| 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: R. Anderson, D. 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: W. L. Ruzzo |
| 1998 |
A.B. (Magna Cum Laude) in Computer Science,
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 |
| 2012 Winter |
Co-Instructor (with Cindy Atman), HCDE 496/596: Teaching and
Learning Engineering Design Served as lead facilitator/organizer for a research reading group on how engineering design is taught and learned. |
| 2009–2012 |
Instructor: Engineering Professional Portfolio Studio
(6 offerings) As part of an NSF-funded project of Jennifer Turns', co-designed and served as sole instructor of several variations (year-long and single-quarter) of a closely facilitated experience where undergraduate engineering students of varying class standing reflect on their academic, professional, and personal development as engineering students and future professionals by assembling an online portfolio. The portfolio consists of artifacts illustrating their development as engineers, along with annotations to focus and guide interpretation. |
| 2010 Autumn |
Instructor, ENGR 100: Introduction to Engineering
Design Designed and taught an experimental version of the course, including topics like design in context (stakeholders, life cycle), incremental design, testing, teamwork, technical communication, and engineering history. |
| 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). |
| 2015– |
Instructional Consultant (2015–) / Assistant Director (2017–) Office for the Advancement of Engineering Teaching & Learning (ET&L; Seattle, WA) Support the College of Engineering's education mission, primarily by providing confidential instructional development services to faculty and other educators in the college and assisting in directing ET&L's programs and operations. Exercise independent judgement in interacting, often on a confidential basis, with many different education stakeholders, including faculty, staff, administrators, and students across the engineering disciplines. Understand and respond to a broad range of teaching and learning challenges. Identify, keep up with, communicate, and apply current, relevant theory and research in multiple fields, including the learning sciences, psychology, organizational change, and higher education studies. Participate in and contribute to academic and professional communities related to instructional development, both on campus and at the international level (e.g., ASEE, POD). As assistant director, work closely with ET&L director Jim Borgford-Parnell on programs, operations, and planning, with primary responsibilities including assessment of service quality by administering and analyzing results from client surveys to inform continuous improvement of services; reporting service volume and impact to the dean's office and other key stakeholders; planning and executing the development of new programs and services to improve teaching and learning in the college; formulating long-term strategy to identify and meet the changing needs of educators in the college. Other responsibilities include securing grants and other ouside funding; monitoring expenses and managing budgets; authoring, designing, and producing paper and electronic informational media; and decision-making on a broad range of computing and other technology matters, including the maintenance and development of ET&L's extensive database system for student feedback analysis and tracking client services, as well as managing the office's IT hardware/software/web assets and interfacing with IT staff; representing ET&L in national faculty development and engineering education research communities like POD and ASEE; and hiring and supervising a graduate RA. |
| 2003–2018 |
Research Assistant (2003–2008) / Research Scientist (2008–2018) "Engineering Thinking and Doing" Group, Academic Pathways Study Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education (Seattle, WA) Center for Engineering Learning & Teaching (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 (2005–), D. Kilgore (2005–2008), and D. Lund (2003–2004); engaged in independent dissertation research as a CAEE Institute Scholar during 2004–2005 academic year. Two-time nominee for College of Engineering Community of Innovators Professional Staff Innovator award (2011, 2012). |
| 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. |
Collaborative Research: Preparing for the Grand Challenges: When and how do engineering students learn broad thinking? (Co-PI, 2010, NSF Award #1024463)
Collaborative Research: Engineering Pathways Study: The College-Career Transition Informing Educational Practice (Co-PI, 2010, NSF Award #1020678)
Assessing students' consideration of context in engineering design (Co-PI, 2010, NSF Award #0943242)
Engineering Education Pioneers and Trajectories of Impact (Co-PI, 2013, NSF Award #1263512)
Consortium to Promote Reflection in Engineering Education (CPREE) (proposal co-author and campus lead for University of Washington, 2014, The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust)
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Borgford-Parnell, J., Turns, J., Atman, C. J., Yasuhara, K., & Fryhle, L. (2019). A pedagogy of larger concerns used as a lens to reflect on the design of student learning experiences. European Journal of Engineering Education, 44(1–2), 19–34.
