Affiliate Faculty

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 Human Centered Design, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Courses Taught: N/A Biography: Professor Mona Azarbayjani is the Graduate Program Director at the Davd R. Ravin School of Architecture at UNC Charlotte. She obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and joined UNC Charlotte in 2010. Her research focuses on energy analytics, high-performance […]

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: 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: Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Michigan, Ann ArborM.A. in Political Science, University of Michigan Courses Taught: NA Biography: Dr. Brown’s current research emphasizes the intersection of AI, machine learning, and data privacy in mitigating negative health outcomes and a cross-sectional responsible framework for AI technology acceptance. She is the contact lead PI of […]

Education: Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Iowa State UniversityM.S. in Civil Engineering, Iowa State University Courses Taught: N/A Biography: Dr. Chen’s expertise covers performance improvement of pavements and applications of Building Information Modeling in design and construction. As Principal Investigator, he has secured over $2 M in external funding and generated more than 30 publications. Dr. […]

Education: Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, University of TorontoMaster of Management in Construction Management, Tongji University Courses Taught: N/A​ Biography: Dr. Yuting (Tina) Chen is an accomplished civil engineer specializing in construction safety and data analytics. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Construction Management. Before joining UNC Charlotte, she was […]

Education: Ph.D. in Marketing, University of Houston Courses Taught: Digital Marketing and Analytics DSBA 6284 Biography: Dr. Ming Chen’s research focuses on using empirical models to examine the drivers of shopping behavior through consumers’ visual attention at the point of purchase. She is also interested in understanding consumers’ viewership of TV shows or movies and […]