Assistant Professor, Computer Science
- PhD, University of California San Diego, Computer Science
- MS, University of California San Diego, Computer Science
- BS, University of California San Diego, Cognitive Science with a specialization in Human-Computer Interaction
Sophia Krause-Levy, PhD, has been a member of the computer science faculty at the University of San Diego since Fall 2023. She received her PhD and MS in Computer Science and her BS in Cognitive Science with a specialization in Human-Computer Interaction from the University of California San Diego. Her research is in computing education and focuses on finding ways to improve how we teach computer science. She seeks to use her research to increase retention rates and decrease failure rates in computing programs, especially for students from underrepresented groups. Dr. Krause-Levy conducts research in multiple areas, including the mismatch between instructors’ expectations and students’ prerequisite knowledge, the effectiveness of student-tutor interactions, and the impact of students' sense of belonging in computing courses.
Scholarly Work
- With Jiaen Yu, Anshul Shah, John Driscoll, and Yandong Xiang, "Student Usage of Metacognition-Promoting Tool in a CS2 Course and its Relationship with Performance," 2025.
- With Campbell, Oladele O., Leo Porter, Ismaila Temitayo Sanusi, and Oluwatoyin Adelakun-Adeyemo, "The Impostor Phenomenon Among Nigerian Computing Students: A Study of Prevalence, Gender, and Academic Progression ," 2025.
- With Ismael Villegas Molina, Jeannie Kim, Audria Montalvo, Apollo Larragoitia, and Rachel S Lim, "Undergraduate Computing Tutors' Perceptions of their Roles, Stressors, and Barriers to Effectiveness," pp. 1155-1161, 2025.
- With Parker, Miranda C. and Sophia and Rahimi, Masoumeh, "Playing with Cards for Alternative Research Design (CARD)," 2023.
- With Cynthia Taylor, Stephanos Matsumoto, and Jean Salac, "Primarily Undergraduate Institution Faculty (2 \& 4 year institutions," 2023.
- With Rachel S Lim, Ismael Villegas Molina, and Leo Porter, "Student expectations of tutors in computing courses," 2023.
- With Sander Valstar, Leo Porter, and William G Griswold, "A demographic analysis on prerequisite preparation in an advanced data structures course," vol. 13, 2022.
- With Melissa Perez, "Building a Multinational Community Among Graduate Students in CS Education Research," 2022.
- With Adrian Salguero, Rachel S Lim, Hayden McTavish, Jelena Trajkovic, and Leo Porter, "Instructor perspectives on prerequisite courses in computing," pp. 277-283, 2022.
- With Andrew Petersen, Oladele Oladunjoye Campbell, William G. Griswold, Nickolas J. G. Falkner, and Miranda C. Parker, "Multi-Institutional Study on Impostor Phenomenon," vol. 25, 2022.