| 2008 |
Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering,
University of Washington Viewpoints from the doorstep: Pre-major interest in and perceptions of computer science Co-Advisors: Richard Anderson, Denise Wilson |
| 2003 |
General Exam (doctoral candidacy) Understanding the Gender Gap in Computer Science |
| 2000 |
M.S. in Computer Science & Engineering,
University of Washington Using predicted secondary structure to identify acceptor splice sites in human pre-mRNA Advisor: Walter L. Ruzzo |
| 1998 |
A.B. in Computer Science, Magna Cum Laude,
Dartmouth College |
| 2005 |
Apprentice Faculty Grant Educational Research & Methods Division, American Society for Engineering Education |
| 2004 |
Institute Scholar Fellowship Institute for Scholarship on Engineering Education, Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education |
| 2002 |
Educator's Fellowship Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington |
| 1995 |
Rufus Choate Scholar (top 5% in class) Dartmouth Endowed Scholar, Andrew Greenebaum Scholarship Dartmouth College |
| 2001 Autumn |
Instructor, CSE 143:
Computer Programming II (in C++) Served as sole instructor of 240-student class and supervised staff of 17 TAs and lab consultants. Taught three weekly class meetings, with emphasis on concepts and associated vocabulary over language syntax and adding material on coding/study strategy and women in computing history. Prepared original individual and team homework projects, exams, diagnostic quizzes, and sample solutions and code. Set learning goals and activities for two weekly TA-led sections and conducted section observations for graduate TAs. Met with several students to arrange further independent readings and projects. Received one of the department's top teaching evaluation scores that quarter (4.91/5.00 on instructor's contribution, 4.88/5.00 for teaching effectiveness, both adjusted). See also: selected student feedback from evaluations. |
| 1998--2000 |
Teaching Assistant (1 quarter),
Head Teaching Assistant (3 quarters);
CSE 142 &
143:
Computer Programming I (in C) & II (in C++) As TA, graded homework, quizzes, and exams, and ran original activities and prepared alternative explanations to supplement instructor lectures for biweekly section meetings. Consistently received strong student evaluations. As Head TA, worked closely with instructor to prepare homework projects and exams for a 400-student course. Supervised up to nine TAs, setting per-section learning goals. Observed and coached beginning and ESL TAs. |
| 1999 |
Teaching Assistant,
CSE 100:
Fluency in Information Technology Served as one of two TAs for pilot offering of Lawrence Snyder's non-major introduction to computing, as envisioned in his National Research Council committee's report by the same name. Designed and co-led weekly lab activities, taught lab tutorials, graded lab reports. |
| 1999--2002 | Other TA appointments include CSE 341 (Programming Languages), CSE 595 (graduate Human Computer Interaction), and CSE 100 (Fluency in Information Technology). Nominee for College of Engineering Outstanding Teaching Assistant (2003). |
| 2003--2008 |
Research Assistant (2003--2008) / Research Scientist (2008--) "Engineering Thinking and Doing" Group, Academic Pathways Study Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education (Seattle, WA) Performed, documented, and presented analyses of qualitative and quantitative data from the Academic Pathways Study, a multi-institutional, multi-method, longitudinal study of undergraduate engineering students. Collaborated with two research scientists and another graduate research assistant in qualitative and quantitative analysis of undergraduates' conceptions of engineering and design, as well as how they engage in engineering and design tasks. Led or participated in hiring processes for new research scientists and graduate/undergraduate research assistants. Supervised team of several undergraduate research assistants. Supervised by C. Atman and D. Kilgore (2005--2008) and D. Lund (2003--2004); engaged in independent dissertation research as a CAEE Institute Scholar during 2004--2005 academic year. |
| 2002--2007 |
Technical Editor,
Disability Resources for Students,
University of Washington, (Seattle, WA) Prepared undergraduate-level and graduate-level course readings in mathematics and computer science in electronic document or Braille form for sight-impaired student clients. Recruited and trained additional technical editors. Supervised by M. Walker, D. Haynes, and D. Britten. |
| 1997 |
Software Engineer (contractor),
Wadell Engineering Corporation (San Francisco, CA) Independently redesigned and reimplemented DOS software for airport runway pavement planning and repair as a Windows/MFC-based application. |
| 1996 |
Localization SQA Engineer Intern,
Banyan Systems, Inc. (Westboro, MA) Tested and debugged network software reengineered for Asian languages. Coordinated testing with engineers in Korea and Japan offices. |
JOURNAL ARTICLES
D. Kilgore, A. Jocuns, K. Yasuhara, C.J. Atman. In press. From beginning to end: How engineering students think and talk about sustainability across the life cycle. International Journal of Engineering Education.
