Christine Liebe

Christine Liebe has a joint appointment with the Computer Science department and the Honors College and is the Director of Teach@Mines, a pre-service teacher education program offering mathematics, science, and computer science licensure through undergraduate minor and Masters in STEM Education degrees. She teaches introductory programming, CS pre-service teacher courses, and supervises graduate students conducting CS Education research as well as CS student teachers. She is involved in several interdisciplinary research projects combining education and STEM topics (e.g., additive manufacturing, semiconductor engineering, AI education tools). Her research interests include, the instruction of abstraction, computational thinking, CS assessments, CS interdisciplinary connections, and the correlation between learning human and computer languages. Christine is a licensed K-12 teacher and manages the Discover Explore Create with Technology (DECtech) outreach program which serves ~500  K-12 students through after-school and summer camps. She enjoys hiking with her dog, planting trees, and gardening in her free time.