ACADEMIA

TACC committed to broadening the understanding of computational science and engineering and advanced computing to diverse groups of educators and learners – The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin has hired Stephenie McLean to lead its Education, Outreach, and Training Programs. Ms. McLean will be responsible for developing and implementing TACC’s EOT strategy including increasing the participation of under-represented groups in computer science, engineering, and information technology through development and execution of EOT programs. "Building and sustaining a strong EOT program will help TACC increase the size and diversity of communities that use advanced computing in research and education activities. It is also important for increasing the pipeline of talented individuals coming into computational disciplines, especially from currently under-represented groups," said Dr. Jay Boisseau, director of TACC. “Stephenie has demonstrated exceptional leadership and a passion for broadening participation in the advanced computing community. We are excited about having her on our team to develop a high-impact EOT program,” said Tina Romanella de Marquez, Manager for TACC Development and External Relations. Ms. McLean joins TACC in mid-April from the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), where she is the Training and Outreach Manager. While at NCSA, Ms. McLean has successfully formed the Minority Serving Institutions Consortium, made up of more than 60 colleges and universities from Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions and Tribal Colleges and Universities. She has also served as principal investigator on grants from the National Science Foundation, IEEE, and the Association for Computing Machinery. She is the Supercomputing 2005 Program Chair of the Minority Serving Institutions Committee. “I look forward to leading EOT efforts at TACC. This is a tremendous opportunity to build a pathway of diversity in advanced computing,” said Ms. McLean. Prior to NCSA, Ms. McLean was Program Manager for the Washington, D.C.-based Executive Leadership Foundation’s Technology Transfer Project. She is actively involved in ACM, Institute for African American E-Culture, Urban League, American Humanics, Educause, Coalition to Diversify Computing, and the Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference. Ms. McLean holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree of science from Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky.