Jessica Yauney
Ph.D. Student in Education, admitted Autumn 2024
Bio
I am an Education PhD student at Stanford who is also working on a Computer Science Master's. I was a software developer at FamilySearch and still love genealogy. I was a high school computer science teacher and dance teacher in Los Angeles, California. I'm interested in learning and improving myself as a programmer and an educator.
Honors & Awards
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SIGCSE ACM SRC Winner, SIGCSE (2023)
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ITEEA Maley Outstanding Graduate Student Citation Recipient, ITEEA (2023)
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Council Technology & Engineering Teacher Education Outstanding Research Award, CTETE (2023)
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Mississippi Valley Technology Teacher Education Conference Best Presentation, Mississippi Valley Technology Teacher Education Conference (2020)
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NCWIT Educator Award, NCWIT Affiliate Winner and Aspire IT Recipient, NCWIT (2018)
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PLTW Computer Science California Teacher of The Year Award, PLTW (2018)
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Noyce Fellow, UC Berkeley (2014)
All Publications
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Trends in tools used to teach computational thinking through elementary coding
JOURNAL OF RESEARCH ON TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION
2024; 56 (3): 269-290
View details for DOI 10.1080/15391523.2022.2121345
View details for Web of Science ID 000857096300001
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A systematic review of "Hour of Code" research
COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION
2023; 33 (4): 512-544
View details for DOI 10.1080/08993408.2021.2022362
View details for Web of Science ID 000736821100001