Academic Programs

Education: Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, UkraineM.S. in Economic Cybernetics, Moscow State University of Management Courses Taught: Visual Analytics and Storytelling DSBA 5122, Predictive Modeling and Their Impacts DTSC 3601-3602, Modeling and Society DTSC 2301-2302, Data and Society DTSC 1301-1302122, Data and Society DTSC 1301-1302 Biography: Dr. Ilieva Ageenko is […]

Education: Executive MBA (EMBA), Harvard Business School Courses Taught: Big Data Analytics for Competitive Advantage DSBA 6100; Special Topics in Data Science and Business Analytics: From Data to Decisions: Informed Leadership DSBA 6010 Biography: Booshra Ahmed has over 20 years of leadership and ‘Big 4′ consulting experience in all major functional business areas including Digital […]

Education: Ph.D. in Administration of Justice, Pennsylvania State UniversityM.A. in Psychology, Duquesne UniversityM.A. in Sociology, Duquesne University Courses Taught: DSBA 6010 Special Topics Biography: Dr. Arrigo began his professional career as a community organizer for and social activist on behalf of: (1) the homeless and marginally housed; (2) users of (mental) health services; (3) adult […]

Education: Ph.D. in Management, Virginia Commonwealth University Courses Taught: NA Biography: Dr. George Banks has research and teaching interests in leadership, ethics, strategic human resource management, and research methods and statistics (e.g., data science, open science, meta-analysis). He has more than 80 publications, including journal articles in top-tier outlets, such as Science, Psychological Bulletin, Nature […]

Education: M.S. in Economics, UNC Charlotte Courses Taught: DTSC 2301 – Modeling in Society Biography: Lexi is currently pursuing a PhD in Public Policy at Charlotte, specializing in energy policy. Her research focuses on electric vehicle charging tariffs and carbon intensity, examining how policies can shape consumer behavior toward sustainable energy use. Lexi earned her […]

Education: Ph.D. in Operations Research, co-major in Computer Science, North Carolina State University Courses Taught: Business Intelligence and Analytics DSBA 6201 Biography: Kornelia is a Principal Data Scientist in the NL team at Ally, where she works on natural language tasks including automated summarization. Her research focuses on text analytics using NLP, Machine Learning, Deep […]

Education: Ph.D. in Political Science, Vanderbilt University M.A. in Political Science, Vanderbilt University M.A. in Political Science, Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil) Courses Taught: NA Biography: Dr. Batista is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration and a member of the Latin American Studies Program and the School of […]

Education: M.S. in Business Analytics, York University, B.Ed, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, B.Sc, University of Toronto Courses Taught: Data and Society DTSC 2301-2302, ITCS 3162 Introduction to Data Mining, ITCS 4122/5122 Visual Analytics, ITCS 3156 Introduction to Machine Learning, ITCS 2214 Data Structures and Algorithms Biography: Aileen Benedict is excited to teach in both […]

Education: Ph.D. in Statistics, Sambalpur University Courses Taught: N/A Biography: Dr. Bishwal is an Associate Professor of Mathematics, Statistics, and Chair of the Mathematical Finance Program Committee. His research interests include Stochastic Differential Inference (SDI), Mathematical Finance and Financial Econometrics, Stochastic Analysis and Probability, and Mathematical Biology.

Education: A.A. General Education, Kellogg Community College; B.S. Environmental Studies and Applications, Michigan State University; M.S. Geography, Indiana University; PhD Geography, Indiana University Courses Taught: GEOG 3120 Fundamentals of Geographic Information SystemsDTSC 2301: Modelling and Society Biography: A product of the American Midwest, Jordan grew up in the rustbelt city of Battle Creek, Michigan (home to Kellogg’s and […]