The Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers: Recipient Details
Jakita Thomas
Affidivation:
Spelman College
NSF Directorate:
EDU
Gender:
F
Award Year:
2013
Citation:
For her research on how African-American middle-school girls develop computational algorithmic thinking within the context of designing games, a research project that explores the challenges those girls face and their self-perceptions of themselves as problem-solvers while at the same time educating them in mathematics, programming and reasoning.