Shaundra Daily

Shaundra Bryant Daily (born May 29, 1979)[1] is an American professor and author known for her work in the field of human-centered computing and broadening participation in STEM.[2][3][4][5] She is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science at Duke University.[6]

Shaundra B. Daily
Born (1979-05-29) May 29, 1979
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Alma mater
Scientific career
FieldsHuman-Centered Computing, Affective Computing
Institutions
Doctoral advisorRosalind Picard

Early life and education

Growing up, Daily was interested in math and science and loved to dance and do gymnastics.[7] Daily received her B.S. in Engineering from Florida State University in 2001, her M.S. from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in 2003, and her S.M. (2005) and Ph.D. (2010) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab. At the Media Lab,[8] she worked with the Affective Computing[9] and Future of Learning Groups.

Career

After graduating from the Media Lab, Daily joined Clemson University's School of Computing in the Human-Centered Computing Division as an assistant professor. There she was promoted to associate professor and served as co-chair of the division.[10]

In 2012, Daily was involved in a controversial project to measure galvanic skin response in classrooms using bracelets from startup Affectiva.[11] The project was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and was criticized by Diane Ravitch of New York University.[12]

Daily's work at Clemson focused on the use of dance to teach programming. Students used block programming to choreograph dances in a virtual environment. The aim of the research was to help bridge the gender gap in computer science and engineering.[13][14]

In 2015, she joined the Department of Computing and Information Sciences at the University of Florida as an associate professor, before moving to Duke University where she serves as an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. As Faculty Director[15][16] of Duke Technology Scholars Program, QuadEx lead Faculty Fellow,[17] and faculty representative of the executive committee for the Pratt School of Engineering Diversity, Inclusion, Equity and Community Committee,[18] Daily continues working for equity in education.

Daily's accomplishments have been documented in articles, web series and podcasts.[19] She was featured in news sources for her work fusing dance and a virtual environment to teach computer programming[20][21][22] as well as The Washington Post for her work exploring privacy and trust issues of affective computing in the classroom.[23][24] Daily was featured alongside Neil deGrasse Tyson and Mayim Bialik on the PBS web series The Secret Life Of Scientists And Engineers.[25]

Honors and awards
  • 2022 Black STEM Leader, Governor Roy Cooper of North Carolina
  • 2020 Undergraduate Mentor of the Year, Duke University[26]
  • 2015 Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning Early Career Research Award given by the American Education Research Association.[27]
  • 2015 Delta Alpha Pi, Extraordinary Educator Award for outstanding work which impacts students with disabilities.
  • 2013 BDPA Most Promising Technologist Epsilon Award[28]
  • 2013 Diverse Issues and Higher Education, Emerging Scholar[29]

References
  1. "Science Update: The Science Radio News Feature of the AAAS". www.scienceupdate.com. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  2. "Dr. Shaundra B. Daily Works to Improve Education with Technology - Higher Education". 8 January 2013. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  3. Kuo, Maggie (2016-11-17). "Changing the face of computer science". AAAS. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  4. "Shaundra Daily". Source of the Week. 2015-05-16. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  5. "Announcing the Institute for African-American Mentoring in Computing Sciences". Computing Education Research Blog. 2013-05-24. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  6. "Faculty". Duke Electrical and Computer Engineering. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  7. Chaney, Kelly (2016). Technology: Cool Women Who Code. Science and Children. White River Junction, VT: Nomad Press. ISBN 978-1-61930-325-6.
  8. "Science Update: The Science Radio News Feature of the AAAS". www.scienceupdate.com. 24 July 2006. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  9. "Group Overview ‹ Affective Computing". MIT Media Lab. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  10. Olson, Samantha (2014-11-03). "Female Students' Computer Skills Improve With Dance Choreography". Medical Daily. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  11. Simon, Stephanie (12 June 2012). "Biosensors to monitor U.S. students' attentiveness". Chicago Tribune.
  12. Kroll, Luisa. "Gates Foundation Responds To GSR Bracelets Controversy". Forbes.
  13. Ramachandran, Vignesh. "Bridging tech's gender gap with dance". USA TODAY.
  14. "Software Uses Dance Choreography To Interest Girls In Computing". NationSwell. 2014-11-07. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  15. "For Women Student Coders, DTech Provides Strength in Numbers". today.duke.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  16. "Program Leadership | Duke Technology Scholars". dtech.duke.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  17. "Daily and Samanez-Larkin to Lead Faculty QuadEx Engagement". Duke Today. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  18. "Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Community Committee". Duke Pratt School of Engineering. 2020-09-03. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  19. "376: Dr. Shaundra Daily: Engineering Technology-Enriched Education Environments". People Behind the Science Podcast. 2016-12-19. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  20. "Dance choreography improves girls' computational skills". phys.org. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  21. "Dance choreography improves girls' computational skills". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  22. "Dance choreography improves girls' computational skills". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  23. Kroll, Luisa. "Gates Foundation Responds To GSR Bracelets Controversy". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  24. Strauss, Valerie (2012-06-11). "$1.1 million-plus Gates grants: 'Galvanic' bracelets that measure student engagement". Washington Post. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  25. "The Secret Life of Scientists & Engineers | Shaundra Daily". PBS LearningMedia.
  26. "Mary Lou Williams Honors Students, Faculty and Staff With Abele Honors". today.duke.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  27. "American Educational Research Association > SIG119 > Awards > Award Winners". www.aera.net. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  28. "BDPA Today" (PDF). 2013.
  29. "Emerging Scholars". diverseeducation.com. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
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