Deborah Trytten
Industrial and system Engineering
University of Oklahoma
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Deborah A. Trytten a President’s Associates Presidential Professor and Associate Professor in the School Computer Science at the University of Oklahoma and an Adjunct Associate Professor in Women’s and Gender Studies. She received a BA in physics and mathematics from Albion College. She has MS degrees in both applied mathematics and computer science, and a PhD in computer science from Michigan State University. Dr. Trytten's current research interests include analyzing the social construction of gender and ethnic/racial diversity in engineering education and undergraduate education in computer science. Dr. Trytten has authored papers in venues including the Journal of Engineering Education, the Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education, the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, and the Frontiers in Education Conference. She has been an investigator on more than thirty grants and contracts from the NSF, the United States Department of Education, and several state agencies.
Research Interest
Qualitative research in engineering education focusing on minority and under-represented populations, educational gaming, and computer science education.
Publications
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Trytten DA, Lowe AW, Walden SE. “Asians are Good at Math. What an Awful Stereotype†The Model Minority Stereotype's Impact on Asian American Engineering Students. Journal of Engineering Education. 2012 Jul 1;101(3):439-68.
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Barr V, Trytten D. Using turing's craft codelab to support CS1 students as they learn to program. ACM Inroads. 2016 May 16;7(2):67-75.
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Foor CE, Walden SE, Trytten DA. “I wish that I belonged more in this whole engineering group:†Achieving individual diversity. Journal of Engineering Education. 2007 Apr 1;96(2):103-15.
