Affiliate Faculty

Education: Ph.D. in Entomology, Pennsylvania State UniversityPh.D. in Operations Research, Pennsylvania State University Courses Taught: Introduction to Health Informatics HCIP 6380; Current Issues in Health Informatics: Data Analytics and Modeling for Outbreaks HCIP 6070 Biography: Dr. Shi Chen’s research interests include how individual, spatial, and temporal heterogeneity determine both environmentally-transmitted and directly-transmitted pathogen transmission dynamics. […]

Education: Postdoctoral Research Associate, UNC CharlottePh.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana–ChampaignM.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Montana State University Courses Taught: N/A Biography: Harish P. Cherukuri is a Professor and Chair in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He was a Senior […]

Education: Ph.D. in Statistics, University of Georgia Courses Taught: N/A Biography: Dr. Hee Cheol Chung is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Before joining UNC Charlotte, Dr. Chung served as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Statistics at Texas A&M University […]

Education: Ph.D. in Social Work, University of Texas at Austin Courses Taught: Data Science for Social Good DTSC 4301/4302 Biography: Tianca Crocker is a social worker and applied researcher whose work focuses on increasing economic and social inclusion in an increasingly digital world. An assistant professor, Crocker also is a Fellow with the National Digital […]

Education: Ph.D. in Anthropology, The New School for Social Research M.S. in Intercultural Communication in Education, University of Pennsylvania Courses Taught: N/A Biography: Dr. Joyce Dalsheim is a cultural anthropologist who earned her doctorate at The New School for Social Research in New York. Her work interrogates some of the social and political categories through […]

Education: Ph.D. in Economics, University of Georgia B.A. in Economics, University of Georgia Courses Taught: Econometrics Biography: Dr. Craig A. Depken, II joined the Belk College of Business in August 2007. Previous to coming to UNC Charlotte, he was an associate professor of economics at the University of Texas at Arlington. Dr. Depken has taught a […]

Education: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State UniversityM.S. in Product Development, Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden)B.S. in Manufacturing Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology – Tehran Polytechnic (Iran) Courses Taught: Biography: Mahmoud Dinar is an Assistant Professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science. He received his PhD. from Arizona State University in 2015. Prior […]

Education: Ph.D. in Sports Medicine, University of VirginiaM.Ed. in Athletic Training, University of VirginiaB.S. in Kinesiology, Pennsylvania State University Courses Taught: N/A Biography: Dr. Donovan’s primary research area revolves around movement dysfunction and rehabilitation strategies for patients who sustain lower extremity joint injuries. Overall, his long-term goal is to promote healthy aging by mitigating consequences […]

Education: Ph.D. in Neurophysiology, The University of Texas Medical School at HoustonM.D. in Medicine, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston Courses Taught: Problem-Solving Health Analytics HCIP 6250 Biography: Dr. Michael Dulin, MD, is currently the Director of the Academy for Population Health Innovation at UNC Charlotte a collaborative designed to advance community and […]

Education: Ph.D. in Marketing, The Ohio State University Courses Taught: Innovation Analytics DSBA 6278 Biography: Dr. Sunil Erevelles’ work focuses on marketing research, in areas such as consumer marketing, personal selling and sales management, Industrial Marketing Management, Business Ethics, Database Marketing, and Information Technology and Management. His research has been published in various journals including […]