Edgar Garza

Senior Training Coordinator
Education & Outreach

Phone: 512-471-0969 | Email: egarza@tacc.utexas.edu

Edgar joined TACC in November 2018. He is responsible for curriculum development and instruction, outreach, training, and program implementation for TACC's Education and Outreach K-12 events. Before TACC, Edgar was an outreach program coordinator for GeoFORCE Texas, a geology-based high school outreach program at the UT Austin Jackson School of Geosciences. He managed and led initiatives to increase the number of underrepresented high school students pursuing STEM degrees and careers. Since 2008, Edgar has continued to work with and for students to ensure they gain access to previously unavailable opportunities.

Selected Publications

Garza, E., Rivera, J., Hug, S. (2024, April 12). Factors influencing STEM identity development among Latino/a/e students: Insights from Hispanic-Serving Institutions. Paper presented at the 2024 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. https://doi.org/10.3102/2112728

Martin, N. D., Garza, E., Vazquez, A. W., & Fletcher, C. L. (2022). Scaling professional learning for equitable and inclusive computer science teaching. 2022 Conference on Research in Equitable and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT), 80–84. https://doi.org/10.1109/respect55273.2022.00022

Garza, E., Márquez, J. B., & Van Houten, K. (2019). Research and development of immersive computational thinking tools using virtual reality, natural hazards data, and scientific visualization to engage K-12 students in scientific computing and engineering education. TACCSTER 2019 Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.26153/tsw/6848

Garza, E., Ellins, K. K., Hofer, M., Mote, A. S., Wright, V., Arratia, M., Oefinger, L., Maye, C., Reyes, E. M., Gomez, K., & Hibbits, M. (2017). A Comparison of Two Pedagogical Approaches, Trafditional Lecture vs. Project-based, and How Their Approaches Affects Student Engagement. Abstracts With Programs. https://doi.org/10.1130/abs/2017am-306471

Current Projects

  • Code@TACC Robotics AI
  • Code@TACC Connected
  • Code@TACC Cybersecurity
  • GenCyber@TACC Cybersecurity
  • GenCyber@TACC Level UP
  • NHERI CI DesignSafe Research Experience for Teachers
  • United States (U.S.) National Science Foundation (NSF) Leadership-Class Computing Facility (LCCF) Internship Program
  • United States (U.S.) National Science Foundation (NSF) INCLUDES Alliance Supporting Pacific Impact through Computational Excellence (ALL-SPICE)
  • Advanced Computing for Social Change Institute (ACSCI)

Areas of Research

  • Equity in STEM and Computing
  • Student identity development in STEM and Computing
  • Culturally Responsive Teaching Strategies
  • Inquiry-Based Learning
  • Project-Based Learning
  • Humanizing and Mattering of Adolescents
  • K-16 Computer Science
  • K-16 Cybersecurity

Memberships

  • CSTA, Computer Science Teachers Association
  • ISTE, International Society for Technology in Education
  • TCEA, Texas Computer Education Association
  • STAT, Science Teachers Association of Texas