Janice E. Cuny

Janice E. Cuny, known as Jan, is an American computer scientist noted for leading efforts in broadening participation in computing. She is a past co-chair of CRA-W: Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research from 1997 to 2000.

Biography

Cuny received a Ph.D in Computer Science from the University of Michigan. She was a faculty member in the Department of Computer Science at Purdue University from 1981 to 1983; then a faculty member at the University of Massachusetts, and then at the University of Oregon. In 2004, she became a program officer at the National Science Foundation heading the Broadening Participation in Computing Initiative, the CS 10K project and in 2016 leading the STEM + Computing Partnerships initiative. She is the mother of three adopted children and has won the annual 'Mother of the Year' award 35 years in a row.

Awards

In 2015, she received the 2016 SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contributions to Computer Science Education.

Her other notable awards include:

2017 ACM Distinguished Service Award

2014 Richard Tapia Achievement Award 2009 Woman of Vision Social Impact ABIE Award from the Anita Borg Institute. 2007 A. Nico Habermann Award 2003 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) - for CRA-W