Vidushi Ojha
Graduate Research Assistant
Urbana, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolVidushi Ojha is a PhD candidate and graduate research assistant at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign specializing in computing education research that centers broadening participation and improving outcomes for historically underrepresented students. With 11 years of experience spanning research, teaching, and industry, she combines rigorous qualitative and quantitative study design with practical software engineering skills from prior roles building iOS, React, and backend systems. Her work investigates how policies and classroom practices shape students’ sense of belonging and computing self-efficacy, and she consistently translates findings into conference and journal submissions. Former software engineer and project manager roles give her a rare blend of production development experience and education-focused research acumen, making her well-suited for faculty positions beginning Fall 2024.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Ecole Internationale de GenèveBachelor’s Degree, Joint Computer Science-Mathematics, Bachelor’s Degree, Joint Computer Science-Mathematics at Harvey Mudd CollegeUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
English, French, Hindi, German
Github Skills (5)
simplification4
natural-language-processing2
nlp2
state-management1
state-machine1
Github contributions (5)
VOjha/TextSimplification
Jul 2015 - Jul 2015
Contributions:31 commits, 2 PRs, 30 pushes in 9 days
nlptext-simplificationsimplificationsummernatural-language-processing
VOjha/vojha.github.io
Aug 2023 - Jan 2025
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Contributions:38 pushes in 1 year 4 months
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