Authors and Acknowledgements

Authors and Acknowledgements#

Authors#

Dr. Kyle Thayer#

Kyle is an educator teaching classes that try to integrate social and ethical concerns with computer programming. Kyle is an Assistant Teaching Professor at the University of Washington Information School, and he received his PhD from the University of Washington Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering.

Photo of Kyle Thayer (a white person with glasses, short hair, and a beard)

Dr. Susan Notess#

Susan is a philosopher working in ethics (among other things). They did their PhD at Durham University in England, and they are originally from Colorado. Susan works as a freelance curriculum consultant, supporting instructors from various fields to incorporate ethics instruction into their curricula.

Photo of Susan Notess (a white person with glasses, short hair, and rather better eye makeup than Kyle's)

Contributors#

We would like to thank the following people for their contributions: Emily Giverts (who made the first version of the programming exercises),the UW iSchool GA Crew (for significant help with citations), Alannah Oleson (for the CIDER design activities and feedback on those), and Kristen Thayer (for programming ideas, explanations, and analogies).

Feedback and insights:#

We would like to thank the following people for their feedback and insights: Anna Lauren Hoffmann, Professor Annie Searle, the UW Center for Teaching and Learning, and the many students who have read, commented, and offered suggestions and corrections on the book.

Image and Materials Attributions#

The phone background used to create the logo is from pixabay

Land Acknowledgement#

We want to respectfully acknowledge that the land on which we did the majority of this work is the traditional home of the Coast Salish people, the traditional home of all tribes and bands within the Duwamish, Suquamish, Tulalip and Muckleshoot nations. This land was taken from these tribes mainly by means of conquest and the rule of force rather than through legal process or transfer of ownership based on free will of all involved. We cannot undo the past; however, we feel obliged to acknowledge wrongdoing and work to ensure the sovereignty of tribes today.

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