Examines ways to improve and enhance the computing educational experience, particularly at the undergraduate-level, and explores uses of computing in an interdisciplinary setting with a focus on applications for the Humanities.
Teaching Information
Teaching Interests
Introductory computing and programming, interdisciplinary computing, data structures, discrete mathematics, computer science theory, computer science education, artificial intelligence
Courses Taught
Research Information
Research Interests
- Computer Science Education
- Computational Humanities
- Artificial Immune Systems
- Machine Learning
Recent Funding
Watkins, A (PI)., Hippler, R., Reed, D., Opong, P., and Damson, E. “CUE-P: Ohio Pathways to Undergraduate Computing Success (OPUCS)” NSF Improving Undergraduate Science Education (IUSE) Grant, 2023-2028. CNS-2245995, CNS-2506828. $1,989,847.
Publications
Shelley Engelman, Andrew Watkins, Rachelle K Hippler, Patricia Opong, Natlie Nurse, and David M. Reed (2026). “I Felt Dumb” vs. “It Suddenly Clicked”: Exploring Emotional Highs and Lows in Undergraduate Computing by Gender. In Proceedings of the 57th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE '26) held in St. Louis, MO. Feb. 18-21, 2026.
Shelley Engelman, Andrew Watkins, Rachelle K Hippler, David M. Reed, and Patricia Opong, (2026). Expanding Access to Computing in Ohio: Early Lessons from the OPUCS Consortium—an NSF CNS IUSE:CUE Project. Poster Presentation. 2026 American Society for Engineering Education Conference (ASEE ’26) held in Charlotte, NC. Jun 21-24, 2026.
Shelley Engelman, Rachelle K Hippler, Andrew Watkins, Patricia Opong, Natlie Nurse, and David M. Reed (2025). Is ACM-W Still Relevant After 30 Years? Exploring the Ongoing Needs of Women and URMs in Computing. Poster Presentation. In Proceedings of the 56th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE '25) held in Pittsburgh, PA. Feb. 26-Mar 1, 2025.
Jessica Narum and Andrew Watkins. (2019). Musical Topics in Mozart’s Piano Sonatas: A Data Science Approach. Refereed poster. Society for Music Theory 42nd Annual Meeting held in Columbus, OH, November 7-10, 2019. November 2019.
Brian Krupp and Andrew Watkins. (2019). CS0: Introducing Computing with Raspberry Pis. In Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE '19). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 832-838.