Contact Information
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471 Nicks Hall 423-439-6952 |
Areas of Research
- Special problems which impact the attraction of strong students to computer science and the encouragement of continuance and dedication to this discipline. Professor Laws' research follows an information technology action research model (ITAR) as a basis to identify the cause of these problems and the development and dissemination of methods to address them.
- Issues related to the number of women participating in computer science and the problems which fall into this domain. Professor Laws constructed multiple survey instruments to measure attitudes of young females related to science and technology. These instruments were applied during the Girls in Science and Technology (GIST) camp.
Classes Taught
CSCI 1200 - Essentials of Computer and Information Sciences
CSCI 1250 - CSCI 1250 Introduction to Computer Sci I
CSCI 1710 - World Wide Web Design
CSCI 1720 - World Wide Web - Advanced Concepts
CSCI 2910 - Client/Server-Side Programming
Brief Biography
Professor Laws earned her Bachelor and Master of Science degree from the University of Southern Mississippi. She worked for 7 years as programmer for Howard Industries which designs, manufactures, and distributes transformers. Some of the programming languages she used were COBOL, FORTRAN, and PL/1. Professor Laws worked at USM as an instructor for 2 years. She has been an assistant professor at ETSU's Computer Science department since 2001.
Professor Laws is happily married and has 2 dogs. Some of her hobbies are water skiing and basketball.