Deborah Trytten

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Undergraduate education in computer science, collaborative learning, the use of technology in classroom teaching, computer graphics, educational game development, and computer vision.

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Deborah A. Trytten is Acting Associate Director and Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Oklahoma. She received a B.A. in physics and mathematics from Albion College, in Albion, Michigan. She has MS degrees in both applied mathematics and computer science, and a PhD in computer science from Michigan State University. She is a member of the IEEE Computer Society, the Association for Computing Machinery, and the American Society of Engineering Educators. Dr. Trytten's current research interests include: gender and ethnic/racial diversity issues in engineering education, undergraduate education in computer science, collaborative learning, and the use of technology in classroom teaching.  Dr. Trytten has authored papers in the Journal of Engineering Education, the Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education, the American
Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, College Teaching, Pattern Recognition, and the Frontiers in Education Conference.  She has been an investigator on more than thirty grants and contracts from the National Science Foundation, the United States Department of Education, and several state agencies. She has receive the Provost's Award for Outstanding Academic Advising, a Distinguished Lectureship in Engineering, College of Engineering Outstanding Faculty Academic Advisor Award, and is a member of the Oklahoma State Science and Engineering Fair Hall of Fame.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

"Hard, but not too hard: Challenging Courses and Engineering Students", accepted for publication in College Teaching (with T.J. Murphy, Jason Martin, Krista Hands, and Steve Lancaster).

"I wish that I belonged more in this whole engineering group:" Achieving Individual Diversity, Journal of Engineering Education, April 2007 (with Susan Walden and Cynthia Foor), pp 103-115.

Progressing from Small Group Work to Cooperative Learning: A Case Study from Computer Science, Journal of Engineering Education, Volume 90, No. 1, January, 2001, pp 85-92.

"'Getting an internship...I'm still trying to find that': Asian American Student Experiences Obtaining Engineering Internships", Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Educational Research Association International Conference 2006, Hong Kong, China (with Bach Do and Yi Zhao). "A Multi-Institutional Study of Student Perceptions of Industrial Engineering," Proceedings of the 2006 Frontiers in Education Conference, (with Teri Murphy, Randa Shehab and Teri Reed Rhoads).

"I Wish Someone Would have Told Me: Undergraduate Engineering Students Offer Advice to Incoming Students," Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exhibition, 2005 (with Lindsey McClure, Tyler Combrink, Susan Walden, Teri Reed Rhoads, and Cynthia Foor).

"Industrial Engineering Student Perceptions of Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering", Proceedings of the 2005 Frontiers in Education Conference, 2005 (with Susan Walden and Teri Reed Rhoads). "A Study of Gender Parity: Department Culture from the Students' Perspective", Proceedings of the 2005 Frontiers in Education Conference, 2005 (with Teri Reed Rhoads and Teri J. Murphy).

"The Contribution of Office-Hours-Type Interactions to Female Student Satisfaction with the Educational Experience in Engineering, Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exhibition, 2005 (with Stephen M. Lancaster, Susan E. Walden, and Teri J. Murphy).

"'Inviteful' Engineering: Student Perceptions of Industrial Engineering, Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exhibition, 2004 (with Randa L. Shehab, Teri Reed Rhoads, M. Jayne Fleener, Betty J. Harris, Anne Reynolds, Susan E. Walden, Sandra Kay Moore-Furneaux, Elizabeth Kvach, and Teri J. Murphy).