Bio
Diana Franklin is an Associate Professor in
Computer Science. She leads five projects involving
computer science education involving students ranging from
3rd grade through university. She is the lead PI for quantum computing
education for EPIQC, an NSF expedition in computing. Her
research agenda explores ways to create curriculum and computing
environments in ways that reach a broad audience. She is a
recipient of the NSF CAREER award, NCWIT Faculty Undergraduate
Mentoring Award, four teaching awards, three best paper
awards (ICER '17, IPDPS '14, and Computing Frontiers '13), and
an Honourable Mention from CHI '18.
Franklin received her Ph.D. from UC Davis in 2002.
She was an assistant professor
(2002-2007) and associate professor with tenure (2007) in Computer
Science at the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis
Obispo, during which she held the Forbes Chair.
From 2008-2015, she was tenured teaching faculty at UC Santa Barbara.
Her research
interests include computing education research, architecture involving
novel technologies, and ethnic and gender diversity in computing.
She is the author of "A Practical Guide to Gender Diversity for CS
Faculty," from Morgan Claypool.