Janice E. Cuny

Janice E. Cuny, known as Jan, is an American computer scientist noted for leading efforts in broadening participation in computing. She is a past co-chair of CRA-W: Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research from 1997-2000.

Janice E. Cuny
Cuny speaks at the National Center for Women & Information Technology Summit Workshop 2012
NationalityAmerican
Other namesJan
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
Known forBroadening participation in computing
AwardsSIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contributions to Computer Science Education
Scientific career
FieldsComputer Science
InstitutionsNational Science Foundation
Purdue University
University of Massachusetts
University of Oregon

Biography

Cuny received a Ph.D in Computer Science from the University of Michigan. She was a faculty member in the Department of Computer Science at Purdue University from 1981-1983; then a faculty member at the University of Massachusetts, and then at the University of Oregon. In 2004, she became a program officer at the National Science Foundation heading the Broadening Participation in Computing Initiative, the CS 10K project and in 2016 leading the STEM + Computing Partnerships initiative.

Awards

In 2015, she received the 2016 SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contributions to Computer Science Education.[1]

Her other notable awards include:

  • 2014 Richard Tapia Achievement Award[2]
  • 2009 Woman of Vision Social Impact ABIE Award from the Anita Borg Institute.[3][4]
  • 2007 A. Nico Habermann Award[5]
  • 2003 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) - for CRA-W[6]

References
  1. SIGCSE. "SIGCSE 2016 Award Winners". SIGCSE. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  2. Marketwired (2014-02-26). "Dr. Jan Cuny Receives 2014 Richard Tapia Achievement Award". MarketWired. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  3. "Janice E. Cuny - AnitaB.org". anitaborg.org. 1 October 2009. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  4. "Abie Awards - AnitaB.org". anitaborg.org. Archived from the original on 2017-08-07. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  5. University of Oregon Computer and Information Science (2014-02-26). "Prof. Jan Cuny Earns Habermann Award for Leadership". www.cs.uore. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  6. National Science Foundation (2004-05-06). "President Bush Honors Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring". nsf.org. Retrieved 2016-01-30.

National Science Foundation: Janice Cuny, Program Officer

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