Sneha Veeragoudar Harrell

Sneha Veeragoudar Harrell is a Senior Research Fellow at the College of Information and Computer Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her work focuses on equity initiatives in computing education, including leadership of the UMass-SPS CSforAll Springfield RPP collaboration. With prior roles at MIT and TERC, she specializes in computational literacy interventions and critical ethnography in diverse learning environments.

• PhD in Cognition and Development from UC Berkeley
• NSF-funded research on social identity in CS learning
• Expertise in ethnographic studies of alternative/refugee education

Her research bridges virtual/physical world identities in computing education, particularly through interventions in marginalized student populations. Current efforts emphasize systemic equity in K-16 computer science programs.

She contributes to national initiatives as:

• Co-Chair, Social Sciences Advisory Board for NCWIT
• Lead evaluator for NSF grants