Susan Rodger

Susan Rodger is Professor of the Practice in the Department of Computer
Science at Duke University where she has been a faculty member since 1994.
She received her Ph.D. (1989) in Computer Science from Purdue University
and her B.S. (1983) in Computer Science and Mathematics from North Carolina State University. She was previously an Assistant Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from 1989-1994. Her research is in visualization, animation, and computer science education. One research project focuses on visualizing and interacting concepts in formal languages and automata, and created the software JFLAP that is used worldwide in computer science courses. The collaborative project PLTL in CS focuses on recruitment and retention in the early computer science college experience through peer-led team learning. Another project, Adventures in Alice Programming, focuses on K-12 teachers from elementary to high school level integrating Alice programming into their curriculum.

Rodger is an ACM Distinguished Educator. Her software JFLAP was a finalist candidate in the NEEDS Premier Award for Excellence in Engineering Education Courseware in 2007. She has been active in the SIGCSE community for many years including Symposium Co-Chair of SIGCSE 2008, Program Co-Chair of SIGCSE 2007, and SIGCSE Supporter/Exhibitor Liason. She has been a program committee member for many other conferences. She was Chair of the AP CS Development Committee, and is a member of the ACM Education Policy Committee. She has organized over twenty workshops on topics such as JFLAP, Alice, Peer-Led Team Learning, and AP Computer Science, and has published journal and conference papers in these areas.