Publications

Journal Publications

  • Mack, N., Huff, E., Cummings, R., Gosha, K. Exploring the Needs and Preferences of Underrepresented Minority Students for an Intelligent Virtual Mentoring System. Communications in Computer and Information Science. ISSN: 1865-0929. Accepted for Publication

  • Huff, E. & Gosha, K. (2018). Awareness and Readiness for Graduate School of African American Male Computer Science Students. Computing in Science & Engineering, Accepted for publication.

  • Gosha, K., Hall, P., Lowens, B., Forney, M. (2016) Evaluating the Short Term Effectiveness of Using Culturally Based Animations in Teaching Geometry. Challenge Journal. Atlanta, Georgia. UNDER REVIEW

  • Gosha, K., & Harris, N. (2017). Pairing High School Teachers with Historically Black College & University (HBCU) Computer Science Students to Teach Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles. IOSR Journal of Computer Engineering (IOSR-JCE), 19(3), 5–9. https://doi.org/10.9790/0661-1903060509

  • Gosha, K. (2017). Supplemental Instruction Animations to Teach Introductory College Mathematics for Student-Athletes. International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer and Communication Engineering, 6(6). https://doi.org/10.17148/IJARCCE.2017.6601

  • Payton, J., Barnes, T., Buch, K., Rorrer, A., Zuo, H., Gosha, K., ... & Dennis, L. (2016). STARS Computing Corps: Enhancing Engagement of Underrepresented Students and Building Community in Computing. Computing in Science & Engineering, 18(3), 44-57.

  • Gosha, K., Gilbert, J., Middlebrook, K. (2016) A Qualitative Analysis of Using a Virtual Mentoring Program on Black Computer Science Students. International Journal of Education and Human Developments (ISSN: 2334-2978), 5(1). 

  • Gosha, K., Gilbert, J.E., and Middlebrook, K. "Virtual Graduate School Mentoring Using Embodied Conversational Agents." Journal of Computer Science 3.2 (2015): 15-38.

  • Gosha, K., Middlebrook, K. (2015) The Effectiveness of Embodied Conversational Agents in Providing Spiritual Guidance to College Students. International Journal of Emerging Trends in Electrical and Electronics (IJETEE–ISSN: 2320-9569), 11(5).
  • Gosha, K., Porter, J., Cherry, D., Ordu, C. (2014) Spiritual Counseling for Male College Students Using Embodied Conversational Agents. Journal of Progressive Policy and Practice. Spring 2014, Volume 2. Issue 1.

  • Hunter, C., Gosha, K. (2013) It’s in Black and White: Preservice Teachers’ Perceived Abilities to Facilitate Literary Conversations about African-American Picture Books. The Annuals of the Next Generation.

  • Gosha, K., Ekandem, J., (2012) Alabama in Motion: The Development of a Web-based Program Management Application for Alabama Residents to Fight Against Obesity, Annuals of the Next Generation

  • Gosha, K. (2005). Creation of a Mobile Database for the Soil Moisture Experiment 2003, The Source, p.115-127, ISSN 1549-8247.

Full Manuscripts Published in Conference Proceedings

  • Hampton, L., Cummings, R. and Gosha, K. (2019) Improving Computing Science Instruction for African American Secondary School Students: A Focus Group Exploration of Computing Identities of African American Teachers. In Proceedings of the 2019 ACM SIGMIS Conference on Computers and People Research.  Accepted for Publication

  • Lowens, B., Cummings, R., Nelson, W., Gosha, K. (2019) Computing Resilient Identity Development and Maintenance of African Americans Who Earned A Ph.D. in Computing. 2019 IEEE Frontiers in Education (FIE) Conference. Accepted for Publication

  • Nelson, W., Cummings, R., Gosha, K. (2019) A Qualitative Investigation on the Effectiveness of a Computing Identity Development Emailing List for African American Computer Scientists. 2019 IEEE Frontiers in Education (FIE) Conference. Accepted for Publication

  • Cummings R., Chambers, B., Reid, A., and Gosha, K. (2019) STEM Hip-Hop Pedagogy: A meta-synthesis on hip-hop pedagogy STEM intervention tools for underrepresented minorities in K-12 education. 2019 ACM Southeast Conference. Accepted for Publication  

  • Gosha, K., Kannan, V., Morgan, L., and Huff, E. (2018) Strategic Partnerships to Enhance Data Structures and Algorithms Instruction at HBCUs. 2019 ACM Southeast Conference. Accepted for Publication  

  • Distinguished Paper Award | Cummings, R., Huff, E., Mack, N., Womack, K., Reid, A., Ghoram, B., Gilbert, J., & Gosha, K., (2019), Vlog Commentary YouTube Influencers as Effective Advisors in College and Career Readiness for Minorities in Computing: An Exploratory Study, In Proceedings of the IEEE 2019 Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology(RESPECT), Minneapolis, MN, pp. 43-50.

