Amber Settle facts for kids

Amber Settle is an American computer scientist. She is a professor at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. She teaches about computers and how to think like a computer.

Professor Settle is well-known for her work in computer science education. This means she helps teach others about computers. She also leads a group called the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE). This group helps computer science teachers around the world. She is also recognized for her work on "computational thinking." This is a way of solving problems using ideas from computer science.

Education and Learning

Amber Settle studied at the University of Arizona. There, she earned two degrees: one in mathematics and another in German.

Later, she went to the University of Chicago. She earned two more advanced degrees there. These degrees were in theoretical computer science.

Her Career

Amber Settle has been a leader in the SIGCSE group for many years. She served on its board for six years. For three of those years, she was the Treasurer.

SIGCSE is a very important international group. It helps computer science teachers. It has over 2,700 members from more than 60 countries. From 2016 to 2019, she was the Past Chair of the ACM SIGCSE Board.

Awards and Honors

Professor Settle has received several awards for her important work.

In 2011, she received the ACM Women Senior Member Award. This award recognized her leadership and achievements in technology.

In 2015, she earned the DePaul School of Computing Spirit of Inquiry Award. This was for her work on "Computational Thinking across the Curriculum." This project helped teach computational thinking in many different subjects.

See also

• SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education