Andrea Lawrence (professor)

Andrea Lawrence (born October 6, 1946) is a computer scientist and educator, and the first African-American to get a Ph.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology in computer science.[1] She is an associate professor at Spelman College.[2] In 2014, Lawrence was awarded the SIGCSE award for Lifetime Service to the computer science education community. The award honours an individual with a long history of dedicated volunteer service to the computer science education community.[3]

In 2018, Lawrence was credited by Juan E. Gilbert, the principal investigator for a National Science Foundation-funded programme called "Broadening Participation in Computing", as the reason he finished his own Ph.D. Gilbert said that Lawrence, then chair of the computer science department at Spelman College, motivated him by introducing him to other black computer science doctoral students.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Andrea Lawrence | The HistoryMakers". www.thehistorymakers.org. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  2. ↑ "CIS Faculty | Spelman College". www.spelman.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  3. ↑ "Lifetime Service to Computer Science Education | Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education". sigcse.org. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  4. ↑ Jones, LaMont (2018-08-30). "Florida Professor Leads Effort to Aid Black Comp-Sci PhD Students". Diverse. Retrieved 2018-09-15.


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