Walker White

Walker White is a senior lecturer and Stephen H. Weiss Provost’s Teaching Fellow in the computer science department. He has designed the introductory computer science courses which serve as an inspiration for this course.

Walker White is also the Director of the Game Design Initiative at Cornell. In this role, he directs the computer game minor at Cornell and teaches the primary game design courses. He is a strong proponent of project-based education incorporating interdisciplinary teams, and he is the faculty sponsor of the CU-AppDev engineering project team.

Selected Awards and Honors

• au Beta Pi Professor of the Year 2014
• Stephen H. Weiss Provost's Teaching Fellow 2016
• Fiona Ip Li 78 and Donald Li 75 Excellence in Teaching Award 2016
• CEAA Academic Achievement Award 2015
• James and Mary Tien Teaching Award (College of Engineering, Cornell University) 2012