Felix Muzny
Associate Teaching Professor, Director of Teaching Assistants
Education
- PhD in Computer Science, Northeastern University
- MS in Computer Science, Stanford University
- BS in Computer Science, University of Washington
- BA in English, University of Washington
Biography
Felix Muzny is the director of teaching assistants and an associate teaching professor at the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University, based in Boston.
Muzny’s teaching and research both focus on computing education, digital humanities, and the intersection of sociology, ethics, and computing. They care deeply about making computing classrooms more welcoming for all students, and they are particularly interested in the intersection of computing with queer and trans issues. Muzny enjoys working with beginner computer science students and introducing them to programming languages in an accessible way, as well as working with more advanced students on digital humanities and natural language processing (NLP). They also work with Northeastern's Center for Inclusive Computing and the NULab for Digital Humanities and Computational Social Science.
After completing their master’s in computer science, Muzny joined the University of Colorado Boulder to teach courses in introductory programming, software engineering, TA pedagogy, and NLP, and to work in the Laboratory for Playful Computation. They jumped to Northeastern University in 2020 and taught for two years before resuming work on their doctorate, which they had begun at Stanford.
In addition to their involvement in their local Out in Tech chapter, Muzny co-created "Artificial Intelligence Platforms" (CS 1720) with Meica Magnani; the course explores how generative AI works and the philosophical questions surrounding it. Muzny hasalso published papers and journal articles on inclusive computing, digital humanities, and NLP.
Recent publications
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Mapping AI Programs in the U.S: A Status Report from Early 2026 and an Analysis of AI Majors and Minors
Citation: Felix Muzny, Carolyn Jones, Carter Ithier, Hasnain Sikora, Hrutika Harshadbhai Patel, Carla E. Brodley. (2026). Mapping AI Programs in the U.S: A Status Report from Early 2026 and an Analysis of AI Majors and Minors CoRR, abs/2606.12428. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2606.12428 -
Student Application Trends for Teaching Assistant Positions
Citation: Felix Muzny, Abdulaziz Suria, Carla E. Brodley. (2025). Student Application Trends for Teaching Assistant Positions SIGCSE (1), 798-804. https://doi.org/10.1145/3641554.3701789 -
Collecting, Analyzing, and Acting on Intersectional, Longitudinal Data and Pass/Fail/Withdraw Rates in Computing Courses
Citation: Felix Muzny, Megan Giordano, Emma Sommers, Carla E. Brodley. (2024). Collecting, Analyzing, and Acting on Intersectional, Longitudinal Data and Pass/Fail/Withdraw Rates in Computing Courses SIGCSE (1), 909-915. https://doi.org/10.1145/3626252.3630806 -
Ungrading with Empathy: An Experiment in Ungrading for Intermediate Data Science
Citation: Laney Strange, Felix Muzny. (2023). Ungrading with Empathy: An Experiment in Ungrading for Intermediate Data Science SIGCSE (2), 1274. https://doi.org/10.1145/3545947.3573258 -
Teaching Assistant Training: An Adjustable Curriculum for Computing Disciplines
Citation: Felix Muzny, Michael D. Shah. (2023). Teaching Assistant Training: An Adjustable Curriculum for Computing Disciplines SIGCSE (1), 430-436. https://doi.org/10.1145/3545945.3569866 -
The Effectiveness of Embedded Values Analysis Modules in Computer Science Education: An Empirical Study
Citation: Matthew Kopec, Meica Magnani, Vance Ricks, Roben Torosyan, John Basl, Nicholas Miklaucic, Felix Muzny, Ronald Sandler, Christo Wilson, Adam Wisniewski-Jensen, Cora Lundgren, Kevin Mills, Mark Wells. (2022). The Effectiveness of Embedded Values Analysis Modules in Computer Science Education: An Empirical Study CoRR, abs/2208.05453. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2208.05453 -
Integrating Ethics into Introductory Programming Classes
Citation: Casey Fiesler, Mikhaila Friske, Natalie Garrett, Felix Muzny, Jessie J. Smith, Jason Zietz. 2021. Integrating Ethics into Introductory Programming Classes. In Proceedings of the ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, Toronto, Canada.
