Dr. Thomas | Computer Science | California State University Stanislaus

Megan Thomas

Associate Professor and Department Chair
Dept. Of Computer Science
CSU Stanislaus
Office: 279 DBH
Phone: (209) 667-3584
Email: mthomas@cs.csustan.edu (best way to reach me)
Address: Dept. Of Computer Science, CSU Stanislaus, One University Circle, Turlock, CA 95382

Office Hours: By appointment, during the summer.

"One must learn by doing the thing. Though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try." -- Sophocles

I can think of nothing that an audience won't understand. The only problem is to interest them; once they are interested, they understand anything in the world. -- Orson Welles

College of Sciences Poster Celebration 2025

Fall 2025 Classes

CS 4100: Programming Languages Digital copies of the required text will be available for the students; the book need not be purchased. The book is Principles of Programming Languages: Design, Evaluation, and Implementation (Third Edition), by Bruce J. MacLennan.
CS 4250: Database Management Systems The required text for the class is Databases Illuminated, 3rd ed by C. Ricardo and S.D. Urban.
Alternative book: Databases Illuminated, 4th ed by C. Ricardo and S.D. Urban. ('Navigate 2 Advantage Access' offered by publishers is not necessary.)
CS 4960 - 03: Senior Seminar

I have been a professor at CSU Stanislaus since 2005. I earned my PhD at UC Berkeley, where I worked with what is now called the data systems and foundations research group.