Sandeep Sthapit

Biography

I work at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction, Software Engineering, and Computer Science education. My dissertation looked at how experienced software developers work together, and I use what I learned to guide my teaching and create learning environments that help students build both problem-solving and professional skills. Going forward, I want to keep teaching and researching side by side, helping students become strong programmers and good teammates.

I have an M.S. in Computer Science and a Certificate in Engineering Education from North Carolina State University. I was selected for NC State's Preparing the Professoriate program and Mentored Teaching Fellowship, and I am a Cultural Competence in Computing (3C) Fellow.

Teaching:

Current courses for Fall 2026 ( St. Mary's College of Maryland)

• COSC 130: Introduction to Computer Science II
• COSC 201: Algorithms and Data Structures
• COSC 301: Software Engineering

Past courses (North Carolina State University)

• CSC 116: Introduction to Computing – Java (Summer 2022, Spring 2023, Summer 2023, Summer 2025)

Publications:
 

1. Sandeep Kaur Kuttal, Sandeep Sthapit, Shahnewaz Leon, Ronnie Phillips, and Philip Rahal. 2026. From Artifacts to Strategies: A Gendered Lens on Web Information Foraging. In International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2026).

2. Sandeep Kaur Kuttal, Sandeep Sthapit, Ronnie Phillips, and Philip Rahal. 2026. A Needle in a Haystack: Developers' Information Foraging on the Wild Web. In International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2026).

3. Shandler A. Mason, N. Meuser, A. Si, Sandeep Sthapit, S. Leon, M. Teke, and Sandeep Kaur Kuttal. 2026. Who's Left Out? A Case Study on Promoting Equitable Participation in Remote Collaboration Software. In International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2026).

4. Sandeep Sthapit, Nour Mahmoud, and Sandeep Kaur Kuttal. 2026. Patterns of Group Metacognition in High- and Low-Performing Remote Software Teams: A Qualitative Study. In International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2026).

5. Sandeep Sthapit. 2025. Beyond the Code: Teaching SE Collaboration through Reflective and Social Thinking. In 2025 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC 2025). IEEE. Doctoral Consortium.

6. Sandeep Sthapit, Sylbi Bae, Hank Lenham, and Sandeep Kaur Kuttal. 2025. Leadership Styles, Knowledge Transfer, and Interruptions: Unpacking Critical Dynamics in Remote Software Teams. In International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2025). Springer Nature Switzerland, Cham, 236–255.

7. Sandeep Sthapit, Jess Moorefield, and Sandeep Kaur Kuttal. 2025. Metacognition in Software Teams: Investigating Individual Expertise in Cognitive Knowledge and Regulation. In International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2025). Springer Nature Switzerland, Cham, 90–101. Poster.

8. Heidi Reichert, Sandeep Sthapit, Benyamin T. Tabarsi, Ally Limke, Thomas Price, and Tiffany Barnes. 2024. Experience Helps, but It Isn't Everything: Exploring Causes of Affective State in Novice Programmers. In Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2 (SIGCSE 2024). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 1792–1793. Poster.

9. Sandeep Sthapit, Madison Thomas, Janet Brock, and Tiffany Barnes. 2024. Cracking the Cultural Code: Understanding the Cultural Barriers for Asian International CS Students in the US. In Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2 (SIGCSE 2024). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 1830–1831. Poster.

10. Sandeep Sthapit, Madison Thomas, Janet Brock, and Tiffany Barnes. 2024. Cracking the Cultural Code: Understanding the Cultural Barriers for International CS Students in the US. In Proceedings of the 2024 RESPECT Annual Conference (RESPECT 2024). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 293–301.

11. Gina R. Bai, Sandeep Sthapit, Sarah Heckman, Thomas W. Price, and Kathryn T. Stolee. 2023. An Experience Report on Introducing Explicit Strategies into Testing Checklists for Advanced Beginners. In Proceedings of the 2023 Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education V. 1 (ITiCSE 2023). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 194–200.

12. Wengran Wang, John Bacher, Amy Isvik, Ally Limke, Sandeep Sthapit, Yang Shi, Benyamin T. Tabarsi, Keith Tran, Veronica Cateté, Tiffany Barnes, et al. 2023. Investigating the Impact of On-Demand Code Examples on Novices' Open-Ended Programming Experience. In Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research – Volume 1 (ICER 2023). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 464–475.