VITA

Resume

Education

PhD, Information Science and Technology, May 2017

DIssertation Topic: Online Music Collaboration

Syracuse University, School of Information Studies

Syracuse, New York

MS, Information Management, May 2009

Syracuse University, School of Information Studies

Syracuse, New York

BS, Computer & Systems Engineering, May 2006

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, New York

Languages

C++ (FMOD, RTMIDI, tinyosc)

Java

Python

T-SQL

Reaper

Fruity Loops

Pure Data

HTML/CSS

PHP

Industry

Experience

Lab Director at The Rhythm and Bytes Lab

September 2018 – Present

Created listening room software in Java where pairs of users could see the songs another user is playing
Constructed a C++ API to help early programmers create musical software with a mobile phone interface
Built software in Python to manipulate songs based on a dancer’s movement

Software Engineer at T Lang Dance

November 2017 - April 2018

Created software on smartphones for dance performance
Programmed the phones to use the dancer’s movement to transform the music

Systems Admin at COTELCO Lab

September 2007 - May 2009

Maintained the research center’s content management and database management systems
Designed websites for the NSF funded AGEP Collaboratory research project

Database Developer for the Assistant Provost for Equity at Syracuse University

August 2008 - December 2008

Developed a database for assistant deans to keep track of all diversity supportive programs at Syracuse University
Constructed reports to display programs that support undergraduate, graduate and pre-college students

Selected

Conference Presentations

James,D., Hampton,L. (2020). Using Black Music as a bridge to understanding introductory programming concepts. Paper presented at the Conference on Research in Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology.Mar 10 2020. Portland, OR: IEEE. In Press.

James,D.(2020). The use of DJing tasks as a pedagogical bridge to learning data structures. Paper presented at ACM ITiCSE '20, June 15–19 2020, Trondheim, Norway, 5 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3341525.3387427

James,D; Hampton, L. (2020). Using Black Music as a bridge to understanding introductory programming concepts. Paper presented at the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education.March 11-13 2020, Portland, OR . (Cancelled due to COVID 19)