Josh Tenenberg, Ph.D.
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Computing and Software Systems fax: 253.692.5862 |
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I am a Professor in the Computing and Software Systems program in the Institute of Technology at the University of Washington, Tacoma. Prior to joining UWT in 2000, I was the Associate Chair for Computer Science in the Department of Mathematics and ComputerScience at Indiana University South Bend.
I received my M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Rochester, where my primary research was in Artificial Intelligence. Recently, my research and teaching interests have been in Computer Ethics, Social Informatics, Human-Comuter Interaction Design, Commons Governance, and Computer Science Education. See my publication list for references and links to conference papers, journal articles, and book chapters that I have authored or co-authored.
During the last several years, I have been collaborating with Sally Fincher from the University of Kent at Canterbury, on research that centers on bringing practitioners and expert researchers together in order to initiate principled, large-scale teaching and learning research in Computer Science. As part of this effort, I was Principal Investigator in two grants from the National Science Foundation, known as Bootstrapping and Scaffolding that use a workshop format to provide Computer Science faculty with a 'way in' to high-quality CS Education research.
Along with Sally Fincher, I have undertaken a new project called the Disciplinary Commons. The aims of this project are to document and share knowledge about student learning on courses in Computer Science in different institutions within a single geographic region and to improve the quality of teaching in Computer Science (CS) by establishing practices for the scholarship of teaching by making it public, peer-reviewed, and amenable for future use and development by other CS educators. The project involves a small set of CS faculty members constructing individual course portfolios that are discussed and reviewed at monthly meetings. I led one such group of faculty - from both 2-year and 4-year institutions - during the 2005-06 year in the South Puget Sound region, funded by UWT's Institute of Technology, the State Board of Community and Technical Colleges, the UWT Founder's Endowment, and the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education. In parallel, Sally Fincher led a group from different institutions throughout the UK, funded by a UK National Teaching Fellowship. Along with colleagues from the Bootstrapping and Scaffolding projects, we have applied for funding to extend the Disciplinary Commons to other parts of the US and in other topic areas within computing.
One of my recent interests is in Interaction Design, which Löwgren and Stolterman define as "the process that is arranged within existing resource constraints to create, shape, and decide all use-oriented qualities (structural, functional, ethical, and esthetic) of a digital artifact for one or many clients". As part of that effort, I spent the fall of 2006 as a Visiting Scholar with the Human-Computer Interaction Design research group at the School of Informatics at Indiana University Bloomington. I currently teach both undergraduate and graduate courses in this topic.
I have also begun research in Commons governance, particularly as it relates to technological development. Commons governance has been traditionally concerned with how people collectively structure their interactions so as to share natural resources, such as forests, fisheries, and groundwater. Recently, however, researchers have begun to look at new kinds of Commons, particularly those enabled by digital technologies. This field is dynamic and interdisciplinary, drawing on research in political science, economics, psychology, computer science, mathematics, sociology, and anthropology. Good overview articles can be found in the inaugural issue (2007) of the International Journal of the Commons, available online. While in Bloomington in autumn 2006, I was fortunate to complete advanced study at The Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, one of the world centers for the study of Commons governance (both new and traditional). I recently completed a paper that applies theories and analysis frameworks used in understanding Commons governance to the management of software teams (see publications). In spring 2008, I will teach a course on Commons governance in the Global Honors program at UWT.
I am serving a three-year term (July 2006-2009) as co-Editor-in-Chief along with Robert McCartney (University of Connecticut, Storrs) of the Journal on Educational Resources in Computing (JERIC), published by the Association for Computing Machinery.
I have taught a variety of courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. These have included Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Discrete Mathematics, Databases, Programming Languages, and Compilers. Most of my teaching recently has been in Software Engineering, Computer Ethics, and Human-Computer Interaction Design. Here is my current schedule for teaching and office hours.
I have been fortunate to work with many undergraduate and graduate students on their research projects in the past, and am always happy to discuss potential research projects. Past students have presented their work at both regional and international conferences, and have been awarded the Outstanding Student Research award at Indiana University South Bend.
Last updated:
31 March 2008
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