Nathan Bean
Associate Teaching Professor
Manhattan, Kansas, United States
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Top SchoolNathan Bean is an Associate Teaching Professor at Kansas State University with 11 years of higher-education experience and over eight years of industry work building full-stack web applications. Recognized as the Richard B. and Mary Jo Myers Cornerstone Teaching Scholar, he has created five original courses, authored four Creative Commons textbooks, and produced 80+ video lectures to modernize CS instruction and scale online delivery. His work bridges teaching and research in computer science education, contributing to over $5.75M in grants and leading a $2.8M GK-12 STEM outreach program that paired grad students with K–12 teachers. A pragmatist who codes, he has developed automated grading and just-in-time tutoring tools and ran a small Ruby on Rails web shop, blending classroom innovation with real-world software development.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science Computer Games Technology, Master of Science Computer Games Technology at Abertay UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Curriculum & Instruction / Computer Science Education, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Curriculum & Instruction / Computer Science Education at Kansas State University
Github Skills (22)
ranking10
react9
science9
computer-science9
tac5
hugo3
hugo-theme3
css2
dwarf2
game-programming2
javascript2
checkers2
blockchain2
virtual-machine1
graphical-user-interface1
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ksu-cis/cowboy-cafe
Jan 2020 - Feb 2020
Contributions:11 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
CIS580/tilemap-exercise
Mar 2022 - Oct 2024
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 7 months
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