  • Cummings, R., Mack, N., Gosha, K., Dennis, S., Nias, J. (2018) Developing a Question Corpus for a Conversational Agent Designed to Prepare Interested Black Undergraduates for the Professoriate in STEM. 3rd Annual Conference for Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Computing, Engineering and Technology. Accepted for Publication  

  • Huff Jr, E.W., Mack, N. A., Cummings, R., Womack, K., Gosha, K., & Gilbert, J. E. (2019). Evaluating the Usability of Pervasive Conversational User Interfaces for Virtual Mentoring. In International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. Springer, Cham. Accepted for Publication

  • Mack, N., Womack, K., Huff, E., Cummings, R., Dowling, N., and Gosha, K. (2018) Midshipmen to Cyber Pros: Training Minority Naval Reserve Officer Training Corp Students for Cybersecurity. In Proceedings of ACM Conference for Special Interest Group of Computer Science Education. Accepted for Publication

  • Hall, PJ & Gosha, K. (2018) The Effects of Anxiety and Preparation on Performance in Technical Interviews for HBCU Computer Science Majors. In Proceedings of the ACM SIGMIS Computers and People Research.  In Proceedings of the 2018 ACM SIGMIS Conference on Computers and People Research (pp. 60-63). ACM.

  • Langham, J. & Gosha, K. (2018) The Classification of Aggressive Dialogue in Social Media Platforms. In Proceedings of the ACM SIGMIS Computers and People Research. In Proceedings of the 2018 ACM SIGMIS Conference on Computers and People Research (pp. 60-63). ACM.

  • Gosha, K., Huff, E. & Scott, J. (2018) Computing Careers Exploration For Urban African American Students using Embodied Conversational Agents. In Proceedings of the ACM SIGMIS Computers and People Research. In Proceedings of the 2018 ACM SIGMIS Conference on Computers and People Research (pp. 60-63). ACM.
  • Julian, L. & Gosha, K. (2018) Using SMS as an Interface for a Virtual Mentoring System (Accepted as Extended Abstract). In Proceedings of the ACM SouthEast Conference (ACM SE '17). ISBN: 978-1-4503-5696-1

  • Hampton, L. & Gosha, K. (2018) Development of a Twitter Graduate School Virtual Mentor for HBCU Computer Science Students (Accepted as Extended Abstract). In Proceedings of the ACM SouthEast Conference (ACM SE '17). ISBN: 978-1-4503-5696-1
  • Gosha, K., Holmes, E., Ridley, T., Scott, J., Womack, K. (2017) Introduction to Computer Science for Urban African American Students Using Sphero Robotics Workshop. In Proceedings of the ACM SouthEast Conference (ACM SE '17). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 252-254. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3077286.3077323

  • Gosha, K., Abudu, P., Forney, M. (2017) Evaluation of the Expert Advisement in a Virtual Graduate School Panel for Computer Science Students. In Proceedings of the SouthEast Conference (ACM SE '17). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 69-74. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3077286.3077311
  • Gosha, K., Middlebrook, K. (2016) Exploring Computing Careers through a Virtual Career Exploration Fair using Embodied Conversational Agents. In Proceedings of ACM Conference for Special Interest Group of Computer Science Education, Page 708, ISBN: 978-1-4503-4698-6. 

  • Mejias, M., Burge, L., Galloway, K., Gosha, K., Muhammad, J. (2016) Holistic Development of Underrepresented Students through Academic – Industry Partnerships. In Proceedings of ACM Conference for Special Interest Group of Computer Science Education, Seattle, WA, Pages 681-682, ISBN: 978-1-4503-4698-6

  • Gosha, K., Brownlow, B., Gentry, K., Oladele, A. (2015) The Creation of BullyShutdown.com as a Tool for Bullying Prevention. In Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education. Kona, Hawaii, October 19-22, 2015.

  • Gosha, K., White, B., Livingston, S., Jensen, K., Claiborne, C. (2015) Development of the Microsoft Surface Hub for Teaching Socio-Ethical Leadership. In Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education. Kona, Hawaii, October 19-22, 2015.

  • Gosha, K., Okpokowuruk, I. (2015) Using Embodied Conversational Agents to Teach Bullying Intervention in Schools. In Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education. Las Vegas, Nevada, March 2-6, 2015.
  • Gosha, K., Bassy, R., McCauley, L., Bascelli, D., Porter III, J. (2014) Measuring the Effectiveness of Embodied Conversational Agents for College Writing Labs. In Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 27-30, 2014.

