Education

Year Degree Location
~2025 PhD Computer Science and Learning Sciences Northwestern University
School of Education and Social Policy
2020 MS Computer Science Northwestern University
The Graduate School
2018 BS Computer Science Northwestern University
McCormick School of Engineering
2014 Diploma with Honors Wyoming High School

Publications

Smith, M. (2022, March). Wayfinding for an Educational Game Approach to Algorithmic Interrogation and Analysis. In Proceedings of the 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2 (pp. 1053-1053).

Clegg, T., Edouard, K., Greene, D., Jones, S.T., Melo, N., Nasir, N., Shapiro, R. B., Smith, M., Wright, C. G., Worsley, M., & Zimmermann-Niefield, A. (2020). Reconceptualizing Legitimate and Generative Learning Experiences in Sports and Technology. In Gresalfi, M. and Horn, I. S. (Eds.), The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2020, Volume 1 (pp. 461-467). Nashville, Tennessee: International Society of the Learning Sciences.

“Opportunities and Challenges in a Community-Based Design Research Approach: Implementing Making in an Afterschool Program for Refugees”. Sarah Lee, Melissa Perez, Michael Smith, and Marcelo Worsley (2019). Learning Sciences Graduate Students Conference, Evanston, IL

Experience

Research

Technological Innovations for Inclusive Learning and Teaching (tiilt) lab tiilt.northwestern.edu
Jan. 2019 - Present
PI: Marcelo Worsley, Northwestern University

Center for Robotics and Biosystems (f.k.a Neuroscience and Robotics Laboratory)
robotics.northwestern.edu
June - Sept. 2015
PI: Malcolm A. MacIver, Northwestern University

Teaching

Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Sport Technology and Learning - Spring '22

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

  • Fundamentals of Computer Programming I - Winter '16, '17, '18
  • Intro to Artificial Intelligence - Fall '17

Industry

Term Company Role
Summer 2019 Intel Corporation Graduate Engineering Intern
Summer 2018 Intel Corporation Graduate Technical Intern
Summer 2017 Intel Corporation Hardware Architecture Engineering Intern
Summer 2016 Narrative Science QA/Test Engineering Intern
2014 - 2018 Northwestern University Multicultural Student Affairs Office Assitant / Supervisor

Awards

Year Name
2021 ISLS Wallace Student Scholarship
2020 Todd M and Ruth Warren Supplementary Fellowship
2020 National GEM Consortium PhD Fellowship / Intel Scholar
2018 National GEM Consortium Master’s Fellowship / Intel Scholar
2018 Northwestern Graduation Honors Ceremony – NPHC Member of the Year
2017 CODE2040 Fellowship / Intel Scholar
2014 Design Thinking and Communication Expo – Best Design Award

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