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

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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