Education

• Ph.D. Student in Human-Centered Computing
  University of Florida
  Gainesville, FL
  August 2021 – Current

• B.S. in Computer Science and MAthematics
  Davis and elkins college
  Elkins, WV
  Graduated on May 2021.

Research Interests

• Discrete Mathematics
• Computer Science Education

Projects

• CASMM Project (Past)

Grants and Scholarships

• Generation Next Recipient, University of Florida

Teaching Experience

As Instructor

• COT 3100, Applications of Discrete Structures UFOnline, University of Florida [ Spring 2024 ]

As Teaching Assistant (TA)

• COP3504c, Advanced Programming Fundamentals, University of Florida
• CIS4360, Computer and Information Security UFOnline, University of Florida
• CEN3031, Intro to Software Engineering, University of Florida
• CAP3027, Introduction to Digital Arts and Sciences, University of Florida

PUBLICATIONS

Peer Reviewed Conference Papers

2023

• D. Magda, C. Gardner-McCune, A. Kulkarni, Y. Jimenez and S. Chu, “Supporting End-to-End Coding and Use of Arduinos in a Formal Classroom Environment,” 2023 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC), Washington, DC, USA, 2023, pp. 184-188, doi: 10.1109/VL-HCC57772.2023.00030.

Peer Reviewed Conference Posters

2023

• Christina Gardner-McCune, Yerika Jimenez, David Magda, Abhishek Kulkarni, and Sharon Chu. 2023. Towards an Adaptable Curriculum-Driven Block-based Learning Environment. In Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2 (SIGCSE 2023). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1414. https://doi.org/10.1145/3545947.3576357