Lisa Dion

Lisa Dion is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Vermont. She holds a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Michigan and bachelor’s degrees in computer science and mathematics from Providence College. Her areas of expertise include C++, Python, Java, and Git, and she has participated in research at Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs and General Dynamics Electric Boat.

Dion is co-author, with Maureen D. Neumann and Robert Snapp, of Teaching Computational Thinking: An Integrative Approach for Middle and High School Learning, a guide to incorporating computational-thinking activities across middle- and high-school subjects. She has also served as an instructor for Girls Who Code and received the University of Vermont’s Kroepsch-Maurice Excellence in Teaching Award in 2023.