Laney Strange

(she/her/hers)

Director of Broadening Participation, Director for Teaching Faculty - Boston, Teaching Professor

  • PhD in Computer Science, Dartmouth College
  • BS in Computer Science, Simmons College

Elena (Laney) Strange is the director of broadening participation, director for teaching faculty in Boston, and a teaching professor at the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University. She teaches across the undergraduate curriculum, as well as in the Align program, which allows students with bachelor's degrees in fields beyond computer science to pursue a master's degree.

After receiving her doctorate from Dartmouth College, she began working as a senior software engineer for Amazon Web Services. After Amazon, she became the product director for TechSoup Global, an international nonprofit that builds software for social change instigators worldwide

In addition to her position at Northeastern, Strange is a passionate advocate for underrepresented groups in computer science. She is fond of teaching Women’s Community of Code programming workshops that empower girls, women, and even local Girl Scout troops.

  • Advancing Social Justice through Data Science

    Citation: John Bartucz, Ana Smaranda Sandu, Laney Strange, R. N. Uma. (2024). Advancing Social Justice through Data Science SIGCSE (2), 1865-1866. https://doi.org/10.1145/3626253.3633403

  • Teaching Track Faculty in Computer Science

    Citation: Laney Strange, Melinda McDaniel, Olga Glebova. (2023). Teaching Track Faculty in Computer Science SIGCSE (2), 1254. https://doi.org/10.1145/3545947.3573356

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