Preparing for Tufts Interview

Preparing for Tufts Interview

  1. Tell us about you/your work/your current research trajectory.
    • Be ready to give a ~4-minute summary of the dissertation, accessible.

Supporting critical computational literacies Literacy: Two axes three scales. practice <-> infrastructure

  1. Where is this taking you? What are your next steps?

Next steps: Critical computational literacies: Multiliteracies stance: CS for diverse populations, many social positions raises epistemological questions. Three framings of computational thinking We need to theorize learning. Research methods.

  1. Tell us about your commitment to diversity and equity.

  2. Talk to us about how you view teaching and mentorship.

    Community of practice Attention to interface UbD / Backwards Planning.

    • Possibly, they could ask a question about specific teaching contexts they have in mind. For example: “We have an introduction to the learning sciences course. How might you teach that?”

    Two examples: BBA, HCI research

  3. Is there a course you’re particularly interested in teaching?

  4. Do you have any questions?

    • Need to have two good questions that will make me look good and won’t make them look bad. For example, asking about:
    • Advising relationships
    • Partnerships with schools/community
    • Interdisciplinary work….

Curious about relationship to Education department Engagement with learning outside of Tufts community.