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Associate Professor of Technology Practice
Director, Technology and Applied Computing
Associate Professor of Technology Practice
Director, Technology and Applied Computing
Education
Education
2024, Education Doctorate in Educational Leadership, USC
2004, Master's Degree, Computer Science, University of Maryland College Park
2000, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, Harvey Mudd College
Biography
Biography
Kendra Walther is the Director of the Technology and Applied Computing (TAC) program in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, formerly known as the Information Technology Program (ITP). She served as the Associate Director of Faculty Affairs in ITP from 2021-2015. She is currently an Associate Professor of Technology Practice. Kendra has been teaching at USC since Fall 2014.
She holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Harvey Mudd College, an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland, College Park, and an Ed.D. in Education from USC Rossier School of Education. Prior to joining USC, she worked for The Aerospace Corporation and taught Computer Science at Cal State LA, St. Albans School, and the Milwaukee School of Engineering.
Kendra is deeply passionate about teaching and is continually exploring innovative ways to help her students build a strong understanding of programming principles and computational thinking.
Academic Interests
Academic Interests
Kendra believes in lifelong learning, and really enjoys learning about how people learn best. She is an active member of SIGCSE (the ACM special interest group for computer science education) and loves to bring new ideas and teaching methodologies into her classroom. Kendra is an enthusiastic and passionate teacher who cares for her students.
Kendra is a Center for Excellence in Teaching Faculty Fellow, and she was part of the FTLP (Faculty Teaching and Learning Program) inaugural cohort in academic year 2020-2021. For academic year 2021-2022 she served as an FTLP co-facilitator. In 2020, Kendra developed a Teaching CommuniTEA where educators gathered virtually to discuss teaching and learning. Future plans for CommuniTEA are still under development, but in the meantime, Kendra encourages USC STEM faculty to consider applying to be part of the FTLP cohort.
Kendra is also involved in Teach Access and Access Computing, which both promote inclusivity and diversity within computer science, with the idea that diversity includes disabilities. In the summer of 2019, Kendra participated as a faculty advisor in the Teach Access Study Away Program and hopes to further explore new ways to make technology even more accessible. From 2019-2021, Kendra served as co-lead of the Teach Access Student Task Force and ran the first virtual Teach Access Study Away program for 80 students across the US.
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