C.J. Atman, K. Yasuhara, R.S. Adams, T. Barker, J. Turns, E. Rhone (2008). Breadth in problem scoping: A comparison of freshman and senior engineering students. International Journal of Engineering Education, 24(2).
D. Kilgore, C.J. Atman, K. Yasuhara, T.J. Barker, A. Morozov (2007). Considering context: A study of first-year engineering students. Journal of Engineering Education, 96(4):321--34.
PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE PAPERS
K. Yasuhara, A. Morozov, D. Kilgore, C. Atman, C. Loucks-Jaret (2009). Considering life cycle during design: A longitudinal study of engineering undergraduates. To appear: Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition (ASEE), Austin, TX.
A. Morozov, D. Kilgore, K. Yasuhara, C. Atman (2008). Same courses, different outcomes? Variations in confidence, experience, and preparation in engineering design. Proceedings of the 2008 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition (ASEE), Pittsburgh, PA.
J. Light, K. Yasuhara (2008). Analyzing large free-response qualitative data sets: A novel quantitative-qualitative hybrid approach. To appear: Proceedings of the 38th Annual Frontiers in Education (FIE) Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY.
K. Yasuhara (2007). Viewpoints from the doorstep: What's turning students away from computer science and engineering? Proceedings of the 2007 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition (ASEE), Honolulu, HI. Awarded Best Graduate Student Presentation by the Freshman Programs Division.
J. Light, R. Korte, K. Yasuhara, D. Kilgore (2007). Exploring the relationships among performance on engineering tasks, confidence, gender, and first-year persistence. Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Honolulu, HI. Awarded 2nd Best Paper by the Freshman Programs Division.
R. Adams, C. Allendoerfer, T.R. Smith, D. Socha, D. Williams, K. Yasuhara (2007). Storytelling in engineering education. Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Honolulu, HI.
D. Kilgore, D. Chachra, M. Jones, H. Loshbaugh, J. McCain, K. Yasuhara (2007). Creative, contextual, and engaged: Are women the Engineers of 2020? Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Honolulu, HI.
C.J. Atman, K. Yasuhara, R.S. Adams, T. Barker, J. Turns, E. Rhone (2007). Breadth in problem scoping: A comparison of freshman and senior engineering students. Mudd Design Workshop VI.
D. Kilgore, K. Yasuhara, J.J. Saleem, C.J. Atman (2006). What brings women to the table? Female and male students' perceptions of ways of thinking in engineering study and practice. Proceedings of the 36th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), San Diego, CA.
K. Yasuhara (2005). Work in progress -- Gender and preconceptions of undergraduate computer science. Proceedings of the 35th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), Indianapolis, IN.
K. Yasuhara (2005). Choosing computer science: Women at the start of the undergraduate pipeline. Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Portland, OR.
R. Anderson, R. Anderson, B. Simon, S.A. Wolfman, T. VanDeGrift, and K. Yasuhara (2004). Experiences with a Tablet PC Based Lecture Presentation System in Computer Science Courses. Proceedings of the 35th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education.
R.J. Anderson, R. Anderson, T. VanDeGrift, S. Wolfman, and K. Yasuhara (2003). Promoting Interaction in Large Classes with Computer-Mediated Feedback. Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Support for Collaborative Learning (CSCL), 119--123, Bergen, Norway.
D.J. Patterson, K. Yasuhara and W.L. Ruzzo (2002). Pre-mRNA Secondary Structure Prediction Aids Splice Site Prediction. Proceedings of Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing, 7:223--34.
