Personnel summary
Program Director
Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE)
Division of Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF)
Contact information
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Email jforbes@nsf.gov
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Phone (703) 292-8910
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Direct (703) 292-5301
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Room N/A
Program responsibilities
- Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC)
- CISE Research Experiences for Undergraduates Sites (CISE REU Sites)
- Computer Science for All (CSforAll: Research and RPPs)
- Education and Workforce Program
- Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Computing in Undergraduate Education (IUSE: CUE)
Biography
Biography:
Jeff Forbes is the lead Program Director for the Education & Workforce program in the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering, managing programs that address the critical and complex issues of education and broadening participation in computing. From 2001-2019, Jeff was on the faculty of Duke University where he was an Associate Professor of the Practice of Computer Science. He received his BS and PhD in computer science from Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley, respectively. His research interests include computer science education, social information processing, and learning analytics.