Recent Talks for Susan H. Rodger

Multi-Institutional, Multi-National Parsons Problems Studies, Working Group Report Talk, ITiCSE 2023, Turku, Finland, July 10, 2023 (pdf) (pdf-4up)

Diversifying the Faces in Computing, Juniper Networks: Spark! Junivator Innovation Summit, San Jose, CA, June 27, 2023 (pdf) (pdf-4up)

Teaching Your First Class, CRA-WP Grad Cohort for Women, San Francisco, CA, April 22, 2023. (with Jodi Tims). (pdf) (pdf-4)

Ph.D. Academic Career Paths and Job Search," CRA-WP Graduate Cohort for IDEALS, Honolulu, Hawaii, March 24, 2023 (with Ron Metoyer) (pdf) (pdf-4)

Learning How To Teach Computer Science - And Why I Teach the Way I Do, SIGCSE TS 2023 Keynote, Toronto, Canada, March 17,2023 (pdf) (pdf-4) (pptx) (video)

Effective Teaching Tactics: In-person, Hybrid, Virtual - Wow!, Grace Hopper Conference, Orlando, Florida, September 22, 2022. (with Colleen Lewis). (pdf) (pdf-4)

Through Visualization and Interaction, Computer Science Concepts Come Alive, Computer Science Department, Purdue University, March 29, 2022. (pdf) (pdf-4)

Applying to Graduate School and Preparing a Stellar Application, RESORC 2021, Virtual Event, December 11, 2021. (pdf) (pdf-4)

Changes From Teaching in a Pandemic: You Have to Make Your Own Cookies Now, Illinois Summer Computer Science Teaching Workshop, Virtual, August 11, 2021. (pdf) (pdf-4)

Applying to Graduate School and Preparing a Stellar Application, RESORC 2021, Virtual Event, April 24, 2021. (pdf) (pdf-4)

CRA-WP Grad Cohort Panel: PhD Career Paths and Job Search, Virtual Event, April 23, 2021 (with Kim Hazelwood). pdf

CRA-WP CMW Panel: How to Succeed in a Research Career (Education), CRA-WP Early-Career Mentoring Workshop for PhD Students, Virtual Event, November 12, 2020 (with Richard Ladner). pdf

CRA-E Panel: Building a Successful Teaching-Track Faculty Career, Professional Development Workshop for Teaching-Track Faculty, SIGCSE 2020 Pre-Symposium, Portland, Oregon, March 11, 2020 (with Steve Wolfman and Phillip Conrad). pdf

Why did my dog's head fall off? Teaching Computing with Visualization, Animation and Interaction, Duke Family Weekend, Duke University, Durham, NC, Oct 25, 2019. pdf and pdf-4up

Effective Teaching Tactics, Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, Orlando, Florida, October 3, 2019 (with Helen Hu). pdf and pdf-4up

Increasing the Diversity in Computing at All Levels, SIGCSE China at ACM TURC 2019, Chengdu, China, May 18, 2019. pdf and pdf-4up

Translation from Problem to Code in Seven Steps, CompEd 2019, Chengdu, China, May 17, 2019. pdf and pdf-4up

Effective Teaching Tactics, Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, Houston, Texas, Sept 27, 2018 (with Cynthia Lee). pdf and pdf-4up

Learn a bit about Computer Science - An Introduction to Alice 3, Duke Femmes Event, Duke University, Durham, NC, August 20, 2018. (this event also occured in Feb 2018, and several other times) pdf-4up , pdf , ppt

Implementation and evolution of PLTL in Introductory Computer Science Courses, American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, An invited talk for a session for the 2018 ACS George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education track in honor of the recipient Pratibha Varma-Nelson, New Orleans, LA, March 20, 2018. (pdf) and (pdf-4)
One-day Program in honor of Pratibha Varma-Nelson


SIGCSE - Passionate Educators on the Teaching and Research of Computer Science Education, 2016 Beijing Summit on Computer Education Research, Peking University, Beijing, China, July 23, 2016. .pptx and .pdf

Through Visualization and Interaction, Computer Science Concepts Come Alive, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, May 11, 2016. Slides (pdf) , and (pdf-4pg)

Career Path and Passions - So many decisions along the way, IBM University Days, Research Triangle Park, NC, November 13, 2015, (pdf) and (pdf-4up)

Creating Animations with Alice for Projects in all Disciplines, NC Career and Technical Education Summer Conference, Greensboro, NC, July 15, 2015. (pdf 4/pg)

Wikipedia Project - Pages for Notable Women in Computing, Microsoft Research Gender Diversity Lecture Series 5: History of Women in Computing and Women Leaders in Computing, Microsoft Research, Bellevue, WA, June 9, 2015. (one of three speakers with Telle Whitney and Katy Dickinson)

Learn a bit about Computer Science - An Introduction to Alice, Duke Femmes Event, Duke University, Durham, NC, February 21, 2015. pdf

Engaging Students in Active Learning of Computer Science Concepts, ACM iSIGCSE Workshop, Goa, India, Feb. 7, 2015. (pdf) and (pdf-4up)

Computer Science Concepts Come Alive, at ACM India, Goa, India, Feb. 6, 2015 (pdf) and (pdf-4up)

Engaging Students in Active Learning of Computer Science Concepts, at ACM-iSIGCSE Workshop, University of Pune, Pune, India, Feb 3, 2015 (pdf) and (pdf-4up) and

Weaving Computing into all Middle School Disciplines, at University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India, Feb. 2, 2015. (pdf) and (pdf-4up)

Theoretical Computer Science Concepts Come Alive, at IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India, Feb. 2, 2015. (pdf) and (pdf-4up)

Engaging Students by Making Computer Science Concepts Come Alive, at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, November 21, 2014 (pdf) and (pdf 4up)

Engaging Students by Making Computer Science Concepts Come Alive, at CSERC 2014 and WiPSCE 2014, Berlin Germany, November 5, 2014 (pdf) and (pdf 4up)

How Does Google Search For Everything - Searching For and Organizing Data, School Days, Durham Public School 8th Grade Visits to Duke University, October 31, 2014. (pdf slides), and (pdf handout) and (pptx) and (Numbers for activities, 0-9 are buckets, other numbers for sorting or hashing)

Open Expo: Integrating Computing into all STEM Disciplines, The 3rd Annual Bridging the Gap Conference, Raleigh, NC, Oct. 29, 2014. pdf

Early Career Advice, at The First Diversity in Games Research DiGR Workshop, NCSU, Raleigh, NC, Oct 4, 2014 (pdf) and (pdf 4/pg)

Creating Animations with Alice for Projects in all Disciplines, NC Career and Technical Education Summer Conference, Greensboro, NC, July 16, 2014. (pdf 4/pg)

Weaving Computing into all Middle School Disciplines, at ITiCSE 2014, Uppsala, Sweden, June 25, 2014. pdf and pdf (4/pg)

Creating Animations with Alice for Projects with All Disciplines, at NC A&T State University, Greensboro, NC, September 27, 2013. (pdf) and (pdf-4/page)
As part of a 3-hour workshop we also worked tutorials from here

Creating Animations with Alice for Projects with All Disciplines, at the NC Career and Technical Education Summer Conference, Greensboro, NC, July 24, 2013. (pdf) and (pdf-4/page)
In addition to the talk we did a 2 hour workshop with tutorials from here

Integrating Computing with Alice into K-12 Disciplines Through Projects, at What's STEM Got to Do with IT? Region 5 School Library Media and Technology Directors/Supervisors, Orange County, Hillsboro, NC, April 25, 2013. Presentation (pdf) and (4 per page pdf)

Integrating Computing into K-12 Disciplines Via Alice, CS4HS@Duke Workshop, Duke University, Durham, NC, Oct. 27, 2012. Presentation (pdf) and (4 per page pdf) Short Demo Slides (pdf) and (pdf, 4 per page), Picture of Forest (.jpg).

Integrating 3D Animation with Alice into All Disciplines, NC Catholic Schools Education Conference 2012, Greensboro, NC, Sept. 28, 2012. Presentation (pdf) and (pdf, 4 per page), Short Demo Slides (pdf) and (pdf, 4 per page), Picture of Forest (.jpg).

Integrating Animation and Computer Programming with Alice into All Disciplines, NC Career and Technical Education Summer Conference, Greensboro, NC, July 26, 2012. pdf and pdf (4 per page)

Integrating Computing into Middle School Disciplines Through Projects, SIGCSE 2012, Raleigh, NC, March 2, 2012. (pdf) (pdf 4/page)

Through Visualization and Interaction, Computer Science Concepts Come Alive, Carolina Women in Computing (CWIC 2012), Columbia, SC, February 17, 2012. (pdf) (pdf 4/page)

Increasing the Use of JFLAP in Courses, 6th Program Visualization Workshop (PVW 2011) Darmstadt, Germany, June 30, 2011. (pdf)

Changes to JFLAP to Increase its Use in Courses, ITiCSE 2011, Darmstadt, Germany, June 29, 2011. (pdf)

A Pre-College Professional Development Program, ITiCSE 2011, Darmstadt, Germany, June 28, 2011. (pdf) (talk given by Steve Cooper)

Computer Science Concepts Come Alive, Computer Science Seminar Series Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, April 1, 2011. (pdf)

JFLAP talk in AlgoViz Workshop (pdf) and (pptx) . SIGCSE 2011 conference, March 11, 2011, Dallas, TX.

How Does Google Search For Everything - Searching For and Organizing Data, School Days, Durham Public School 8th Grade Visits to Duke University, October 29, 2010. (pdf slides), and (pdf handout) and (pptx) and (Numbers for activities, 0-9 are buckets, other numbers for sorting or hashing)

Is Research For Me? Interactive session for the CRA-W Undergraduate Workshop at Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 2010, Atlanta, Georgia, September 29, 2010. Full Handout (pdf) and (pptx) and Handout with the parts we filled in during the session (pdf) and short handout for participants (pdf)

Enhancing K-12 Education with Alice Programming Adventures, ITICSE 2010, Ankara, Turkey, June 30, 2010 (pdf)

Computer Science Concepts Come Alive, Computer Science Department and Distinquished Visitors Program, Haverford College, Philadelphia, PA, April 18, 2010. (pdf)

Adventures in Alice Programming, World of Computing Course, Haverford College, Haverford College, Philadelphia, PA, April 18, 2010. (pdf)

Adventures in Alice Programming, NCCIA 2010, Wake Tech, Raleigh, NC, March 19, 2010. (pdf) (pdf - 4up)

"Computer Science Concepts Come Alive", Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland, Dec. 16, 2009. (pdf)

"Computer Science Concepts Come Alive", Department of Computer Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Dec. 15, 2009. (pdf)

"How Does Google Search for Everything - Computer Science at Work," Talking with 8th Graders from Durham Public School System, Duke University, Durham, NC, Oct 16, 2009. (pdf) and (handout)

"Best Practices for Introductory Computer Science", Panel at The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, Tucson, Arizona, October 1, 2009. (pdf)

"Engaging Middle School Teachers and Students with Alice in a Diverse Set of Subjects," Department of Computer Science, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, July 17, 2009. (pdf)

"Concepts Come Alive through Visualization and Interaction", Department of Computer Science, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, July 16, 2009. (pdf)

"Increasing Engagement in Automata Theory with JFLAP," Visual Thinking Workshop, Duke University, Durham, NC, May 4, 2009. (pdf)

Poster: "Adventures in Alice Programming: Engaging Middle School Teachers and Students with Alice in a Diverse Set of Subjects", 2008-2009 Durham Public Schools Educational Technology Showcase, Durham, NC March 19, 2009. Slides for poster (pdf)

Increasing Engagement in Automata Theory with JFLAP, SIGCSE 2009, Chattanooga, TN, March 7, 2009. pdf or handout

Engaging Middle School Teachers and Students with Alice in a Diverse Set of Subjects, SIGCSE 2009, Chattanooga, TN, March 6, 2009. pdf or handout

Using Peer-Led team Learning in Introductory Computer Science, SIGCSE 2009, Chattanooga, TN, March 5, 2009. pdf or handout (talk given by Susan Horwitz)

