04/15/2021
By Diane Reichlen
The Research, Academics and Mentoring Pathways (RAMP) to Success Program and the Francis College of Engineering invite you to join Abigail Joseph on April 22 at 4 p.m. for a talk on "Discovery X: A Journey of Many Passions."
This talk will focus on the many pathways Joseph has taken from childhood to the current day as a computer scientist, educator, and changemaker. She will talk about her journey as a student, how she became interested in computer science, completed a Ph.D. in computer science, and her various journeys as an educator in K-12 schools, non-profits, and colleges. She will also talk about her current crusade as CSTA (Computer Science Teachers Association) Equity Fellow championing for equity and access in CS education.
Abigail Joseph has an extensive career as an educator in the California Bay Area. Her commitment to education includes work developing and supporting programs in schools and organizations like MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement), Girls Incorporated, Black Girls Code, and the Krause Center for Innovation. She has spent the past eight years developing computer science programs and recently developed a curriculum for a mobile app programming book for kids.
Abigail currently works as the Director of Learning, Innovation, and Design in the Middle School at The Harker School in San Jose, California. She is a member of the inaugural cohort (2019 -2020) of CSTA (Computer Science Teachers Association) Equity Fellows and serves as a MIT Master Trainer for App Inventor. Beyond teaching, making, and the arts, her current passion is edstoria.com and uncovering ways to help teachers not vanish from the educational landscape. She tweets at @drabigailjoseph.
She holds a B.S.E in computer science from Princeton University and an M.S./Ph.D. in computer science from the University of California at Santa Cruz.
Register in advance for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.