If/Then 101

Teaching Programming at Maryland

How is programming taught at the University of Maryland? Are there any substantive difference in the way faculty and staff in different departments communicate the core ideas of the practice? This round table discussion will gather members of the campus community from different disciplines and colleges to publicly compare notes and discover whether there are any surprising disciplinary differences or similarities in programming pedagogy.

Speakers

Doug Reside
Doug Reside
Assistant DirectorMITHUniversity of Maryland

Doug Reside is the Curator of the Billy Rose Theatre Division and manages all aspects of the division’s collections and public services. He joined NYPL in 2011 first as the digital curator for the performing arts before assuming his current position in 2014. Prior to joining NYPL, Reside served on the directorial staff of the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities at the University of Maryland. He has published and spoken on topics related to theater history, literature, and digital humanities, and has managed several large grant-funded projects on these topics. Reside is especially interested in the use of digital forensic tools to study the creative process. He received a PhD in English from the University of Kentucky.