Brian Harvey
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Education (EDUC)Biography
Dr. Harvey is interested in the use of computers in K-12 education. He and his students developed Berkeley Logo, a free implementation of the Logo programming language for learners. With Jens M?nig, he is co-developer of Snap!, an offshoot of Scratch with first class procedures, lists, and prototype-based objects.He received his B.S. in Mathematics at MIT in 1969, an M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford in 1975, and a Ph.D. in Science and Mathematics Education from UC Berkeley in 1985. He also received a M.A. in Clinical Psychology, New College of California, 1990.Dr. Harvey was awarded Berkeley's Distinguished Teaching Award, the campus' most prestigious award for teaching. He has also won the CS Division's Diane S. McIntyre Award for Excellence in Teaching and Information Technology Faculty Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.Education
1990, MA, Clinical Psychology, New College of California1985, PhD, Science & Mathematics Education, UC Berkeley
1975, MS, Computer Science, Stanford
1969, BS, Mathematics, MIT
Selected Publications
B. K. Harvey and M. Wright, Simply Scheme: Introducing Computer Science, 2nd ed., Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999.B. K. Harvey, Computer Science Logo Style, 2 ed., Vol. 1-3, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1997.
Awards, Memberships and Fellowships
NTLS Educational Technology Leadership Award, 2020Jim and Donna Gray Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching of Computer Science, 1999
Diane S. McEntyre Award for Excellence in Teaching Computer Science, 1997
UC Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award, 1995