Christopher L. Hovey

Christopher Lynnly Hovey is a research scientist for the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) and a research at the University of Colorado Boulder. Over the last 16 years, Hovey has served in multiple roles, ranging from a research assistant through project lead, for NSF- and industry-funded research and evaluation projects. These projects investigate issues and solutions for increasing the meaningful participation and improving the experiences of women and other historically underserved groups in associate’s, bachelors, and graduate programs in computing fields. In the past, he has also evaluated programs and interventions in K-12 education that target developing career pathways into computing for diverse students.  Hovey’s research investigates two lines of research. First, his work focuses on translating scholarship into practical interventions and evaluating their effectiveness in bolstering diversity, inclusiveness, student learning, and student retention in undergraduate and graduate education. Identifying evidence-based practices is not sufficient; practitioners need to make regular and significant use of them to accomplish social transformation. Therefore, Hovey’s second line of research examines strategies for promoting the widespread adoption and sustained use of these pedagogical, curricular, and organizational innovations among computer and information science faculty and administrators.