Lecturer (2007 to 2010)
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University of California, San Diego

• CSE 15L: Scientific Debugging [Web site]
• CSE 20: Introduction to Discrete Mathematics
• CSE 21: Mathematics for Algorighms and Systems Analysis [Web site]
• CSE 70: Software Engineering [Web site]
• CSE 130: Programming Languages: Principles and Paradigms [Web site]
• CSE 599: Teaching Methods in Computer Science [Web site]

Associate in Teaching (2006)
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University of California, San Diego

• CSE 171: User Interface Design [Web site]

Teaching Assistant (2002 to 2007)
University of California, San Diego

• CSE 3: Fluency with Information Technology (Summer 2006)
• CSE 8A: Introduction to Computer Science with Java (Fall 2005)
• CSE 111: Object-Oriented Software Design (Summer 2005)
• CSE 130: Programming Languages (Summer 2004, Winter 2006)
• CSE 134A: Web Service Design and Programming (Fall 2002)
• CSE 135: Server-Side Web Applications (Summer 2004)
• CSE 171: User Interface Design: Social and Technical Issues (Spring 2003)
• Cognitive Science 102A: Distributed Cognition (Summer 2005)
• Making of the Modern World (2006–2007)
• Sociology 103M: Computer Applications to Data Management in Sociology (Winter 2002)

Self-Predicted and Actual Performance in an Introductory Programming Course
Paul Denny, Dana Dahlstrom, Helen Purchase, Andrew Luxton-Reilly, and John Hamer
in Proceedings of the 15th Annual ACM SIGCSE Conference on
Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE 2010)
Ankara, Turkey, June 2010

Software Support for Face-to-Face Parliamentary Procedure
Dana Dahlstrom and Bayle Shanks
in Online Deliberation: Design, Research, and Practice
edited by Todd Davies and Seeta Peña Gangadharan
CSLI Publications/University of Chicago Press, November 2009

Off to See the Wizard: Using a "Wizard of Oz" Study
to Learn How to Design a Spoken Language Interface for Programming
David E. Price, Dana Dahlstrom, Ben Newton, and Joseph L. Zachary
in Proceedings of the 32nd Annual IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE 2002)
Boston, Massachusetts, November 2002

M.S., computer science (2007)
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University of California, San Diego

B.S., computer science (2001)
School of Computing
University of Utah

Student Confidence in Computer-Science Courses (2009-09 to present)
Fellow researchers: Paul Denny, Andrew Luxton-Reilly, Helen Purchase, John Hamer

Parliamentary Procedure Software (2004-06 to present)
Fellow researcher: Bayle Shanks
Faculty advisor: Joseph Goguen
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University of California, San Diego

Dynapad Project (2003-03 to 2004-06)
Fellow researchers: Dan Bauer, Ron Hightower, Ron Stanonik
Faculty advisor: Jim Hollan
Distributed Cognition and Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory
Cognitive Science Department
University of California, San Diego

Imitation Learning Project (2002-03 to 2003-03)
Fellow graduate researcher: Eric Wiewiora
Faculty advisors: Garrison Cottrell, Charles Elkan
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University of California, San Diego

Natural Language Programming Project (2000-12 to 2001-07)
Fellow undergraduate researcher: Ben Newton
Graduate project leader: David Price
Faculty advisors: Ellen Riloff, Joe Zachary
School of Computing
University of Utah

Adaptive Place Advisor Project (2000-08 to 2000-12)
Faculty advisor: Cindi Thompson
School of Computing
University of Utah

Graduate Community Coordinator (2004-08 to 2005-06)
Office of Graduate Studies and Research
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, California

Network Operator (2000-03 to 2001-08)
CADE Lab
College of Engineering
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

Interactive Technologist (1998-03 to 2000-05)
Euro RSCG DSW Partners
Salt Lake City, Utah

Vice President of Internal Affairs (2005 to 2007)
Graduate Student Association
University of California, San Diego

Outstanding Almuni (2008)
Graduate Student Association, UC San Diego

B.S. cum laude (2001)
College of Engineering, University of Utah

National Merit Scholarship (1997 to 2001)

Freebody Scholarship (2000 to 2001)
College of Engineering, University of Utah

Special Departmental Scholarship (2000 to 2001)
Department of Computer Science, University of Utah

Honors at Entrance Scholarship (1996 to 2000)
University of Utah

Utah Centennial Scholarship (1996 to 1997)