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Project Websites:

The NJDOE Northern NJ-Montclair State University Computer Science Education Hub: https://www.northernnjcshub.org/

The NSF Research Experience for Teachers DATA3 Program: https://www.montclair-njit-nsf-ret-data-3.org/

Earthcube Data Capabilities Group: https://bigbear.njit.edu/ml/


Dr. Katherine G. Herbert (Katherine G. Herbert-Berger), Professor of Computer Science at Montclair State University, has a B.S. in Mathematics from St. Peter's College and an M.S. and a Ph.D. from NJIT in Computer Science on Data Mining for Bioinformatics. A Montclair faculty member since 2004, she serves the university as Director of the New Jersey Department of Education Northern New Jersey Montclair State University Computer Science Education Hub (Hub) and Associate Director of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Center for Science Teaching and Learning Professional Resources in Science and Mathematics (PRISM). Her previous positions have also included creating and leading the development of Montclair's nationally ranked Master's of Science in Applied Information Technology and serving as Computing and Technical Lead for the New Jersey Health and Human Services-funded New Jersey Autism Center of Excellence.

Dr. Herbert's career interests involve interdisciplinary research, computer science pedagogy, and community outreach. She also has ongoing research in bioinformatics, databases, accessibility, neurodiversity, and space weather with the Earthcube group. Through the Hub and other grants from the NSF, the State of New Jersey, and other institutions, she has worked directly with designing computer science lessons and curricula with over 500 K-12 teachers across over 100 Northern New Jersey School Districts who then, in turn, teach over 120,000 northern New Jersey students through holding over 150 professional development (PD) and professional learning community (PLC) events. She has over 60 conference and journal publications, has mentored over 50 students in graduate and undergraduate theses or capstone projects, participated in multiple grant panels and program committees, as well as having supervised the collaborative education/internship program, and continues to maintain scholarly relationships with a number of them.

Besides the Hub, another key project Dr. Herbert-Berger initiated is the National Science Foundation Research Education for Teachers (RET) DATA3 Program, which brings middle and high school teachers and community college faculty together for an interdisciplinary program spanning data science, computer science, artificial intelligence, robotics, and space weather. The program has included industry speakers, visits to research labs (including the NJIT Earthcube lab), and classrooms. A total of 15 teachers have published 18 conference papers in the past two years (plus posters by their own students), developed multiple teaching resources, and participated in multiple PD and PLC events with other teachers, as well as trained teachers on the work and resources they have developed.

Dr. Herbert-Berger’s career philosophy centers around her collaborative approach. Via her grants and scholarship, and her activities in curriculum and course development, she has worked at Montclair with other STEM departments, the College for Education and Engaged Learning, and multiple offices and special programs. Her research collaborators also have included faculty from multiple universities, including New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Rutgers, Seton Hall, William Paterson, St. Peter’s, Adelphi, and Drew Universities. Dr. Herbert-Berger is always happy to talk with new collaborators and explore new projects.

Academic Social Media and Lists:
Link to my Orcid Page: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6663-8187
Link to my Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1ApSeIsAAAAJ&hl=en
Link to my DBLP Profile: https://dblp.org/pid/236/5360.html
Link to my Research Gate Page: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Katherine-Herbert-2?ev=hdr_xprf
Link to my LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherineherbert

Research Project Social Media:
Montclair CS Ed Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61575585644697
Montclair CS Ed Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/montclairk12csed/

Specialization

Data Sciences in Scientific Data Sets, Computer Science Education,
Bioinformatics,
Data Quality,
Data Cleaning,
Data Integration,
Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery

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Office Hours

Fall

Tuesday

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

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Thursday

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

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