He received his Ph.D. from Virginia Tech in 1994. Prof. Chase's areas of specialization include Computer Science Education, Software Engineering, with a particular focus on web-based software development, and Human-Computer Interaction. He regularly teaches courses in Software Engineering, Data Structures, and Analysis of Algorithms. Prof. Chase is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the IEEE Computer Society, and UPE. He is also active in the ACM's Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE).