conf.researchr.org / Jennifer Rosato
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Name:Jennifer Rosato
Bio:
Jennifer Rosato is the director of the Northern Lights Collaborative for Computing Education at the University of Minnesota, leading efforts to create more inclusive computing education opportunities. She has been supporting educators in K-12 and higher education in efforts to broaden participation in computing for over 20 years. She is passionate about collaborating with partners across systems and stakeholders to increase equity. She has led multiple grants and projects that provide curriculum and professional development for teachers and districts, is a CSforAll-MN steering committee member working on educational policy in Minnesota, and a former chair of the CSTA Board of Directors.
Country:United States
Affiliation:University of Minnesota
Personal website: https://northern-lights.umn.edu/
Research interests:CS education, teacher preparation
Contributions
2026
SIGCSE TS
- Author of Pathways to Teaching K12 Computer Science: Implications of a Pilot Study of Ten States within the Posters-track
- Author of A Longitudinal Pilot Study Exploring the Impacts of Coaching for Equity on Computer Science Teachers within the Papers-track
- Author of Programmatic, Policy, and Communication Challenges in Developing CS Teacher Preparation Pathways within the Papers-track
- Author of Creating and Sustaining Partnerships Between Researchers and Practitioners within the Birds of a Feather-track
- Author of Scaling the CS Teacher Pipeline: Certification Pathways, Capacity Modeling, and Preservice Innovation within the Affiliated Events-track
2025
2024
SIGCSE TS
- Author of Conducting High-quality Computing Education Research Designed to Support CS for All within the Affiliated Events-track
- Author of Creating university CS teacher preparation programs within the Birds of a Feather-track
- Author of Exploring Collaboration as a Bridge to K-8 CS Integration within the Posters-track
2023
SIGCSE TS
- Author of Building upon the CAPE Framework for Broader Understanding of Capacity in K-12 CS Education within the Papers-track
- Author of Data Science Landscape in Preservice Teacher Education within the Posters-track
- Author of How Do We Redefine and Rebuild Capacity in Computing Education in the Post-COVID Educational Environment? within the Supporter Sessions-track
- Session Chair of K-12 Collaboration and Perceptions of Computing (part of Papers)