Quincy K. Brown is an American computer scientist and former Senior Policy Advisor in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. She is a published academic and co-founder of blackcomputeHER.org, NationOfMakers.org and Black In Computing.[1][2][3]

Quincy K. Brown
Alma materThe Bronx High School of Science
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University
Drexel University
Scientific career
FieldsMobile Technologies
Human Computer Interaction
Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Mobile Learning
Educational Game Design
InstitutionsAnitaB.org
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
National Science Foundation
Bowie State University
Thesis Mobile Intelligent Tutoring Systems: Moving Intelligent Tutoring Systems Off The Desktop

Early life and education

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Brown graduated from Bronx High School of Science and received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University in 1995.[4][5] She earned a master of science degree (2007) and doctor of philosophy degree in computer science (2009) from Drexel University.[6][7]

Brown's research focused on mobile Human Computer Interaction, Computer Science education, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, and Broadening Participation in Computing.[2] Her work studied how children used touch and gesture on mobile devices for learning, how first responders used mobile devices in emergency situations, and inquiry behaviors for mobile devices.[1]

Career and research

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Brown was an assistant professor at Bowie State University from 2010 to 2016. She left academia to pursue careers in the government and non-profit organizations after earning tenure.[5][8]

Brown founded Girl Who Will, a summer program for middle and high school girls, in 2011.[2]

Brown served as senior policy advisor for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy in 2016 and program director for STEM Education Research at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) from 2016 to 2019. In these roles, she worked on computer science education and broadening participation in STEM.[1][6] Brown was one of 149 African Americans who served in the Obama administration to sign the June 26, 2019 Washington Post op-ed titled We are African Americans, we are patriots, and we refuse to sit idly by.[9]

In 2020, Brown launched the organization blackcomputeHER.org with Jamika D. Burge and Jakita Thomas.[10] The organization's mission is to support workforce development, computing education and technology education for Black women and girls through research, programs, and events. In the same year, Brown worked with colleagues to form Black In Computing, a nonprofit organization that supports its members in their pursuit to affect change in the computing community.[6] She is also the co-founder of NationOfMakers.org, a non-profit organization to encourage an inclusive and diverse community of makers and Games+MobilePlay, Learn, Live Lab.[11]

Brown is currently Director of Engagement and Research at AnitaB.org.[12]

Awards and Fellowships

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In 2009, Brown received the National Science Foundation's Computing Community Consortium CI Fellows Postdoctoral Research Fellowship and GK-12 Fellow award. She was also a NSF Bridges to the Doctorate Fellow.[7][13]

Selected publications

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "CMD-IT | An Interview with Quincy Brown, Tapia 2020 General Chair". CMD-IT. 2020-05-28. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
  2. ^ a b c "Quincy Brown | American Association for the Advancement of Science". www.aaas.org. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  3. ^ "Amanda Spann, Founder of The App Accelerator". xoNecole: Women's Interest, Love, Wellness, Beauty. 2020-06-03. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  4. ^ Wogrammer (2020-10-28). "From the Halls of Academia to the Formation of Government Policy". Medium. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
  5. ^ a b "Quincy Brown". AnitaB.org. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  6. ^ a b c "Quincy Brown Bio". generalassemb.ly. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
  7. ^ a b "Quincy Brown". Pennoni Honors College. 2020-07-16. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
  8. ^ "Quincy Brown". Aspen Forum on Women and Girls. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
  9. ^ Fluker, Clarence J.; Kinder, C.; Moore, Jesse; Harris, Khalilah M. "Opinion | We are African Americans, we are patriots, and we refuse to sit idly by". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
  10. ^ "Our Team". Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  11. ^ "Games+Mobile Play, Learn, Live Lab". Games+Mobile Play, Learn, Live Lab. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  12. ^ "Quincy Brown". UC Berkeley School of Information. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  13. ^ "2018 AFCEA TechNet Augusta Conference and Expo: Session Speaker: Quincy K. Brown, Ph.D." events.afcea.org. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
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