Amber Settle Professor
School of Computing
Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media
243 S. Wabash Avenue
Chicago, IL 60604
(312) 362-5324
asettle@cdm.depaul.edu

Research

From 2008 - 2011 I was the PI on an NSF-funded project on Computational Thinking Across the Curriculum.

Teaching

Spring Quarter 2024

My advising and office hours begin April 1, 2024. My advising and office hours end June 5, 2024.

Office hours                 Advising hours
Monday/Wednesday (in person or online) 12:30 - 1 pm        Monday/Wednesday (in person or online) 12 - 12:30 pm
Monday/Wednesday (in person or online)   4:45 - 5:45 pm   Tuesday (online only) 8 - 10 am

Appointments are available both in-person and online for office and advising hours. All online appointments must be scheduled in advance, and in-person advising appointments must also be scheduled in advance. When you make an online appointment the connection information will be emailed to you. In-person appointments take place at my Loop office. Use BlueStar or e-mail me to schedule a time.

Other links

I have a blog about my experiences as a computer science professor and researcher in computing education.

Service

I was a member of the SIGCSE Board between 2010 and 2022 as an at-large member, treasurer, chair, and immediate past chair. During my time on the Board I served on the Awards, Chapters, Special Projects, and Speaker's Fund committees. I was on the program committee for RESPECT 2016: The 2nd International Conference on Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology. I was the conference co-chair for the 16th Annual Conference on Information Technology Education (SIGITE) and the 4th Annual Conference on Research in Information Technology (RIIT), which was held in Chicago September 30 - October 3, 2015. I was the program co-chair and evaluations coordinator for SIGITE/RIIT 2014, and I was the sponsorship co-chair and evaluations coordinator for SIGITE/RIIT 2013. I handled evaluations on the conference committee for the 18th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE 2013).  Between March 2012 and April 2013 I served as the website administrator for ACM Inroads, and between June 2011 and March 2015 I served on the ACM Inroads Editorial Advisory Board.  I was a member of the Editorial Review Board for the Journal of Information Technology: Research and also the Editorial Review Board for the Journal of Information Technology: Innovations in Practice between 2012 and 2014.  Between 2007 and 2011 was a member of the Editorial Review Board for the Journal of Information Technology Education.

I served on the advisory board for Studio Chi between 2016 and 2019. Between 2013 and 2016 I was a member of the Public Service Council at DePaul.  I served on the Executive Committee for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Professors between 2008 until 2011 and then again 2017 - 2018, and I was the founding chair of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Committee for the Society.  Between 2008 and 2013 I was a member of the Chicago Quarter Committee which is part of the Liberal Studies Program at DePaul.  I served on the Liberal Studies Council from 2000 until 2004 and was a member of the Liberal Studies Scientific Inquiry Domain Committee from 2001 until 2004.  I chaired the Grade Challenge Review Board for the then School of Computer Science, Telecommunications, and Information Systems 1999 - 2003.

Awards

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