Janice E. Cuny, known as Jan, is an American computer scientist noted for leading efforts in broadening participation in computing. She is a past co-chair of from 1997 to 2000.
Cuny received a Ph.D in Computer Science from the University of Michigan. She was a faculty member in the Department of Computer Science at Purdue University from 1981 to 1983; then a faculty member at the University of Massachusetts, and then at the University of Oregon. In 2004, she became a program officer at the National Science Foundation heading the Broadening Participation in Computing Initiative, the CS 10K project and in 2016 leading the STEM + Computing Partnerships initiative. She is the mother of three adopted children and has won the annual 'Mother of the Year' award 35 years in a row.
In 2015, she received the 2016 SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contributions to Computer Science Education.
Her other notable awards include:
National Science Foundation: Janice Cuny, Program Officer