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Christine Liebe, holds a Ph.D. in Education (Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment) and is a Professor of Practice with a joint appointment in the Computer Science (CS) department and with Teach@Mines in the Honors College at Colorado School of Mines. She teaches introductory programming and pre-service CS teacher education courses.

Her research interests include K-12 computer science teacher education, abstraction, computational thinking, critical thinking, and learning through research. She provides CS curriculum and evaluation support to K-12 educators and school districts. Christine has founded two vocational schools offering professional massage therapy certification and vocational teaching certification. An online educator since 2010, she has developed and delivered online courses and curriculum (e.g., education, literacy, computer science, biological sciences) for undergraduate and vocational students, as well as faculty and K-12 teachers.

Applying herself to pursuits that promote healing, creativity, self-expression, and financial self-sufficiency, Christine has made it her mission to support teacher educators and promote computer science education, creativity, connectedness, and sustainable communities.

Education

• Ph.D. Candidate, Education: Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment – Walden University (2009-2019)
• M.S. – Education, Literacy – Walden University (2006-2008)
• B.A. – Urban Policy, Psychology – Michigan State University (1985-1989)

Publications

• Liebe, C., Gockel, J., Thiry, H. Yu, Z., Brice, C. (2026, April). Scaling Success with AI Curriculum: Evaluating the Multi-Year Impact of an Industrial Additive Manufacturing Research Experience for Teachers (IAM-RET). ASEE Zone IV Conference, CalPoly Pomona, CA. 
• Liebe, C. (2025). Quest: Human Learning – Beyond Critical Thinking with AI-Assisted Teaching and Learning. Lotus Education Press, Golden, CO. 
• Kelly, K. M., Wu, B., & Liebe, C. (2025, June). Quack the Code: A Computer Game Show Offers Learning Through Teaching AI in Undergraduate Software Engineering. In Proceedings of the 30th ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education V. 1 (pp. 382-388).
• Liebe, C., Schill, S., Smith, E., & Ovi Ahammad, J. (2025, June). Quest: Human Learning – A Framework for Incorporating Generative-AI Teaching and Learning Instruction in STEM Pre-Service Teacher Preparation (Evaluation). ASEE Pre-College Engineering Education, Montreal, Canada.
• Kelly, K., Wu, B., & Liebe, C. (2024, October). Gamification Powered by a Large Language Model to Enhance Flipped Classroom Learning in Undergraduate Computer Science. In European Conference on Games Based Learning (Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 939-946).
• Christine Liebe, Deborah Kariuki, and Eryn Rachael Kelsey Adkins. (2023). Survey Says: CS Majors are Interested in K-12 Teaching Careers. In Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2 (SIGCSE 2023), March 15–18, 2023, Toronto, ON, Canada. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 1 page. https://doi.org/10.1145/3545947.3576346
• Camp, T., Liebe, C. & Thiry, H. (2021, July), CS@Mines: PATH Ambassadors to High Success, A Successful S-STEM Scholarship Program Paper presented at 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Conference. 10.18260/1-2–36884
• Camp, T., Liebe, C., and Thiry, H. (2021). CS@Mines Successful S-STEM Scholarship Ecosystem for Low-Income and Underrepresented Students. In Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education((SIGCSE ’21), March 13–20, 2021, Virtual Event, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 7 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3408877.3432524
• Waite, J., Liebe, C. (2021). Computer Science Student-Centered Instructional Continuum. In Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education((SIGCSE ’21), March 13–20, 2021, Virtual Event, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA, ACM ISBN 978-1-4503-8062-1/21/03. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3408877.3439591
• Camp, T., Liebe, C., and Thiry, H., (2021). Colorado Strategic Approach to Rally Teachers. In Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education((SIGCSE ’21), March 13–20, 2021, Virtual Event, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA, ACM ISBN 978-1-4503-8062-1/21/03. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3408877.3439636
• Camp, T., Liebe, C., and Slattery, M. (2020). Applying NCWIT Protocol to Broaden Participation in Computing: A Case Study of CS@Mines. In Proceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ’20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 528–534. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3328778.3366958
• Falkner, N., Vivian, R., Falkner, K., Ajanovski, V., Liebe, C., Morrison, A., & Parker, M. (2020). Meaningful Assessment at Scale: Helping Instructors to Assess Online Learning. In Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE (pp. 512-513). online: ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3341525.3394993
• Vivian, R., Quille, K., Mcgill, M., Falkner, K., Sentance, S., Barksdale, S., . . . Maiorana, F. (2020). An International Pilot Study of K-12 Teachers’ Computer Science Self-Esteem. In Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE (pp. 117-123). online: ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3341525.3387418
• Liebe, C., Camp, T. (2019). An Examination of Abstraction in K-12 Computer Science Education. In 19th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research (Koli Calling ’19). Koli, Finland. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 9 pages https://doi.org/10.1145/3364510.3364526
• Falkner, K., Sentence, S., Vivian, R., Barksdale, S., Busuttil, L., Cole, E., Liebe, C., Maiorana, F., McGill, M., Quille, K. (2019). An International Comparison of K-12 Computer Science Education Intended and Enacted Curricula. In Proceedings of Koli Calling ’19: 19th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research (Koli Calling ’19). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 10 pages https://doi.org/10.1145/1122445.1122456
• Falkner, K., Sentance, S., Vivian, R., Barksdale, S., Busuttil, L., Cole, E., . . . Quille, K. (2019). An international benchmark study of K-12 computer science education in schools. In Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE (pp. 257-258). online: ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3304221.3325535
• Liebe, C. L. (2019). Dissertation: An Examination of Abstraction in K-12 Computer Science Education.
• Liebe, C. (2017). Comparison of Abstraction in Computer Coding and in Critical Thinking. In P. Resta & S. Smith (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (pp. 1394-1402). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

Awards & Honors

• Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honors Society, Full Member, 2025
• Don E. Ackerman Fellowship in Educational Leadership

Additional Information

Courses / Supervision

• CSCI 128, Introduction to Computer Science for STEM (in person and online)
• CSED 430/530 Computer Science Practices and Technological Impacts on Society
• CSED 435/535 Computer Science Teaching Techniques
• MS 700 Masters Non-thesis projects in Computer Science Education
• PhD Co-Advisor: Kathleen Kelly