Frank Mccown
Chair Of Computer Science Department at Harding University
Arkansas, United States
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Top SchoolFrank Mccown is a computer science educator and department chair with over 15 years of academic experience and a Ph.D. in computer science, known for teaching a broad range of application development courses from web and mobile to games. As Senior Content Developer at zyBooks he has authored and contributed to textbooks across C++, Java, Python, databases, web, and mobile development, combining curriculum design with practical programming experience. His career blends long-term university service with industry engagements—software development roles at Lockheed Martin, Flatirons, and a stint at Los Alamos—bringing real-world software engineering into the classroom. He emphasizes preparing students for the workplace while integrating his Christian mission to help them exercise their talents purposefully. An educator who still codes, he maintains a public CV and leverages content development to scale effective, hands-on learning.
15 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Harding UniversityPh.D., Computer Science, Ph.D., Computer Science at Old Dominion UniversityMS, Computer Science, MS, Computer Science at University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Github Skills (78)
directives10
directive8
tooltips8
jquery8
testing8
atom-plugin8
footprint8
mocking8
angularjs8
csharp8
phpunit7
dotnet7
angular-directives7
mocks7
api7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
fmccown/PrimeNumbersGUI
Sep 2017 - Sep 2023
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 1 month
fmccown/Scavenger
Nov 2020 - Sep 2022
Contributions:15 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
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