Carol Spradling is an American

professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professor ...

computer scientist A computer scientist is a person who is trained in the academic study of computer science. Computer scientists typically work on the theoretical side of computation, as opposed to the hardware side on which computer engineers mainly focus ( ...

who served as the first Director of the School of

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to practical disciplines (includin ...

and

Information System An information system (IS) is a formal, sociotechnical, organizational system designed to collect, process, store, and distribute information. From a sociotechnical perspective, information systems are composed by four components: task, people ...

s at

Northwest Missouri State University Northwest Missouri State University is a public university in Maryville, Missouri. It has an enrollment of about 8,505 students. Founded in 1905 as a teachers college, its campus is based on the design for Forest Park at the 1904 St. Louis World ...

Maryville, Missouri Maryville is a city and county seat of Nodaway County, Missouri, United States. Located in the "Missouri Point" region, As of the 2020 census, the city population was 10,633. Maryville is home to Northwest Missouri State University and Northwes ...

. She is known for her work with

computer ethics Computer ethics is a part of practical philosophy concerned with how computing professionals should make decisions regarding professional and social conduct. Margaret Anne Pierce, a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computers at Ge ...

, profession-based education,

interactive media Interactive media normally refers to products and services on digital computer-based systems which respond to the user's actions by presenting content such as text, moving image, animation, video and audio. Since its early conception, variou ...

, and expanding the involvement of

underrepresented group An underrepresented group describes a subset of a population that holds a smaller percentage within a significant subgroup than the subset holds in the general population. Specific characteristics of an underrepresented group vary depending on the ...

s and

women in computing Women in computing were among the first programmers in the early 20th century, and contributed substantially to the industry. As technology and practices altered, the role of women as programmers has changed, and the recorded history of the fiel ...

. Dr. Spradling taught computer science courses and served as a provost

fellow A fellow is a concept whose exact meaning depends on context. In learned or professional societies, it refers to a privileged member who is specially elected in recognition of their work and achievements. Within the context of higher education ...

and a liaison to the Northland Center For Advanced Professional Studies program. Spradling served on the

Missouri Department of Higher Education In January 2019, Gov. Mike Parson signed Executive Order 19-03 to move the Division of Workforce Development and the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center (MERIC) under the Department of Higher Education. The department transformation ...

Panel on The Role of Faculty in Establishing and Implementing a Blueprint for Missouri Higher Education. Spradling is the co-founder of the Missouri Iowa Nebraska Kansas Women in Computing Conference, a regional meeting that coincides and is modeled after the

Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (GHC) is a series of conferences designed to bring the research and career interests of women in computing to the forefront. It is the world's largest gathering of women in computing. The celebra ...

. Started in 2011 and held biannually, the conference gathers students, faculty, and technology leaders as part of a nationwide effort to address the decline of women in the computer science professions and discuss strategies for improving representation in the field from

underrepresented groups An underrepresented group describes a subset of a population that holds a smaller percentage within a significant subgroup than the subset holds in the general population. Specific characteristics of an underrepresented group vary depending on t ...

. She is active in the

National Center for Women & Information Technology The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that works to increase the meaningful participation of girls and women in computing. NCWIT was founded in 2004 by Lucinda (Lucy) Sanders, Dr. T ...

Academic Alliance. She is the recipient of the 2012 Missouri Governor's Award for Excellence in Education and received the Dean's Faculty Award for Service in 2014.

Selected publications

* 2014. ''Using interdisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive integrated digital marketing communication campaigns'', Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 29(5), Pages 208–218. * 2013. ''Computer science curriculum 2013: social and professional recommendations from the ACM/IEEE-CS task force'', Proceedings of the 44th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education. * 2012. ''Proposed revisions to the social and professional knowledge area for CS2013'', Proceedings of the 43rd ACM technical symposium on Computer Science Education. * 2009. ''A comprehensive survey on the status of social and professional issues in United States undergraduate computer science programs and recommendations.'', Computer science education, 19.3, Pages 137–153. * 2009. ''From the man on the moon to 2001 and beyond: the evolving social and ethical impact of computers a session to commemorate SIGCSE' 40 anniversary'', Proceedings of the 40th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education, Volume 41, Issue 1. * 2008. ''Ethics training and decision-making: do computer science programs need help?'', ACM SIGCSE Bulletin 40.1, Pages 153–157. * 2008. ''Examining the data on computer ethics in the classroom'', ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society: Volume 38 Issue 2. * 2008. ''An interdisciplinary major emphasizing multimedia'', ACM SIGCSE Proceedings of the 39th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education, Pages 388–391. * 2007. ''A study of social and professional ethics in undergraduate computer science programs: Faculty perspectives '', ETD collection for University of Nebraska - Lincoln.Paper AAI3255458.

References

External links

Official website

Association for Computing Machinery ACM-W

Missouri Department of Education Preparing Missourians to Succeed

National Center for Women and Information Technology
{{DEFAULTSORT:Spradling, Carol American academics American computer scientists Buena Vista University alumni Educators from Missouri Northwest Missouri State University faculty Northwest Missouri State University alumni University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumni Living people American women academics American women computer scientists People from Maryville, Missouri 1950 births Engineers from Missouri 21st-century American academics 21st-century American women

Selected publications

See also

References

External links