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Knox College · Galesburg, IL
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Inclusive educator.
All are welcome · No gatekeeping · No jerks
Knoxel
Minecraft-inspired coding environment. Write Python or JavaScript that builds 3D structures in a voxel world. Learn arrays by making things you can see.
Startup Term
Immersive 10-week interdisciplinary program. Teams of students found a company and work on it for all their academic credit. Shark Tank-style final pitch.
Peer Instruction
Active learning in CS. Evidence-based pedagogy showing higher exam scores, lower WDF rates, and better retention in the major. Works. Use it.
AI Anti-Patterns
A taxonomy of how AI-assisted work goes wrong — for students and faculty. Developed for teaching AI use well, not just AI use.
TIDES / AAC&U
Knox selected for the Helmsley Foundation TIDES program. 20 institutions from 200+ applicants. Findings incorporated across all CS courses.
Game Dev Course
Team-based game projects using Godot. Sophomores and juniors shipping real games together. Creativity, design thinking, agile process, real deadlines.