Cathleen Norris—Co-President

Dr. Cathleen Norris is a professor in the Department of Technology and Cognition at the University of North Texas. She obtained her B.S. degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Texas Woman’s University and her Ph.D. in College Teaching and Computer Science from North Texas State University.

Dr. Norris is the recipient of the E. Bruce Street Scholar Award and the Matthews Chair for Research in Education. In addition, she has received the Impact 30 Award from eSchool News, the Learning and Leading With Technology Award from ISTE, the NECC Leader Award and the NECA Outstanding Service Award.

Dr. Norris has been actively involved with ACM, ACM SCICSE, and ACM SIGCHI and ISTE. She joined the NECC team in 1988 and became a member of the NECA Board of Directors in 1993, serving as President of the NECA Board from 1996 to 2002.

Personal Statement:

“My first years as a classroom teacher were in a school where poverty and violence were the baseline, and the experiences at this school still color my goals and my everyday actions. Technology isn’t computers and networks and software. Technology is opportunity. Technology speaks to the children of today. Schools, teachers, and curriculum need to incorporate—embrace—technology and in so doing reach out and engage children in new ways.”