Mark Goadrich
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Also affiliated: University of Wisconsin–Madison (2004–2008); Conway School of Landscape Design (2016–2022); Centenary College of Louisiana (2011–2014)
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Mark Goadrich is a professor at Hendrix College whose work primarily focuses on the intersection of computer science education and the development of educational tools. He has published research on creating physical manipulatives and unplugged activities designed to increase student engagement in data structures courses. His publications include "CS2Mulch: Physical Manipulatives for Teaching Advanced Data Structures" (2021) and "Manipulatives and Unplugged Activities for Increasing Engagement in Data Structures Courses" (2026).
Goadrich also investigates the creation of standardized testbeds for various card games, aiming to provide a consistent platform for research and development in imperfect-information games. This work is represented by publications such as "Valet: A Standardized Testbed of Traditional Imperfect-Information Card Games" (2026) and "Quantifying the Space of Hearts Variants" (2022). He leads a research group and has a h-index of 7 with 28 publications and over 6,500 citations. He is also a Co-Principal Investigator on a $2,499,998 NSF grant focused on expanding the scientific workforce in rural regions through scholarships and community investment.
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- h-index: 7
- Publications: 28
- Citations: 6,662
Selected Publications
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Manipulatives and Unplugged Activities for Increasing Engagement in Data Structures Courses (2026)
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Quantifying the Space of Hearts Variants (2022)
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CS2Mulch: Physical Manipulatives for Teaching Advanced Data Structures (2021)
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Civic Engagement Across the Computing Curriculum (2019)
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Using IPython for data science and scientific computing applications: conference tutorial (2016)Journal of computing sciences in colleges OpenAlex
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An undergraduate laboratory activity on molecular dynamics simulations (2016)
Federal Grants 1 $2,499,998 total
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- Quantifying the Space of Hearts Variants
- Manipulatives and Unplugged Activities for Increasing Engagement in Data Structures Courses
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