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I am currently a fourth-year Ph.D. student studying Computer Science Education topics, under Dr. Sara Hooshangi. I completed my Honours Bachelors in Computer Science (HBSc) at the University of Toronto Mississauga in Spring 2022. I completed my Masters in Computer Science (MS) at Virginia Tech in Spring 2025.
My research focuses on broadening participation in computing education, with specific regard to how socioeconomic status (SES) impacts a student’s enrollment, performance, retention, and self-efficacy in computing. I am also interested in exploring intersectional disparity gaps in computing. I previously published “The Impact of High School Region Socioeconomic Status on Computer Science Student Performance”, where I estimate SES using a student’s high school area to understand performance gaps in CS1. Future dissertation work will consist of quantitative student record analysis, student surveys on SES, and qualitative studies to understand better the trends we are seeing in the population.
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