I conduct research in computing education, an interdisciplinary field that involves the knowledge of Computer Science, Data Science, Software Engineer, Learning Science and Educational Psychology.

If you are a student at Western Washington University looking for senior projects, independent study, or graduate study, please feel free to send me an email at qiang.hao@wwu.edu or talk to a member of my research lab.

News

I have a new paper accepted at the 2025 ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science (SIGCSE 2025):

• Qiang Hao and Ruohan Liu. (In Press) Towards Integrating Behavior-Driven Development in Mobile Development: An Experience Report. In the Proceedings of 2025 ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science.

My book Grokking Relational Database Design has been published by Manning Publications. This book is in the Manning Early Access Program. To check out the book, please visit https://www.manning.com/books/grokking-relational-database-design.