About Me
Hello! My name is Jonathan Liu. I am a Clinical (Teaching) Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois, Chicago.
I completed my PhD in CS at the University of Chicago, where I was fortunate enough to be advised by Diana Franklin. My dissertation work (defense slides) focused on metacognition and problem-solving in undergraduate algorithms courses. More generally, I am interested in restructuring pedagogy and classrooms to ensure that students are learning to learn, to be creative, to verify, to communicate, and to understand, in a world where it increasingly seems like AI will be able to do everything else for them.
In my free time, I solve crosswords, amass (and explore) restaurant recommendations, and play games of all kinds (especially trick-taking games).
Please feel free to reach out at jonliu (at) uic (dot) edu!
