Jerry Fails
Department Chair & Professor at Boise State University
Boise, Idaho, United States
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Top SchoolJerry Fails is a human–computer interaction researcher and academic leader who serves as Department Chair and Professor of Computer Science at Boise State University, with a decade-long faculty trajectory and prior HCI roles at Montclair State and the University of Maryland. He specializes in designing technologies that support children’s creativity, mobility, and collaboration, and directs the intergenerational Kidsteam design group that partners young children directly with adults in the research process. His work blends rigorous HCI methods from a PhD at UMD with practical, long-running lab practice (including founding Kidsteam at Montclair), producing designs grounded in real-world child–adult co-design. Based in Boise, Idaho, he brings deep experience mentoring students and building interdisciplinary teams that translate child-centered insights into novel interaction technologies.
9 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Computer Science, PhD, Computer Science at University of MarylandHigh School, High School at Graded - The American School of São PauloMS, Computer Science, MS, Computer Science at Brigham Young University
PortugueseProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
BoiseState/CS121-Public-F22
Aug 2022 - Feb 2024
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
BoiseState/CS121-Public
Oct 2020 - Aug 2022
Contributions:40 commits, 12 pushes in 1 year 10 months
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