Biography

Websites:
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Education:
B.S., Mathematics, Wheaton College
Ph.D., Computer Science, Duke University

Research Expertise:
Computer Science Education | Broadening Participation in Computing

I am developing pedagogical approaches to making computer science higher education more inclusive, with particular attention to increasing the participation of women and other students from historically marginalized groups in computer science.

Teaching Narrative:
My current teaching focus is in theory of computing (multiple courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels) and programming languages. In my years at Rowan, I have taught fifteen different courses and have been active in curriculum development at the department and university levels.

Professional Memberships:
Association for Computing Machinery
Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
IEEE Computer Society

Selected Publications:
Tinkham, N L. (2015) Physical Activity in a Theory of Computing Class. Proceedings of the 20th ACMS Conference, Redeemer University College, Ancaster, Ontario, 121-123.

Provine, D F, Tinkham, N L. (2008) DeSymbol: An Interpretive Tool for Symbolic Logic. The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges 23(3), 38-43.

Tinkham, N L. (2008) An Introduction to Functional Programming with Scheme. Deer Park, NY: Linus Publications.

Tinkham, N L. (1998) Schema Induction for Logic Program Synthesis. Artificial Intelligence 98 (1),1-47.