Meg Dickey-Kurdziolek
Thanks for checking out my website! I am a newly minted PhD in Computer Science. My degree is from Virginia Tech, and I am now an alumnus of the Center for Human Computer Interaction. My research areas are Computer Supported Cooperative Work and the Learning Sciences, and my adviser at Virginia Tech was Dr. Deborah Tatar.
I am currently working on two projects within the Computer Supported Collaborative Work/Learning (CSCW & CSCL) research areas. For the first, my doctoral dissertation work, I have investigated the use and adoption of educational technologies through a series of in-depth case studies with middle school mathematics classrooms. For the second, I developed and designed a system, called ThoughtSwap, to facilitate and encourage meaningful co-located discussions. So far, ThoughtSwap has been used in middle school science classrooms and college level writing courses.
As a student, I was fortunate enough to receive a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship which supported my studies and research. Currently, I am looking for employment in the San Francisco Bay Area.
About Me
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*Just got back from the 2011 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing in Portland, OR. I had a great time and made some great contacts for the job search.
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*Paper proposal written with Stacy Branham and Joon Suk Lee, titled “What does it mean to design a ‘nudge’?: A critical comparison of choice architecture philosophies”, was accepted into the 2012 Gender, Bodies, and Technology conference.
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*Decided to participate in NaNoWriMo this year (aka. National Novel Writing Month) - 50,000 words or bust!
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*On Aug. 29, 2011, after going something like 3500 miles in my sturdy Subaru Outback, I pulled up to my apartment in Mountain View, CA. It feels great to be reunited with my husband and kitty cat and I am looking forward to the California life!
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*My ETD has been approved! And as of Aug. 25, 2011 my dissertation became electronically archived and available here.
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*On Aug. 5, 2011 I gave my final defense presentation to faculty, family, and friends - and I passed! I am now a PhD!
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