Yasuhara, K., Campbell, R. C., & Atman, C. J. (2016). Where do engineering students learn to consider design problem context? International Journal of Engineering Education, 32(3), 1472–1480.
K. Yasuhara, H. L. Chen, M. Lande, S. D. Sheppard, C. J. Atman (2012). Educating engineering entrepreneurs: A multi-institution analysis. International Journal of Engineering Education, 28(2).
D. Kilgore, A. Jocuns, K. Yasuhara, C. J. Atman (2010). From beginning to end: How engineering students think and talk about sustainability across the life cycle. International Journal of Engineering Education, 26(2).
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
Yasuhara, K., & Borgford-Parnell, J. L. (2018). Lessons learned: A database-supported workflow for midterm course assessments. In Proc. American Society for Engineering Education Conference & Exposition.
Borgford-Parnell, J. L., & Yasuhara, K., & Ahmed, K. A., & Schipf, D. (2018). Work in progress: Promoting group work for learning: Student characterizations of exemplary project group members. In Proc. American Society for Engineering Education Conference & Exposition.
Allendoerfer, C., Yasuhara, K., Turns, J. A., & Atman, C. J. (2016). Making an impact on engineering education communities: Learning from the past and looking forward. In Proc. American Society for Engineering Education Conference & Exposition.
Hendricks, D. G., Yasuhara, K., & Taylor, A. C. (2016). Work in progress: Enhancing student leadership competencies through reflection. In Proc. American Society for Engineering Education Conference & Exposition.
Lewis, C. M., Anderson, R. E., & Yasuhara, K. (2016). "I don't code all day": Fitting in computer science when the stereotypes don't fit. Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research.
Campbell, R. C., Yasuhara, K., & Wilson, D. (2015). Ethics in engineering students’ design considerations: Case studies of electric power systems for the "developing world". In Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference.
Turns, J. A., Sattler, B., Yasuhara, K., Borgford-Parnell, J. L., & Atman, C. J. (2014). Integrating reflection into engineering education. In Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference.
Winters, K. E., Matusovich, H. M., Brunhaver, S., Chen, H. L., Yasuhara, K., & Sheppard, S. (2013). From freshman engineering students to practicing professionals: Changes in beliefs about important skills over time. Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education's Annual Conference (ASEE), Atlanta, GA.
Krause, K. E., Atman, C. J., Borgford-Parnell, J. L., & Yasuhara, K. (2013). Designing for communities: The impact of domain expertise paper. Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education's Annual Conference (ASEE), Atlanta, GA.
Krause, K., Huneke, M., Yasuhara, K., & Atman, C. J. (2013). Undergraduate reflections on learning engineering design. Paper presented at the International Professional Communication Conference, Vancouver, BC. doi:10.1109/IPCC.2013.6623915
Campbell, R. C., Yasuhara, K., & Wilson, D. (2012). Care ethics in engineering education: Undergraduate student perceptions of responsibility. Proceedings of Frontiers in Education (FIE) 2012.
Campbell, R. C., Yasuhara, K., Atman, C. J., & Sheppard, S. (2012). Exploring if and how knowledge of a humanitarian disaster affects student design thinking. Proceedings of the 2012 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition (ASEE), San Antonio, TX.
Yasuhara, K., Chen, H. L., Lande, M., Campbell, R. C., Atman, C. J., & Sheppard, S. D. (2011). Shifting conceptions of engineering design: Longitudinal and cross-sectional studies of undergraduate engineering majors. Proceedings of the 2011 Research in Engineering Education Symposium (REES).
Lewis, C. M., Yasuhara, K., & Anderson, R. E. (2011). Deciding to major in computer science: A grounded theory of students' self-assessment of ability. Proceedings of the 2011 International Computing Education Research Workshop.
