Brittany Johnson-Matthews, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor @ George Mason University

About

I am an Assistant Professor at George Mason University in the Department of Computer Science. Before joining George Mason, I was a postdoc at University of Massachusetts, Amherst working with Drs. Yuriy Brun and Alexandra Meliou in the LASER lab. I received my Bachelor's of Arts in Computer Science from College of Charleston in 2011 where I conducted undergraduate research under Dr. Jim Bowring in CIRDLES. I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2017 from NC State University, where I worked with Drs. Emerson Murphy-Hill and Sarah Heckman in the Developer Liberation Front. My research interests are in human factors in software engineering, artificial intelligence, and software testing. More can be found on my website: www.drbrittjay.com

Country

United States

City

Fairfax

Industry

Higher Education

Skill

Java, Python, Software Engineering, Human Factors, LaTeX, XML, HTML, Eclipse, Computer Science, Algorithms, Programming, Research, Software Development, SQL, JavaScript, Artificial Intelligence

Experience

Assistant Professor

George Mason University

2020-8 - Present · 6 yrs 1 mo

Fairfax, Virginia, United States

Principal Researcher

ChatBlackGPT™

2025-9 - Present · 1 yr

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Massachusetts Amherst

2017-8 - 2020-8 · 3 yrs 1 mo

United States

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

University of Massachusetts Amherst

2017-8 - 2020-8 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Amherst, Massachusetts, United States

Graduate Research Assistant

North Carolina State University

2011-8 - 2017-8 · 6 yrs 1 mo

Raleigh, North Carolina

During my time as a Research Assistant, I have been working with Dr. Emerson Murphy-Hill and Sarah Heckman in the Developer Liberation Front at NC State (https://sites.google.com/site/developerliberationfront/) on finding ways to improve program analysis tools.

Research Intern

Microsoft

2015-6 - 2015-8 · 3 mos

Redmond, WA

Software Developer Intern

Truven Health Analytics

2012-5 - 2012-8 · 4 mos

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Undergraduate Research Assistant

CIRDLES, College

2008-9 - 2011-5 · 2 yrs 9 mos

Charleston, South Carolina Area

· Developed and implemented the Help System for CIRDLES' flagship software · Revised the CIRDLES website · Researched Java Help techniques, HTML and XML · Researched MathML (Mathematical Markup Language), LaTeX and Expression Trees for use in a robust math library to be integrated into CIRDLES software