Bio: Dr. Stephen R. Foster is a researcher, author, and co-founder of multiple social enterprises with a mission to teach teachers how to teach coding. A fierce advocate for the power of coding to bring about worldwide change, he has himself coded to generate peer- reviewed scientific results, coded to build educational technology solutions for teachers and students, and coded to bootstrap educational startups and non-profit organizations out of thin air. All in all, these countless lines of code have all been in service of a single vision: to establish coding education as a basic human right across the globe. In short, he codes to teach coding.
Dr. Lindsey D. Handley is a researcher, entrepreneur, teacher, and author. For the last 10 years, the National Science Foundation has funded the research, design work, and the social enterprises that she operates. As a skilled coder, data scientist, and biochemist, she envisions a world in which we no longer suffer from a worldwide shortage of scientific fluency. To this end, she fights for the unification of science and education on two fronts: the use of science to improve education; and the improved teaching of science worldwide. In short, she applies science to design better ways of teaching science. Together, they are the co-founders and leaders of ThoughtSTEM and MetaCoders.org -- two social enterprises that have touched the lives of hundreds of thousands of beginning coders worldwide. They are also the co-authors of Don’t Teach Coding: Until You Read This Book, a book that uses Racket to illustrate their language-oriented educational philosophy.

Bio: Hazel Levine (they/them) is a second-year undergraduate at Indiana University, studying computer science (with a specialization in programming languages) and theoretical mathematics. They are particularly interested in language design and ergonomics, aiming to create tools bridging the gap between concepts typically left in academia and the everyday programmer.

Bio: As the shadowy lurker in the ramparts of Drym.org, Sid is indeed, as many have suspected, none other than the whispered-about-in-hushed-tones "Count Vajhula," vampirous author of Racket and Emacs packages. When not writing code, Sid spends his time working on fundamental solutions to social and existential problems, all of which he believes can be addressed by transitioning from an economic system based on supply and demand, to an economic system based on attribution, which would preserve and nurture our humanity, rather than feed off of and seep it as capitalism does. Struggling to bring attention to these ideas, Sid came to Racket hoping to write tangible prototypes to demonstrate the promise of these proposals. He’s authored a few packages along the way, including the cli language for writing command line interfaces and the relation package for type-generic relations and operators.

Bio: Bogdan is a software developer based in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. He is the author of several Racket libraries, and he runs an e-commerce business built on top of Racket.

Bio: Sage is a computer scientist by hobby and trade. His contributions to Racket include aiding its relicensing effort, publishing twenty-one packages released under generous licenses, and researching alternative programming practices. His Vulkan integration won "Best Package" in the 2019 Racket Game Jam, and he maintains a home lab. He is currently researching how to create a Racket-centric operating system using his dependency manager, Xiden.

Bio: Ben is a postdoc at Brown University and a fan of the 2019 Standard Fish competition. He is seeking ideas for a summer 2022 community event.

Bio: Jay is a perfectionist misanthrope that wants everything to be perfect.

Bio: Matthew Flatt is a professor at the University of Utah and one of the main developers of Racket. He has worked primarily on Racket’s macro system, run-time system, and compiler.

Bio: Matthew Flatt is a professor at the University of Utah and one of the main developers of Racket. He has worked primarily on Racket’s macro system, run-time system, and compiler.