Teaching Strategies and Learning Styles, CRA-W Workshop, Chattanooga, TN, March 4, 2009. pdf or handout

Attracting Kids to Computer Science via Programming in Virtual Worlds, Duke Virtual Reality and Serious Games Symposium, Duke University, Durham, NC, October 23, 2008. pdf (1 per page) and pdf (4 per page) and ppt

The Teaching of Computing Should be Challenging, Exciting and Hands-on: Then They Will Come, Broadening Participation in Computing Disciplines Conference, Virginia Beach, VA, October 10, 2008. pdf

Findings, Challenges, and Recommendations in Academia, Panel, The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, Keystone, CO, October 2, 2008 pdf

Adventures in Alice Programming - K-12 Outreach, Durham FM Assocation, Durham, NC, November 13, 2007. pdf

Adventures in Alice Programming - K-12 Outreach, IBM K-12 Day at IBM University Days, October 30, 2007. pdf

Increasing Interaction and Support in the Formal Languages and Automata Theory Course, The 12th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE 2007), Dundee, Scotland, June 25, 2007 pdf

An Innovative Approach with Alice for Attracting K-12 Students to Computing, IBM University Days, Research Triangle Park, May 7, 2007. pdf

Experimenting with Grammars to Generate L-Systems, Duke Up Close, Duke University, April 10, 2007. pdf

Teaching Strategies and Learning Styles, CRA-W Workshop, Covington, KY, March 7, 2007. pdf

An Interactive Approach to Formal Languages and Automata with JFLAP, NSF CCLI Showcase at SIGCSE 2007, March 9, 2007 pdf

Creating a 3D Interactive Story, Duke FEMMES event, Duke University, February 24, 2007. html

Computer Science Concepts Come Alive, Computer Science Colloquium, The Citadel, Feb. 20, 2007. pdf

Teaching Computer Science with Interaction and Visualization, Workshop on Current Progress of Education and Research in Computer Science, Duke University, Dec. 4, 2006. pdf

Creating Animations and 3D Virtual Worlds - Programming for Beginners, Duke Up Close Faculty Seminar, Duke University, April 2, 2006 pdf

Turning Automata Theory into a Hands-on Course, Thirty-seventh SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, Houston, Texas, March 3, 2006. pdf

"A New Approach to Introductory Programming - Building Virtual Worlds with Alice", Durham Technical Community College, Durham, NC October 7, 2005. pdf

"A New Approach to Introductory Programming - Building Virtual Worlds with Alice", Visualization Seminar, Duke University, Durham, NC September 23, 2005. pdf

"Teaching Strategies and Learning Styles", CRAW Workshop, St. Louis, MO February 23, 2005. pdf

An Interactive and Visual Approach to Learning Computer Science, Department of Computer Science, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, November 30, 2004. pdf

Panel -Being an Effective Teacher, Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, Chicago, Illinois, October 8, 2004. html

A Visual and Interactive Automata Theory Course with JFLAP 4.0, Thirty-fifth SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, Norfolk, Virginia, March 4, 2004. pdf

Panel on Teaching Panel Positions, Thirty-fifth SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, Norfolk, Virginia, March 5, 2004. html

Learning Computer Science Concepts via Interactive Visualizations Department of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, July 24, 2003. html

JAWAA: Easy Web-Based Animation from CS 0 to Advanced CS Courses, Thirty-fourth SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, Reno, NV Feb. 21, 2003. html

Using Hands-On Visualizations to Teach Computer Science from Beginning Courses to Advanced Courses, Second Program Visualization Workshop, HornstrupCentret, Denmark, June 28, 2002. html

Introducing Computer Science Through Animation and Virtual Worlds, Thirty-third SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 1, 2002. html

Using JFLAP for Visualization and Interaction in the Automata Theory Course, and JAWAA for automatic animation of data structures, Dagstuhl, Germany, May 25, 2001. html

Experience the Interactive Computer Classroom, Duke Alumni Association, Duke University, April 21, 2001 html

Integrating Visualization and Animation into the Teaching of Computer Science Courses, The Advance Program, Duke University, February 26, 2001 html

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