Education

Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, Education in Math, Science, and Technology (EMST), 1995. GPA 3.97 (including M.S., below).
Advisors: Michael Ranney (Chair), Marcia Linn, Peter Pirolli, and Michael Clancy
Topics: Cognitive science, reasoning, learning, experimental methods, interface design.
Dissertation: Computational Tools for Modeling and Aiding Reasoning: Assessing and Applying the Theory of Explanatory Coherence [Won the 1995 Outstanding Dissertation Award from UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Education]. This work is documented on the Convince Me web site.

M.S., University of California at Berkeley, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, 1989.
Advisors: Marcia Linn, Michael Clancy, and Robert Wilensky
Topics: AI techniques, knowledge representation, programming instruction, software design.
Thesis: A Pascal Template Library

B.S., University Nebraska at Lincoln, Computer Science and Mathematics (double major), 1987. GPA 3.996*
Senior Thesis: Natural Language Understanding.
Phi Beta Kappa; Graduated with High Distinction

Graduate Awards, Fellowships, and Scholarships

Outstanding Dissertation Award, University of California, Berkeley (1995)
McDonnell Postdoctoral Fellowship Alternate, McDonnell Foundation (1995)
Regents Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley (1994-95)
Provost's Research Fund Award, University of California, Berkeley (1993-94)
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, University of California, Berkeley (1993)
John U. Michaelis Scholarship, University of California, Berkeley (1992-93)
David Marr Award for Excellent Student Papers, Cognitive Science Society (1992)
Regents Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley (1990-91)
Amelia Earhart Fellowship, ZONTA International (1988-89)
Full Tuition Scholarship, University of California, Berkeley (1987-88)

Undergraduate Awards and Scholarships

Outstanding Undergraduate Achievement Award in Science, University of Nebraska (1987)
Irwin Dubinsky and J. Stebbins Mathematics Scholarships, University of Nebraska (1986-87)
David Memorial Trust Scholarship, University of Nebraska (1982-87)
John W. McDonald and Dreier Scholarships, University of Nebraska (1983-85)
Pi Mu Epsilon National Honorary Mathematics Fraternity, University of Nebraska (1983)

*Thanks to a B+ in my first semester 1-credit voice lesson class. Smorgaschord took me anyway :)