  • Gosha, K., Jairam, A. (2014) Using a Brain Computer Interface Activity to Determine How Music Affects the Brain. In Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 27-30, 2014.

  • Gosha, K., Oladele, A., Bassy, R., Porter III, J. (2014) Using Interactive Storytellers to Broaden Participation in Graduate Computing. In Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 27-30, 2014.

  • Gosha, K., Bassy, R., Falcone, C., Bascelli, D., Porter III, J. (2013) Utilizing Embodied Conversational Agents for College Writing Labs. In Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education. Las Vegas, Nevada, October 21-24, 2013.

  • Gosha, K., Ordu, C., Horace, J., Turner, M., Cherry, D., Johnson, J., Brickler, D. (2013) Using Interactive Storytelling Agents to Broaden Participation in Computing. In Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education. Las Vegas, Nevada, October 21-24, 2013.

  • Gosha, K., Ordu, C., Horace, J., Posey, J., Angel, J. (2013) Measuring the Effectiveness of Additional Functionalities to the Virtual Mentorship System. In Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education. Las Vegas, Nevada, October 21-24, 2013.

  • Gosha, K.,Benjamin, T., Horace, J., Ordu, C. (2013). Recruiting Students of Color Through Developing Online Graduate Student Panels. Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: AACE.
  • Gosha, K., James, M., Janifer, A. (2011) The Development of the Online Graduate Student Panel Experience for African American STEM Graduate Students. In Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education. Honolulu, Hawaii, October 18-21, 2011.

  • Smotherman, J. M., Gosha, K., Gilbert, J.E. (2010) The Construction of a Multitouch Table Application for Peer Assisted Learning in Early Childhood Classrooms. In Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2010 (pp. 2719-2724). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
  • Gosha, K., Moses, W., & Gilbert, J.E. (2010) The Creation of a Service Queue Management System on Barbershop Administration. ACM Southeast Conference, Oxford, MS, April 15-17, 2010, CD-ROM.

  • Gosha, K., Moses, W., Wachs, A. & Gilbert, J.E. (2010) Creation of a Voice User Interface Survey for Dynamic Service Feedback. ACM Southeast Conference, Oxford, MS, April 15-17, 2010, CD-ROM.

  • Gosha, K., Billionniere, E., & Gilbert, J.E. (2010) Developing a Framework for Teacher Professional Development Using Online Social Networks. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (pp. 2977-2979). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

  • Gosha, K., Billionniere, E., Ramsey, M., & Gilbert, J.E. (2010) Towards the Creation of an Open Source Teacher Professional Development Distribution Community. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (pp. 1449-1454). Chesapeake, VA: AACE
  • Jackson, J. F. L., Gilbert, J. E., Charleston, L. J., George, P. L., Grenell, K. D., & Gosha, K. Differential gender effects of a STEM-based intervention: An examination of the African American Researchers in Computing Science program. American Education Research Association (AERA), Denver, CO, April 30 – May 4 (66.040-9).
  • Jackson, J. F. L., Gilbert, J. E., Charleston, L. J., George, P. L., Grenell, K. D., & Gosha, K. Multiple Identities for Blacks in Math, Science and Technology. American Education Research Association (AERA), Denver, CO, April 30 – May 4 (66.040-9).
  • Billionniere, E., Greiman, D., & Gosha, K. (2009) A Comparison of Social Service Selection Techniques. IEEE International Conference on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing (DASC-09), Chengdu, China, December 12-14, 2009, pp. 260 – 265.
  • Gosha, K., Gilbert, J., & Seals, C. (2009) Towards the Construction of a Peer-Assisted Learning Tool using a Social Media Network, In Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009, pp. 3500-3503. Vancouver, Canada, October 26-30, 2009.
  • Gosha, K., Thomas, J. & Gilbert, J.E. (2008) Exploring the Impact of Queue Management on Quality of Service for SMBs, IEEE International Conference on Services Computing, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 8-11, 2008, Volume 2: p. 551 – 55.
  • Gosha, K. & Thomas, J. (2008) Evaluating Service-Based Software Applications, ACM Southeast Conference, Auburn, AL, March 28-29, 2008, CD-ROM.
  • Cross II, E.V., Eugene, W., Hamilton, C. & Gosha, K. (2008). Street Legal Customs: A Tool for Teaching Financial Responsibility. In K. McFerrin et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (pp. 4631-4636). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
  • Cross II, E.V., Gosha, K., Eugene, W., Arcediano, F., Hamilton, C., Hundley, J. (2008) Game Design from the Lens of a Student, ACM Southeast Conference, Auburn, AL, March 28-29, 2008, CD-ROM.