Adrienne Decker

PhD

Adrienne Decker.

Adrienne Decker

PhD

Adrienne Decker

PhD

Associate Professor
Teaching Areas: Engineering Education; Undergraduate Engineering
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Specialty/Research Focus

Computer Science Education (undergraduate and graduate); Introductory programming education; Assessment; Grading, and grading practices (with a focus on equitable grading); Neurodivergent learners in computer science

Biography Research Interests Teaching Research Interests

Education

  • PhD, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo, 2007
  • MS, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo, 2001
  • BS, Computer Science, University at Buffalo, 2001

Awards and Honors

  • 2024 Best Paper: Transforming Grading Practices in the Computing Education Community, 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
  • 2016 Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Senior Member
  • 2013 Wall of Fame Inductee, John F. Kennedy High School (Cheektowaga, NY)
  • 2007 Milton Plesur Award for Excellence in Teaching, University at Buffalo
  • 2005 Best Paper: When Objects Collide: Abstractions over Common Physics Problems for Capstone Projects in CS1, Twenty-first Annual CCSC Eastern Conference
  • 2003 Best Paper: A Tale of Two Paradigms, Nineteenth Annual CCSC Eastern Conference