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CRA-W Co-Chairs:

  • Lori A. Clarke - Co-Chair

    Department of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts

  • Lori Pollock - Co-Chair

    Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Delaware

CRA-W Members and Projects:

  • Nancy Amato - Distributed Mentoring Project (DMP)

    Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University
  • Cecilia R. Aragon - Communications
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • Carla Brodley

    Department of Computer Science, Tufts University
  • Tracy Camp - Distributed Mentoring Project (DMP)
    Colorado School of Mines
  • Sheila Castañeda - Career Mentoring Workshops, - Collaborative Research Experience for Undergraduates (CREU)

    Computer Science Department, Clarke College
  • Joanne Cohoon
    University of Virginia
  • Carla Ellis

    Computer Science Department, Duke University
  • Faith Ellen - Canadian Distributed Mentoring Project (CDMP)

    University of Toronto
  • Kathleen Fisher

    AT&T Labs Research
  • Joan Francioni
    Department of Computer Science, Winona State University
  • Maria Gini - Distributed Mentor Project (DMP)
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota
  • Susanne E. Hambrusch

    Purdue University
  • Mary Jean Harrold

    College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Jessica Hodgins - Distributed Mentor Project (DMP)

    School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Mary Jane Irwin - Steering Committee member, Awards and Nominations, Cohort of Associate Professors Project (CAPP), Governments Affairs member

    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Penn State University
  • Susan Landau - ResearcHers, Booklist

    Distinguished Engineer, Sun Microsystems Laboratories
  • Tessa Lau
    Staff member at IBM's Almaden Research Center
  • Margaret Martonosi - Editor of the Expanding the Pipeline Column

    Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University
  • Renée J. Miller - Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS)

    Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
  • Joann Ordille - Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS)

    Avaya Labs
  • Mary Lou Soffa - Affilites DMP Program, Grad Cohort Program, Cohort of Associate Professors Project (CAPP)

    Department of Computer Science, University of Virginia
  • Telle Whitney - Liaison with the Institute for Women in Technology

    Institute for Women in Technology

CRA-W Emerita Members:
Emerita status is bestowed upon retired members who made major contributions to CRA-W during their membership.

CRA-W Staff:



Kathleen Fisher
AT&T Labs Research

Kathleen Fisher is a Principal Technical Staff Member at AT&T Labs Research. She received her Ph.D. in computer science from Stanford University in 1996. Her research focuses on the design, implementation, and theoretical foundation of object-oriented programming languages as well as domain-specific programming languages for processing data.