Janice E. Cuny

Janice E. Cuny
Other names	Jan
Nationality	American
Fields	Computer Science
Institutions	National Science Foundation Purdue University University of Massachusetts University of Oregon
Alma mater	University of Michigan
Known for	Broadening participation in computing
Notable awards	SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contributions to Computer Science Education

Janice E. Cuny, known as Jan, is an American computer scientist noted for leading efforts in broadening participation in computing. She is a past co-chair of CRA-W: Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research from 1997-2000.

Biography

Cuny received a Ph.D in Computer Science from the University of Michigan. She was a faculty member in the Department of Computer Science at Purdue University from 1981-1983; then a faculty member at the University of Massachusetts, and then at the University of Oregon. In 2004, she became a program officer at the National Science Foundation heading the Broadening Participation in Computing Initiative, the CS 10K project and in 2016 leading the STEM + Computing Partnerships initiative.

In 2015, she received the 2016 SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contributions to Computer Science Education.^[1]

Her other notable awards include:

2014 Richard Tapia Achievement Award^[2]
2007 CRA A. Nico Habermann Award^[3]
2003 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) - for CRA-W^[4]

↑ SIGCSE. "SIGCSE 2016 Award Winners". SIGCSE. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
↑ Marketwired (2014-02-26). "Dr. Jan Cuny Receives 2014 Richard Tapia Achievement Award". MarketWired. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
↑ University of Oregon Computer and Information Science (2014-02-26). "Prof. Jan Cuny Earns Habermann Award for Leadership". www.cs.uore. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
↑ National Science Foundation (2004-05-06). "President Bush Honors Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring". nsf.org. Retrieved 2016-01-30.

National Science Foundation: Janice Cuny, Program Officer

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