* Click on member's name to read their bio.*

CRA-W Co-Chairs:

  • Lori A. Clarke - Co-Chair

    Department of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts

  • Lori Pollock - Co-Chair

    Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Delaware

CRA-W Members and Projects:

  • Nancy Amato - Distributed Mentoring Project (DMP)

    Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University
  • Cecilia R. Aragon - Communications
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • Carla Brodley

    Department of Computer Science, Tufts University
  • Tracy Camp - Distributed Mentoring Project (DMP)
    Colorado School of Mines
  • Sheila Castañeda - Career Mentoring Workshops, - Collaborative Research Experience for Undergraduates (CREU)

    Computer Science Department, Clarke College
  • Joanne Cohoon
    University of Virginia
  • Dilma Da Silva
    IBM Research
  • Carla Ellis

    Computer Science Department, Duke University
  • Faith Ellen - Canadian Distributed Mentoring Project (CDMP)

    University of Toronto
  • Kathleen Fisher

    AT&T Labs Research
  • Joan Francioni
    Department of Computer Science, Winona State University
  • Maria Gini - Distributed Mentor Project (DMP)
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota
  • Susanne E. Hambrusch

    Purdue University
  • Mary Jean Harrold

    College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Mary Jane Irwin - Steering Committee member, Awards and Nominations, Cohort of Associate Professors Project (CAPP), Governments Affairs member

    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Penn State University
  • Susan Landau - ResearcHers, Booklist

    Distinguished Engineer, Sun Microsystems Laboratories
  • Tessa Lau
    Staff member at IBM's Almaden Research Center
  • Margaret Martonosi - Editor of the Expanding the Pipeline Column

    Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University
  • Renée J. Miller - Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS)

    Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
  • Joann Ordille - Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS)

    Avaya Labs
  • Mary Lou Soffa - Affilites DMP Program, Grad Cohort Program, Cohort of Associate Professors Project (CAPP)

    Department of Computer Science, University of Virginia
  • Telle Whitney - Liaison with the Institute for Women in Technology

    Institute for Women in Technology

CRA-W Emerita Members:
Emerita status is bestowed upon retired members who made major contributions to CRA-W during their membership.

CRA-W Staff:



Maria Klawe
Harvey Mudd College

Maria Klawe, dean of Princeton University's School of Engineering and Applied Science for the past three years, has been selected to become president of Harvey Mudd College, effective July 1, 2006. Maria will be the first woman to serve as President of Harvey Mudd College, a liberal arts college focusing on engineering, science and mathematics education founded in 1955 as one of The Claremont Colleges in Claremont, Calif.

Maria came to Princeton from the University of British Columbia where she held posts including dean of science, vice president of student and academic services, and head of the Department of Computer Science. Maria's rich career also includes eight years with IBM Research in California. She received her Ph.D. and B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Alberta.

Maria has made significant research contributions in several areas of mathematics and computer science. She was the founder and director of the Electronic Games for Education in Math and Science, a project which explores the use of computer games in enhancing mathematics education for grades 4 through 9 and studies the effect of gender in technology-based learning environments, and made seminal developments in educational software.

Maria is a fellow of the Association of Computing Machinery, chair of the Board of Trustees of the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, and a trustee of the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics in Los Angeles and the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley. She has received many awards for her research in science and mathematics, and for her efforts to encourage women to pursue careers in science and engineering.