Dr. Maggie Vanderberg, Associate Professor of Computer Science (CS), SOU
Maggie is passionate about increasing diversity in all STEM fields, especially computer science, and believes the best way to do so is through education. She earned her B.S. in CS from James Madison University (in Virginia) and her M.S. and Ph.D. (both) in CS from West Virginia University before moving out west. Dr. Vanderberg has experience working with Rosetta Stone, NASA, the DOE’s National Energy and Technology Laboratory, and the National Park Service as a software engineer, researcher, and project manager, and has taught university computer science courses full-time for the last 8 years. Currently, her research efforts are focused on working with local school districts to integrate computational thinking into K-5 education as part of a National Science Foundation CSforAll grant. The goal is to introduce students to computational thinking so they are prepared to study computer science while progressing through K-12, and hopefully, eventually into her classroom!
Eping Hung, Teacher K-8 CS Willow Wind, Ashland School District
Eping is currently a K-8 CS Instructor at Willow Wind and a graduate student in an online master's program in educational technology at Michigan State University. Prior to teaching, he spent many years toiling away in the computer industry as a computer programmer. There was also a one-year stint as a stay-at-home dad with a newborn. Natalie is now 12 years old; and together with his wife Anne, Eping and his family have called Ashland home for the last nine years. During the pandemic, aside from working, he feels like all the rest of his time has been spent either cooking, zooming, attending to the cat, or watching The Office. He really should go out for another run.