Narratives and Pathways of Computing Educators

Tracy Camp interview: Overview

Tracy Camp

On a separate page: Selected quotes from this interview


Brief background

Tracy Camp is a Full Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the Colorado School of Mines. She is the Founder and Director of the Toilers, an active ad hoc networks research group. In 2006, Tracy Camp was named an ACM Distinguished Scientist and was also selected to be an ACM Distinguished Lecturer.

At the time of this interview (2007), Tracy Camp was a Full Professor at the Colorado School of Mines. She became an ACM Fellow in 2012, with the citation “For contributions in wireless networking and leadership in broadening participation in computing.”

Interview materials

This section includes the audio and transcript of the interview with Tracy Camp, conducted on May 29, 2007 in Golden, Colorado, USA by Barbara Boucher Owens.

Audio of interview [1 hour]

PDF of interview transcript
[18 pages, 761 transcribed lines of text]

Other information about Tracy Camp

Video clips

Both of these clips were recorded March 2007. The PDF transcript of each follows below the video.

These video clips are also available on CEOHP’s YouTube channel

Clip #1:
Family as the best part of life

  • About 52 seconds

Clip #2:
Integration as opposed to balance in life

  • About 47 seconds

Sample analysis

Cloud analysis for the interview with Tracy Camp