Yasuhara, K., Morozov, A., Kilgore, D., Atman, C., & Loucks-Jaret, C. (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.
Atman, C. J., Kilgore, D., Yasuhara, K., & Morozov, A. (2008). Considering context over time: Emerging findings from a longitudinal study of engineering students. Research on Engineering Education Symposium (REES), Davos, Switzerland.
Morozov, A., Kilgore, D., Yasuhara, K., & Atman, C. (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.
Light, J. & Yasuhara, K. (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.
Yasuhara, K. (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.
Light, J., Korte, R., Yasuhara, K., & Kilgore, D. (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.
Adams, R., Allendoerfer, C., Smith, T. R., Socha, D., Williams, D., & Yasuhara, K. (2007). Storytelling in engineering education. Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Honolulu, HI.
Kilgore, D., Chachra, D., Jones, M., Loshbaugh, H., McCain, J., & Yasuhara, K. (2007). Creative, contextual, and engaged: Are women the Engineers of 2020? Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Honolulu, HI.
Atman, C. J., Yasuhara, K., Adams, R. S., Barker, T., Turns, J., & Rhone, E. (2007). Breadth in problem scoping: A comparison of freshman and senior engineering students. Proceedings of Mudd Design Workshop VI.
Kilgore, D., Yasuhara, K., Saleem, J. J., & Atman, C. J. (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.
Yasuhara, K. (2005). Work in progress -- Gender and preconceptions of undergraduate computer science. Proceedings of the 35th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), Indianapolis, IN.
Yasuhara, K. (2005). Choosing computer science: Women at the start of the undergraduate pipeline. Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Portland, OR.
Anderson, R., Anderson, R., Simon, B., Wolfman, S. A., VanDeGrift, T., & Yasuhara, K. (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.
Anderson, R. J., Anderson, R., VanDeGrift, T., Wolfman, S., & Yasuhara, K. (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.
Patterson, D. J., Yasuhara, K. & Ruzzo, W. L. (2002). Pre-mRNA Secondary Structure Prediction Aids Splice Site Prediction. Proceedings of Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing, 7:223–34.
Brunhaver, S., Yasuhara, K., Case, J., Newstetter, W., Turns, J., Carberry, A., ... & Atman, C. (2018, October). Meet the engineering education pioneers—Panel & roundtable. In 2018 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE). IEEE.
Borgford-Parnell, J., Schipf, D., & Yasuhara, K. (2017). Learning in groups: Student characterizations of exemplary project group members. ASEE Pacific Northwest meeting.
Yasuhara, K., Borgford-Parnell, J., Chen, H., & Rieken, E. (2015). Reflecting on reflection activities: Catalyzing a reflective culture. Workshop at POD Network Annual Conference.
Turns, J. A., Sattler, B., Thomas, L. D., Atman, C. J., Bankhead, R. B., Carberry, A. R., ... & Yasuhara, K. (2015). Reflecting on reflection: How educators experience the opportunity to talk about supporting student reflection. In American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.
Atman, C. J., Sheppard, S., Brunhaver, S., Chachra, D., Chen, H. L., Gilmartin, S. K., Kilgore, D., Lande, M., Lichtenstein, G., Lund, D., Smith, K. A., Turns, J. A., & Yasuhara, K. (2011). Discovering implications of the Academic Pathways Study for your campus (special session). 2011 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition (ASEE), Vancouver, BC.
Yasuhara, K., Atman, C. J., Turns, J., Kilgore, D., Sheppard, S. D. et al. (2011). Discovering implications of the Academic Pathways Study for women on your campus (special session). 2011 Women in Engineering ProActive Network National Conference, Seattle, WA.
Atman, C. J., Sheppard, S. D., Turns, J., Adams, R. S., Fleming, L. N., Stevens, R., Streveler, R. A., Smith, K. A., Miller, R. L., Leifer, L. J., Yasuhara, K., & Lund, D. (2010). Enabling engineering student success: The final report for the Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education. San Rafael, CA: Morgan & Claypool Publishers.
