Jan Pearce
Professor Of Computer And Information Science
Berea, Kentucky, United States
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Top SchoolJan Pearce is a Professor of Computer and Information Science at Berea College who founded the college’s CIS major and served as inaugural chair of both the department and the Resources, Technology & Commerce division. A 2022 Fulbright Scholar and Tweag Fellow, she blends curricular innovation, open-source advocacy, and evidence-driven assessment to scale programs and mentor faculty—growing the major five-fold and hiring dozens of faculty. Her work spans course and program design, interdisciplinary course development, data-driven divisional restructuring using novel clustering techniques, and college-wide mentoring initiatives. Known for introducing students to collaborative computing practices, she researches active-learning pedagogies like POGIL to boost teamwork, self-efficacy, and durable learning, including international work in Ghana.
10 years of coding experience
B.A., B.A. at Augustana CollegePh.D., Ph.D. at University of RochesterUniversity of Minnesota Twin Cities
Spanish
Github Skills (46)
transition10
stem10
data-structures10
cpp10
unix9
crossword9
textbook9
game-theory9
python9
linux9
bash9
windows9
meta-analysis9
complexity9
shell8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
pearcej/complex
Jan 2020 - Aug 2022
An interactive textbook based on Think Complexity by Allen Downey.
Contributions:105 PRs, 54 pushes, 18 branches in 2 years 7 months
complexitythinktextbookmeta-analysisallen
berea-college-csc236/berea-college-csc236.github.io
Aug 2021 - Apr 2025
Website for Berea College CSC 236 Data Structures course
Contributions:1 review, 1 PR, 475 pushes in 3 years 8 months
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