Dr. Stephens graduated with B.S. in Physics from BYU in 1996 and then went on to receive a M.S and Ph.D. in Astronomy from New Mexico State University in 1999 & 2003. He also holds a Masters of Library Science degree from the University of North Texas which he received in 2016. After receiving his Ph.D, Dr. Stephens went to work at NASA's Goddard Spaceflight Center doing software development for the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope mission, a project he still works on. He has served as a developer, the Testing and Release Manager, Software Manager, and as a Senior Scientific Software Developer over the years. He also served for a year as the Information Systems Development Manager at the Science Support Center of NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infra-red Astronomy (SOFIA). For three years (2014-2017) Dr. Stephens was the Physical and Mathematical Sciences Librarian at the Harold B. Lee Library here at BYU before NASA lured him back. He started as professor in the Computer Science Department in December of 2020.

I'm a sophmore of Computer Science. I like Python and shells (bash or fish). Regex and LaTeX are awesome. vim = emacs > nano > ed. I've stopped distro-hopping and run Arch now. Besides programming, I study philosophy and formal logic. I like complicated board games and Souls-like video games.

Hi everyone! I’m Abby! I'm a sophomore majoring in Computer Science with an emphasis in Data Science! I love love love lego flowers, hot girl walks, and Asa Ramen! I'm so excited to TA this semester and I can’t wait to get to know all of you!

Howdy, my name is Mia! I love learning new things, coding in my free time, and building with Legos when possible. I do a lot of journaling too, but I have a weird pet peeve of writing on ruled/lined paper so you’ll usually see me using engineering paper or dot grid notebooks. I’m considering becoming a teacher, so I’m excited to be a TA this semester!

I'm Max Fennimore and I'm a sophomore majoring in math, because someone has to. I love coniferous forests, road side attractions and sauna. My other hobbies include forgetting a parenthesis in the middle of my scheme code and spending hours debugging something that wasn't ever going to work.

Hello all! I'm Isaih (pronounced ee-sa-ee, but you can also call me Isaiah). I'm a computer science student because making things is fun, especially when you can hit backspace on all the mistakes. I enjoy hiking, messing with Arduinos, and playing videogames. I'm excited to help you all in this class!

Hi I’m Jake I’m a sophomore studying Machine Learning at BYU. I just hit Champ 1 in Rocket Leauge. I hate x86 and will never use it again, I like to play around with my raspberry pi and can probably beat you in a race. I’m excited to work with you all!

Hi, I'm Isaac! I'm a sophomore majoring in Computer Science and Spanish. I love video games, singing, and learning languages. I took this class my first semester at BYU, and the TAs helped me out so much! I thought it would be a great idea to pay it forward to you guys. I can't wait to meet you!