Amber Settle |
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Professor |
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School of Computing |
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Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media |
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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 |
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Advising hours |
Monday/Wednesday |
(in person or online) |
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12:30 - 1 pm |
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Monday/Wednesday |
(in person or online) |
12 - 12:30 pm |
Monday/Wednesday |
(in person or online) |
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4:45 - 5:45 pm |
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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
- Distinguished Member, Association for Computing Machinery
(ACM), 2019
- Spirit of Inquiry Award, Computational Thinking across the Curriculum,
School of Computing, DePaul University, 2015
- Distinguished Paper Award, Computational Thinking in
a Game Design Course, The Special Interest Group for Information
Technology Education Conference (SIGITE), 2011
- Senior Member, Association for Computing Machinery
(ACM), 2011
- Electronic Arts (EA) Scholar, The International
Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games (FDG), 2009
- Quality of Instruction Council Excellence in Teaching
Award, School of Computer Science, Telecommunications, and
Information Systems, DePaul University, 2003
- Best Paper Award, Debating E-commerce: Engaging
Students in Current Events, Information Systems Education Conference (ISECON),
2002
Newsletter and magazine articles
- A. Settle, Introducing the 2022-2025 SIGCSE Executive Board,
SIGCSE Bulletin, 54:3, July 2022.
- A. Settle,
SIGCSE 2022 Board Election, SIGCSE Bulletin, 54:1,
January 2022.
- A. Settle,
2022 SIGCSE
Board Election, SIGCSE Bulletin, 53:3, August 2021.
- A. Settle, M. Giannakos, and M. Zarb, The Past and Future of
ITiCSE,
SIGCSE
Bulletin, 52:4, October 2020.
- A. Settle and K. Davis, SIGCSE Technical Symposium 2020 Travel
Award Winners,
SIGCSE
Bulletin, 52:1, January 2020.
- E. Walker and A. Settle,
News from
the SIGs,
ACM Inroads 10:3,
September 2019.
- E. Walker, B. Lunt, and A. Settle,
News from the SIGs,
ACM Inroads,
10:2, June 2019.
- E. Walker, A. Settle, and B. Lunt,
News from the SIGs,
ACM Inroads,
10: 1, March 2019.
- E. Walker and A. Settle,
News from the SIGs,
ACM Inroads,
9:4, December 2018.
- E. Walker and A. Settle,
News from the SIGs,
ACM Inroads,
9:3, September 2018.
- A. Settle, SIGCSE Chair's Report,
SIGCSE
Bulletin, 50:3, July 2018.
- E. Walker, A. Settle, and S. Zilora,
News from the SIGs,
ACM Inroads,
9:2, June 2018.
- E. Walker, A. Settle, and S. Zilora,
News from the SIGs,
ACM Inroads,
9:1, March 2018.
- B. Morrison and A. Settle, Celebrating SIGCSE's 50th
Anniversary!,
SIGCSE
Bulletin, 50: 1, January 2018.
- A. Settle, ACM Policy against Discrimination and Harassment,
SIGCSE Bulletin, 50: 1, January 2018.
- E. Walker and A. Settle,
News from the SIGs,
ACM Inroads,
8:4,
December 2017.
- E. Walker, A. Settle, and S. Zilora,
News from the SIGs,
ACM Inroads,
8:3,
September 2017.
- A. Settle, ACM Turing 50th Celebration
Conference in China,
SIGCSE Bulletin, 49:3, July 2017.
- A. Settle, SIGCSE Chair Report,
SIGCSE
Bulletin, 49:3, July 2017.
- E. Walker, A. Settle, and S. Zilora,
News from the SIGs,
ACM Inroads,
8:2, June 2017.
- E. Walker, A. Settle, and G. Alford,
News from the SIGs,
ACM Inroads,
8:1, March 2017.
- A. Settle, Revised ACM Authorship Policy,
SIGCSE Bulletin, 49:1, January 2017.
- E. Walker, A. Settle, and S. Zilora,
News from the SIGs,
ACM Inroads, 7:4, December 2016.
- A. Settle, SIGCSE Board Chair Welcome,
SIGCSE Bulletin, 48:4, October 2016.
- A. Settle, 2016 Travel Grant Program Awards,
SIGCSE Bulletin, 48:1, January 2016.
- A. Settle, Travel Fund Awardees,
SIGCSE
Bulletin, 47:3, July 2015.
- A. Settle, SIGCSE Travel Grants,
SIGCSE
Bulletin, 47:1, January 2015.
- A. Settle, SIGCSE Travel Grants,
SIGCSE
Bulletin, 46:4, October 2014.
- A. Settle, 2014 Travel Grant Program Awards,
SIGCSE
Bulletin, 46:2, April 2014.
- T. Barnes, S. Fitzgerald, G. Roessling,
A. Settle, and J. Sheard, Special Projects Grant Awards,
SIGCSE
Bulletin 46:1, January 2014.
- J. Sheard and A. Settle, SIGCSE Special Project
Grants,
SIGCSE Bulletin, 45:4, October 2013.
- S. Rodger and A. Settle, SIGCSE Travel Grant
Program,
SIGCSE Bulletin, 45:3, July 2013.
- J. Impagliazzo and A. Settle, ACM Inroads: The
Website, SIGCSE Bulletin, 45:1, January 2013.
- A. Settle and J. Kmoch, ACM Inroads Goes Digital,
CSTA Voice, 8:5, November 2012.
- A. Settle, SIGCSE Speaker's Fund Program,
SIGCSE Bulletin, 43:4, October 2011.
- A. Settle, Computational Thinking for K-12
Students,
CSTA Voice, 7:3, July 2011.