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(434) 243-3795
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Charlottesville, VA 22904

John R. Hott

Assistant Professor Academic General Faculty Teaching Track, Computer Science
Contact
Office
(434) 243-3795
Location
Rice 210
PO Box 400740
Charlottesville, VA 22904
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About

John Hott is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science. He earned is Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Virginia, and his BS in Computer Science and Mathematics and MS in Computer Science at the College of William and Mary. His research focuses on measuring and increasing student success in the CS classroom: analyzing student engagement in class discussion forums, the effectiveness of collaboration policies, positive approaches to academic integrity, and ways to incorporate Artificial Intelligence to improve community and assistance in increasingly larger courses. He also is interested in measuring and analyzing evolving social networks and grounding those results in application domains in Computer Science, the Humanities, and Education.

Education

Ph.D. Computer Science, University of Virginia, 2018

M.S. Computer Science, The College of William and Mary, 2007

B.S. Computer Science and Mathematics, The College of William and Mary, 2005

Research Interests

CS Education
Evolving Networks
Social Network Analysis
Data Visualization
CS in Humanities

Selected Publications

Open Source Software Practices in CS2. Choi, E., Meng, L., and Hott, J. R.
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Educational Landscapes During and After COVID-19. Angela A. Siegel, Mark Zarb, Bedour Alshaigy, Jeremiah Blanchard, Tom Crick, Richard Glassey, John R. Hott, Celine Latulipe, Charles Riedesel, Mali Senapathi, Simon, and David Williams
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"How Do Students Collaborate? Analyzing Group Choice in a Collaborative Learning Environment." In Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE), 2021. Lin, X., Connors, J., Lim, C., Hott, J. R.
"Gender and Engagement in CS Courses on Piazza." In Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE), 2021. Thinnyun, A., Lenfant, R., Pettit, P., Hott, J. R.
"Ask Me Anything: Assessing Academic Dishonesty (Poster)." In Proceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE), Portland, OR, 2020. Brunelle, N., and Hott, J. R
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"Visualization of Complex Familial and Social Structures." Electronic Imaging, Burlingame, CA, 2018. Hott, J. R., Martin, W. N., and Flake, K.
"Visualizing Dynamics of Complex Familial Structures (Poster)." IEEE Information Visualization, Baltimore, MD, 2016. Hott, J. R., Martin, W. N., and Flake, K.
"Identity Lenses in Analyzing Evolving Social Structures." Digital Humanities, Krakow, Poland, 2016. Hott, J. R., Martin, W. N., and Flake, K.

Courses Taught

CS4640 Programming Languages for Web Applications Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021
CS4102 Algorithms Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018
CS3100 Data Structures and Algorithms 2 Spring 2024, Fall 2023
CS2130 Computer Systems and Organization 1 Spring 2023, Fall 2022
CS2110 Software Development Methods Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2013

Awards

ACM@UVA Teacher of the Year 2024
ACM@UVA Rising Star Faculty 2023
Raven Fellowship 2015