Welcome! I am Gail (Banaszkiewicz) Carmichael.  I'm a computer scientist, educator, and change maker. I've spent time in academia, industry, and a few places in between.

About Me

I am currently a Principal Instructional Engineer at Splunk, where my first major project is leading the creation of a new engineering onboarding program.

Until 2022, I was a Senior Technical Learning Designers for the RnD Programs team at Shopify, where I helped redesign engineering onboarding. I also led the design and launch of our ground-breaking work-integrated learning program known as Dev Degree. Dev Degree students work at Shopify on industry-scale projects, applying concepts mapped to curriculum, in addition to attending academic courses at our academic partners. You can read more about it in our SIGCSE 2018 paper.

I am particularly passionate about sharing my joy of computer science with others, especially girls and women. I am a co-founder of Carleton University's Women in Science and Engineering (CU-WISE), a member of the now disbanded Advisory Board for the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, and a long-time contributor to the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing.