Max Skorodinsky

Postdoctoral Scholar

makseem@uw.edu

Specializations

Trans and Gender Nonconforming/LGBTQIA+ students in Computer Science and STEM education
Critical Computer Science Education
Qualitative analysis

Research Areas

Biography

Max is a Computer Science education (CS Ed) researcher with a focus on the experiences of LGBTQIA+ students in CS/STEM education. He is currently a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Information School at the University of Washington. Max is leading an NSF funded research project, examining the needs for a community of practice among Middle and HS CS teachers in the Pacific Northwest Region (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington). His broader research commitments focus on equity and social justice issues in CS Ed, elevating the voices and needs of CS teachers, and TransForming computing to be a field where transgender and gender nonconforming people can fully participate, have impact, and thrive. Outside of research, Max enjoys being a parent to a seven-month-old, spending time outside with his chocolate lab, gardening, reading, cooking, playing table-top games, and doing all sorts of word puzzles.

Education

Ph D, Education Studies, University of Oregon, 2024
MS, Computer Science, University of Oregon, 2003
BA, English, University of Oregon, 1997
BA, Russian, University of Oregon, 1997

Awards

David Moursund Scholarship - University of Oregon, 2019-2024
Graduate Employee Excellence Award for instruction - UO Department of Education Studies, 2020-2023
Doctoral Research Awards - College of Education, University of Oregon, 2021
UO Department of Education Studies Graduate Employee - University of Oregon, 2019-2020
College of Education Alumni Scholarship - University of Oregon, 2018-2019
Kathryn and David Bussman Scholarship - University of Oregon, 2017-2018
Promising Scholar Graduate Fellowship - University of Oregon, 2016
United Way Volunteer of the Year: youth education services - United Way, 2016
Women in Computer Science Grace Hopper Conference Scholarship - Grace Hopper Conference, 2004

Memberships

American Educational Research Association - Division C: Learning and Instruction
American Educational Research Association - Division G: Social Context of Education
Association for Computing Machinery, SIG: Computer Science Education
Computer Science Teachers Association
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Oregon Computer Science Teachers Association

Publications and Contributions

Journal Article, Academic Journal

Can Computing Be Diversified on “Principles” Alone? Exploring the Role of AP Computer Science Courses in Students’ Major and Career Intentions (2022)
ACM Transactions on Computing Education (TOCE), 22(2), pp. 1-26 Authors: Linda J. Sax, Kaitlin N.S. Newhouse, Joanna Goode, Tomoko N. Nakajima, Max Skorodinsky, Michelle Sendowski
Conference Poster

It's All Relational: Moving from Transactional to Relational Computer Science Education Research (2022)
2022 Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT) Authors: Max Skorodinsky, Allison Ivey, Stephany RunningHawk Johnson, Jimmy Snyder, Joanna Goode
Conference Poster

Transgender and Non-Binary Students' Sense of Belonging in Post-Secondary Computing Education (2022)
2022 Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT) Author: Max Skorodinsky
Conference Paper

Abolitionist Computer Science Teaching: Moving from Access to Justice (2021)
2021 Conference on Research in Equitable and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT), pp. 1-4 Authors: Allison Ivey, Stephany RunningHawk Johnson, Max Skorodinsky, Jimmy Snyder, Joanna Goode
Journal Article, Academic Journal

Computer Science for Equity: Teacher Education, Agency, and Statewide Reform (2020)
Frontiers in Education, 4, pp. 1-12 Authors: Joanna Goode, Max Skorodinsky, Jill Hubbard, James Hook
Conference Paper

Does AP CS Principles Broaden Participation in Computing? An Analysis of APCSA and APCSP Participants (2020)
SIGCSE '20: Proceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, pp. 542–548 Authors: Linda J. Sax, Kaitlin N.S. Newhouse, Joanna Goode, Tomoko N. Nakajima, Max Skorodinsky, Michelle Sendowski
Journal Article, Academic Journal

Education for Whom? The Writing is on the Walls (2020)
Equity & Excellence in Education, 53(4), pp. 551–568 Authors: Matthew C. Graham, Allison Ivey, Nicholette DeRosia, Max Skorodinsky
Conference Short Paper

Intersectional Perspectives on Teaching: Women of Color, Equity, and Computer Science (2020)
2020 Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT), pp. 1-4 Authors: Stephany RunningHawk Johnson, Allison Ivey, Jimmy Snyder, Max Skorodinsky, Joanna Goode
Conference Paper

Going Beyond the Platitudes of Equity: Developing a Shared Vision for Equity in Computer Science Education (2019)
SIGCSE '19: Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, pp. 657–658 Authors: Jean Ryoo, Joanna Goode, Gail Chapman, Max Skorodinsky
Conference Workshop Paper

Sleeping at Night: Perpetual Monitoring of Environmental Assumptions (2002)
ASE '02: Proceedings of the 2002 Workshop on the State of the Art in Automated Software Engineering, pp. 1-11 Authors: Stephen Fickas, Max Skorodinsky, Martin Feather

Presentations

Transgender and gender non-conforming people in Computer Science education and careers: staying in and staying out (2022)
Network Gender & STEM Conference - Munich, Germany
Abolitionist Computer Science Teaching: (Re)conceptualizing the Field (2021)
2021 AERA Annual Meeting - Virtual
More than Binary, More than Normative, More than Quantities: Diverse Gender Identities in Computer Science Education Research (2021)
Network Gender & STEM Conference - Virtual
Representation, Reciprocity, and Computer Science Education: Perspectives of Women Teachers of Color in the United States (2021)
Network Gender & STEM Conference - Virtual
Supporting Transgender Students in time of Distance Learning: A Web of Efforts (2021)
2021 AERA Annual Meeting - Virtual
Does AP CS Principles Broaden Participation in Computing? An Analysis of APCSA and APCSP Participants (2020)
2020 ACM SIGCSE Conference - Portland, OR
Intersectional Perspectives on Teaching: Women of Color, Equity, and Computer Science (2020)
RESPECT 2020 Conference - Portland, OR
We Are the Oath Takers; We Are the Keepers of the Dreams (2020)
Critical Questions in Education Conference - Seattle, WA
CS for All: An Intersectional Approach to Unpacking Equity in Computer Science Education (2019)
2019 AERA Annual Meeting - Toronto, Canada
Going Beyond the Platitudes of Equity: Developing a Shared Vision for Equity in Computer Science Education (2019)
2019 ACM SIGCSE Conference - Minneapolis, MN
Radical Transparency: Centering Social Justice in Computer Science for All (2018)
2018 ACM Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference - Orlanda, FL
So, you want to learn Computer Science? Are you a girl, a boy, underrepresented, a future worker, a robot maker, or a chipset baker? Critical reading of four corporate Computer Science Education sites: Code.org, Apple, Google, and Microsoft (2018)
4th Gender & Stem Network Conference - Reimagining Who Does Stem and Why Through Research, Education, And Action, University of Oregon - Eugene, OR