers for education, and cultural influence in interface design.
Teaching
In the Spring 2021, I am teaching the ITIS 4440 Interactive Systems Design and Implementation course. It is an all online course. I am also teaching GRAD 6000 Topics on Diversity and Inclusion.
Professional Service
I participate on a number of groups and organizations inside and outside of UNCC as part of my commitment to academic and professional service.
- Appointed member of the Chancellor's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Council at UNCC.
- President (2020-2021) of the Latinx Faculty/Staff Caucus at UNCC.
- As of July 2020, I am a Graduate Faculty Fellow working on diversity initiatives at the Graduate School.
- Member of the Committee at the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine studying the Underrepresentation of Women of Color in Tech.
- At-Large Member of the Board 2019-22 for the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE), board liaison for the Technical Symposium, and webmaster for their website.
- Member of the Board of Advisors for Center for Minorities and People with Disabilities in IT (CMD-IT).
- Co-Founder of the Hispanics in Computing group and manage their listserv and website.