Ann Lathrop
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Up Close and Personal
Comment by Dave Moursund. At the time Ann Lathrop entered my doctorate program, she had already raised three sons who had doctorates in the computer field, and she had made huge contributions to the field of computers in education.
The University of Oregon doctorate computer in education doctorate program at that time required a significant amount of computer science coursework and a variety of research methods courses, such as statistics courses. Ann's previous education included math education that ended with ninth grade algebra. That sort of education is representative of a type of discrimination that used to be common in the education of women.
I was a pleasure to have Ann as a doctoral student and to follow her career after the degree. She eventually became a professor at California State University, Long Beach.
References
Lathrop, Ann and Foss, Kathleen (2005). Guiding students from cheating and plagiarism to honesty and integrity: strategies for change.
Lathrop, Ann and Foss, Kathleen (2000). Student cheating and plagiarism in the Internet Era: A wake-up call.
Lathrop, Ann (1989). Online and Cd-Rom databases in school libraries: Readings (Database Searching Series).
Lathrop, Ann (1987). Educational software preview guide 1987.
Lathrop, Ann (1983). Courseware in the classroom: Selecting, organizing, and using educational software.
