Core Faculty

Education: Ph.D. in Communication, Rhetoric & Digital Media, North Carolina State UniversityM.A. in Writing, Rhetoric & Technical Communication, James Madison UniversityB.S. in Writing, Rhetoric & Technical Communication, James Madison University Courses Taught: DTSC 1301/1302, COMM 3120, COMM 3125, COMM 3050  Biography: Dr. Justin Grandinetti is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Studies. He […]

Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science, Virginia Tech Courses Taught: Applied Machine Learning DSBA 6156, Network Science DSBA 6520, Knowledge Discovery in Databases DSBA 6162/HCIP 6162 Biography: Dr. Siddharth Krishnan’s research interests are in web mining, data analytics, computational social science, and applied machine learning with a primary emphasis on analyzing, characterizing, and forecasting information dynamics […]

Education: Ph.D. in Statistics and Quantitative Biology, Michigan State UniversityM.S. in Statistics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Courses Taught: N/A Biography: Dr. Li is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University. She obtained her Ph.D. in Statistics and Quantitative Biology at Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI. Dr. […]

Education: Ph.D. in Information Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Courses Taught: Text Mining and Information Retrieval DSBA 6188, Knowledge Discovery in Databases DSBA 6162 / HCIP 6162, Internship Practicum DSBA 6400 Biography: Dr. Xi “Sunshine” Niu is an Associate Professor at the Department of Software and Information Systems. She also holds a […]

Education: Ph.D. in Statistics, Ohio State University Courses Taught: HCIP 6250: Problem Solving in HealthCare Analytics EPID 8275: Spatial Epidemiology Biography: Dr. Rajib Paul is a Professor of the School of Data Science and Epidemiology and Community Health. He is an affiliate faculty member for AI4Health and the Center for Computational Intelligence to Predict Health & Environmental Risks (CIPHER) at the University […]

Education: Ph.D. in Communication (emphasis on Computational Social Science) Courses Taught: Research Design for Data Science DTSC 8600  Biography: Dr. Sijia Qian’s research explores the role of emerging communication technologies, particularly social media and artificial intelligence (AI), in building a resilient information ecosystem and promoting social good across health, science, and political domains. A central aspect […]

Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Warsaw, PolandM.S. in Mathematics, University of Warsaw, Poland Courses Taught: Knowledge Discovery in Databases DSBA/HCIP 6162 Biography: Dr. Zbigniew Ras is a professor of computer science at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. He also holds a professorship position in the Institute of Computer Science at the Polish-Japanese […]

Education:  Ph.D. in Statistics, Iowa State UniversityM.A. in Statistics, University of MichiganB.A. in Mathematics (Statistics), Penn State University Classes Taught: DTSC 2301/2302 – Modeling and Society Biography: Dr. Michael Schuckers is a leading figure in sports data science, recently appointed as a professor at UNC Charlotte’s School of Data Science. With a prolific career, he has authored numerous papers focusing […]

Education: Ph.D. in Optical Science and Engineering, University of North Carolina at CharlotteM.S. in Physics, University of North Carolina at CharlotteB.S. in Physics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Courses Taught: DTSC 2301 – Modeling in Society Biography: Dr. Marco Scipioni joined the School of Data Science in 2022 as an associate professor and also […]

Education: Ph.D. in Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina – ColumbiaM.S. in Management of Information Systems, North Carolina A&T State University Courses Taught: Introduction to Health Informatics HCIP 6380, Business Intelligence in Healthcare HCIP 6396 Biography: Dr. George Shaw’s current research focuses on the intersection of computational social science and public health. He […]