Nationality American Doctoral advisor Greg N. Frederickson Role Software Developer Books JFLAP | Name Susan Rodger Fields Computer Science | |
Alma mater North Carolina State UniversityPurdue University Notable awards ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award (2014)ACM Distinguished Educator (2006) Education | ||
Acm karlstrom award 2013 susan h rodger
Susan H. Rodger is an American Computer Scientist known for work in computer science education including developing the software JFLAP for over twenty years. JFLAP is educational software for visualizing and interacting with formal languages and automata. Rodger is also known for peer-led team learning in computer science and integrating computing into middle schools and high schools with Alice . She is also currently serving on the board of CRA-W and as chair of ACM SIGCSE.
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Biography
Susan H. Rodger was born in Columbia, South Carolina. She received a B.S. in Computer Science and a B.S. in Mathematics from North Carolina State University in 1983. She received a M.S. in Computer Science from Purdue University in 1985 and a Ph.D in Computer Science from Purdue University in 1989.
She immediately joined the Department of Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as an Assistant Professor. In 1994 she moved to Duke University as an Assistant Professor of the Practice of Computer Science. She was promoted to Associate Professor of the Practice of Computer Science in 1997 and to Professor of the Practice in 2008.
Awards
2006: Rodger was named an ACM Distinguished Member.
2007: Finalist in the NEEDS Premier Award for Excellence in Engineering Education Courseware (for the software JFLAP).
2014: ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award.