Atman, C. J., Kilgore, D., & Yasuhara, K. (2010). Sustainability and social responsibility: Assessing engineering students' consideration of context. Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace (ESJP) 2010, London, England.
Chachra, D., Atman, C. J., Turns, J., Yasuhara, K., & Sheppard, S. (2009). Research findings on engineering student learning and engineering teaching: Interactively exploring the implications for engineering education (special session). 39th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), San Antonio, TX.
Kilgore, D., Chachra, D., Atman, C. J., Yasuhara, K., A. Morozov (2009). Driven by passion, curiosity, engagement, and dreams: Findings from the Academic Pathways Study on undergraduates' motivations to study engineering. 2009 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Yasuhara, K., Borgford-Parnell, J., Turns, J., et al (2008). Research on engineering learning and teaching: Implications for engineering education (workshop). POD/NCSPOD Conference, Reno, NV.
C. Atman, Chachra, D., Yasuhara, K., 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)
Yasuhara, K., Borgford-Parnell, J., Turns, J., et al. (2008). Research on engineering learning and teaching: Implications for engineering education (workshop). POD/NCSPOD Conference, Reno, NV. (group discussion notes published online)
Yasuhara, K. (2008). Viewpoints from the doorstep (faculty poster). 2008 Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Eastern Conference (CCSC-E), Frederick, MD.
Yasuhara, K., Woods, S., Loshbaugh, H. G., Matusovich, H., Chachra, D., Chen, H., Donaldson, K., Eris, O., Kilgore, D., Morozov, A., Sheppard, S., Atman, C. J., Miller, R., & Streveler, R. (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.
Barker, T. J., & Yasuhara, K. (2008). Why women are the future of engineering (interactive session). University of Washington Women in Science and Engineering Conference, Seattle, WA.
Yasuhara, K., Atman, C. J., & Kilgore, D. (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)
Claiborn, C., Fraser, J., Reed-Rhoads, T., Yasuhara, K., & Brown, S. (2007). Opportunities and challenges of engineering education scholarship (panel). Pacific Northwest Section Meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education (PN-ASEE), Pullman, WA.
Kilgore, D., Atman, C. J., Yasuhara, K., Barker, T. J., & Morozov, A. (2007). Considering context: A study of first-year engineering students. International Conference on Research in Engineering Education (ICREE).
Cushing, J., Bryant, R., Orr, G., Spengler, S., Tuttle, S., & Yasuhara, K. (2006). NSF's Integrative Computing Education and Research (ICER) Initiative: Whither the Northwest (panel). Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Northwest Conference, Cheney, WA.
Yasuhara, K., Kilgore, D., Barker, T., Saleem, J., & Atman, C. (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.
Adams, R., Allendoerfer, C., Bell, P., Fleming, L., & Leifer, L. (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)
Yasuhara, K., & Anderson, R. (2005). Talking About Entering: Why women and men choose/reject computer science (faculty poster). 36th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education.
Beidler, J., Holz, H., Yasuhara, K., & Adams, E. J. (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)
Sazawal, V., & Yasuhara, K. (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)
Yasuhara, K. (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.
Yasuhara, K. (2004). Lab Workbook for Fluency with Information Technology by L. Snyder. Addison Wesley.
Anderson, R. J., Anderson, R., VanDeGrift, T., Wolfman, S. A., & Yasuhara, K. (2003). Classroom Presentation from the Tablet PC (poster). Proceedings of the 8th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Anderson, R., Anderson, R., VanDeGrift, T., Wolfman, S. A., & Yasuhara, K. (2003). Interaction Patterns with a Classroom Feedback System: Making Time for Feedback (interactive poster). CHI 2003.
Anderson, R., Anderson, R., VanDeGrift, T., Wolfman, S. A., & Yasuhara, K. (2003). The Presenter System for Tablet PC-based Classroom Presentations (faculty poster). Proceedings of the 34th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education.