Rachel Harsley successfully defended her PhD thesis, titled: "Supporting Effective Collaborative Learning in A Computer Science Intelligent Tutoring System"

Her committee included: Barbara Di Eugenio (advisor), Tom Moher (CS, UIC), Susan Goldman (LAS, Psychology and Education, UIC), Cynthia Taylor (CS, UIC), Davide Fossati (CS, Emory University), Tiffany Barnes (CS, North Carolina State University)