<p style="text-align: justify;">Dan Grossman has taught programming languages at the University of Washington since 2003. During his 10 years as a faculty member, his department&rsquo;s undergraduate students have elected him &ldquo;teacher of the year&rdquo; twice and awarded him second place once. His research, resulting in over 50 peer-reviewed publications, has covered the theory, design, and implementation of programming languages, as well as connections to computer architecture and softwar