C. Atman, D. Chachra, K. Yasuhara, et al. (2008). Linking research findings on engineering student learning and engineering teaching: Implications for engineering education (workshop). Pacific Northwest Section Meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education (PN-ASEE), Seattle, WA. (group discussion notes published online)
K. Yasuhara, J. Borgford-Parnell, J. Turns, et al. (2008). Research on engineering learning and teaching: Implications for engineering education (workshop). POD/NCSPOD Conference, Reno, NV. (group discussion notes published online)
K. Yasuhara (2008). Viewpoints from the doorstep (faculty poster). 2008 Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Eastern Conference (CCSC-E), Frederick, MD.
K. Yasuhara, S. Woods, H.G. Loshbaugh, H. Matusovich, D. Chachra, H. Chen, K. Donaldson, O. Eris, D. Kilgore, A. Morozov, S. Sheppard, C.J. Atman, R. Miller, R. Streveler (2008). Bridging research and practice: What does the Academic Pathways Study tell us about women and engineering education? (workshop) 2008 WEPAN National Conference, St. Louis, MO.
T.J. Barker, K. Yasuhara (2008). Why women are the future of engineering (interactive session). University of Washington Women in Science and Engineering Conference, Seattle, WA.
K. Yasuhara, C.J. Atman, D. Kilgore (2007). Snapshots of engineering design in first-year undergraduates. Pacific Northwest Section Meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education (PN-ASEE), Pullman, WA. (awarded best presentation)
C. Claiborn, J. Fraser, T. Reed-Rhoads, K. Yasuhara, S. Brown (2007). Opportunities and challenges of engineering education scholarship (panel). Pacific Northwest Section Meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education (PN-ASEE), Pullman, WA.
D. Kilgore, C.J. Atman, K. Yasuhara, T.J. Barker, A. Morozov (2007). Considering context: A study of first-year engineering students. International Conference on Research in Engineering Education (ICREE).
J. Cushing, R. Bryant, G. Orr, S. Spengler, S. Tuttle, and K. Yasuhara (2006). NSF's Integrative Computing Education and Research (ICER) Initiative: Whither the Northwest (panel). Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Northwest Conference, Cheney, WA.
K. Yasuhara, D. Kilgore, T. Barker, J. Saleem, and C. Atman (2006). Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education Academic Pathways Study: A longitudinal mixed-methods study of engineering students' learning and development in the college years. poster: Engineering thinking and doing: Gender differences in first-year students. University of Washington Teaching and Learning Symposium.
Integrative Computing Education & Research, Western Region (NSF-funded workshop), participant. January 2006, Palo Alto, CA.
R. Adams, C. Allendoerfer, P. Bell, L. Fleming, and L. Leifer (2005). Special Session -- Communities of practice in engineering education: What are we learning?. Proceedings of the 35th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), Indianapolis, IN. (see also: poster "The secret life of engineering education researchers"; session description as printed in proceedings)
K. Yasuhara and R. Anderson (2005). Talking About Entering: Why women and men choose/reject computer science (faculty poster). 36th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education.
J. Beidler, H. Holz, K. Yasuhara, and E.J. Adams (2005). The many facets of diversity (panel). 36th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. (name misspelled Yasuhura, Yashura in printed proceedings; slides available online)
V. Sazawal and K. Yasuhara (2004). Birds-of-a-Feather session: Connecting Underrepresentation Research and Outreach Practice: Recruiting Women Into Computer Science. Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. (see also: follow-up wiki web)
K. Yasuhara (2004). Researching Retention in Our CS Departments. Grounding Student Retention and Recruitment in Computer Science Programs in Sound Research Methodology and Data: A California State University collaborative project, Dept. of Mathematics & Computer Science, CSU-Hayward, CA, Apr 2004.
K. Yasuhara (2004). Lab Workbook for Fluency with Information Technology by L. Snyder. Addison Wesley.
R.J. Anderson, R. Anderson, T. VanDeGrift, S.A. Wolfman, and K. Yasuhara (2003). Classroom Presentation from the Tablet PC (poster). Proceedings of the 8th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, Thessaloniki, Greece.
R. Anderson, R. Anderson, T. VanDeGrift, S.A. Wolfman, and K. Yasuhara (2003). Interaction Patterns with a Classroom Feedback System: Making Time for Feedback (interactive poster). CHI 2003.
R. Anderson, R. Anderson, T. VanDeGrift, S.A. Wolfman, and K. Yasuhara (2003). The Presenter System for Tablet PC-based Classroom Presentations (faculty poster). Proceedings of the 34th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education.