Dr. Tia Watts

Professor in the Computer Science Department, at Sonoma State University.

Office: Darwin 116 E
Phone: (707) 664-2807
Email: tia.watts@sonoma.edu

Spring 2017 Schedule

Office Hours

Monday 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm; Darwin 116 E

Tuesday noon - 1:00 pm; Stevenson 1034

Thursday 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm; Darwin 116 E

or by appointment

CS 215 Programming II

Lecture (Section 001/003/005)	Monday and Wednesday	9:20 - 10:35 am	Darwin 37
Lab (Section 004)	Tuesday	9:00 - 11:50 am	Stevenson 1034
Lab (Section 006) Instructed by Brian McWilliams	Tuesday	2:00 - 4:50 pm	Stevenson 1034

CS 460 - Programming Languages

Lecture (Section 001)

Monday and Wednesday

12:05 pm - 1:55 pm

Rachel Carson 30

Lecture (Section 002)

Monday and Wednesday

2:00 pm - 3:50 pm

Rachel Carson 30

Educational Background

Dr. Watts received her Ph.D. from the Computer Science Department at the University of Pittsburgh.

Research

Dr. Watts' primary research interest is in Computer Science Education. Currently she is working on a GUI interface for beginning programmers called SFC - A Structured Flow Chart Editor

Other Interests

Sonoma State Univerity Computer Programming Team: More information can be found at the CS 349 Problem Solving in a Competitive Team Environment website. Information about the upcoming ACM Programming Contests can be found at the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest website.
Sonoma State Univerity Student Chapter of the ACM: More information can be found at the Computer Club website.
Women in CS Group: This informal group works to support women in the computer science program at SSU. Gatherings should be held approximately every month with a loose topic for discussion. Previous meetings have focused on issues and coping strategies for women in computer science. See WICS and
Parallel Computing
Parallel Data Structures
Wild Bird Rescue: Santa Rosa Bird Rescue.