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Dr. Sarah Heckman an Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor with the Department of Computer Science at NC State University. She serves as the Director of Undergraduate Programs for the department and was the first teaching-track faculty hired in Computer Science at NC State. She is also a three-time graduate of the department and received her Ph.D. in August of 2009. Dr. Heckman received the NC State University Outstanding Teacher Award and the Alumni Association Outstanding Teacher Award as a representative of the College of Engineering in Spring 2015. She is a member of the Academy of Outstanding Teachers at NC State. Dr. Heckman teaches several of the core courses in software engineering and programming languages. Her research interests are in computer science education and software engineering. As a graduate student, she was a three-time recipient of the IBM Ph.D. Fellowship.
Contributions
2025
SIGCSE TS
- Author of Conducting High-quality Education Research in Computing Designed to Support CS for All within the Affiliated Events-track
- Steering Committee Chair in Steering Committee
- Author of Addressing Challenges in Teaching-Track Faculty Promotion within the Panels-track
- Author of Student Perceptions of the Help Resource Landscape within the Papers-track
- Author of Lessons Learned from Supporting Student-Teachers as Lead University Instructors within the Panels-track
- Author of Comparing Students' and Teachers' Assessments of Office Hours within the Posters-track
- Author of EclipseMonitor: A Real-Time Student Programming Environment Data Collection Tool within the Posters-track
2024
SIGCSE Virtual
SIGCSE TS
- Author of Unlocking Excellence in Educational Research: Guidelines for High-Quality Research that Promotes Learning for All within the Special Sessions-track
- Author of Exploring Novice Programmers' Testing Behavior: A first step to define coding struggle within the Papers-track
- Author of Using Survival Analysis to Model Students' Patience in Online Office Hour Queues within the Posters-track
- Steering Committee Chair in Steering Committee
- Author of Conducting High-quality Computing Education Research Designed to Support CS for All within the Affiliated Events-track
- Author of Traditional vs. Flexible Modalities in a Data Structures Class within the Papers-track
2023
SIGCSE TS
- Steering Committee Member in Steering Committee
- Senior Registration Co-Chair (registration@sigcse2023.org) in Organizing Committee
- Author of Building upon the CAPE Framework for Broader Understanding of Capacity in K-12 CS Education within the Papers-track
- Author of Observations on Student Help-Seeking Behaviors in Introductory Computer Science Courses within the Posters-track