We CAN and DO Make a Difference
Small colleges play a critical role in the future of our nations
technical viability. Undergraduate research at these institutions
enhances student academic experiences and contributes to the
development of role models that can impact all levels of the computing
pipeline, including helping to attract high school students and
succeeding in graduate school.
SHEILA CASTAÑEDA
is Chair and Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department at
Clarke College in Dubuque, Iowa, where she has taught for the past 23
years. Her main areas of interest and teaching responsibility are in
database systems and programming languages. She received her M.S. in
Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin - Madison in 1979.
Sheila enjoys maintaining contacts with the corporate world and
provides training and instruction for companies like Honeywell, John
Deere and HBOC.
Sheila has three children, one granddaughter, and loves to spend her
free time with family and friends and in gardening and traveling.