Lara Letaw

Profile picture of Larissa Letaw.

Lara Letaw

Instructor
Organizations
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Address

1148 Kelley Engineering Center
Corvallis, OR 97331
United States

Biography

Lara Letaw is an Ecampus computer science instructor who, after working as a software engineer and UI designer, entered academia to research and develop software inclusivity innovations through her graduate work in computer science. She graduated from OSU in 2018 with an M.S. in computer science (Software Innovation). She currently teaches and develops undergraduate and graduate-level courses for the online CS program. She is an OSU Ecampus Research Fellow (2020-21), wrote a free and open software engineering textbook through the OSU Ecampus Open Educational Resources (OER) Affordable Learning Grant program (2020-21), and was awarded an OSU College of Engineering Online Teaching Award in 2021. In addition, she has co-authored multiple publications on inclusive technology design.

Awards/Accolades
2021 College of Engineering Online Teaching Award
2020-21 OSU Ecampus Research Fellow