Staff

Dr. Yaorong Ge’s research focuses on imaging informatics, health informatics, and intelligent informatics systems development. He has participated in many research projects funded by the National Institutes of Health, has co-founded and managed a health informatics software startup until its acquisition, and has successfully commercialized a number of novel technologies via patent licensing.

As founding Executive Director, Dr. Doug Hague established the vision for the School of Data Science, as well as manages its resources, programs, and serves as the representative to the UNC Charlotte community and external industry partners. Dr. Hague has more than 20 years of experience in global technology. Before joining UNC Charlotte, he served […]

Joshua Hertel joined UNC Charlotte in 2011. He currently serves as the Director of the School of Data Science, overseeing day-to-day operations for both graduate and undergraduate academic programs as well as community and industry engagement with the School of Data Science. In his role, he supervises the School’s communications and advising teams. Joshua coordinates […]

Barbara Howard joined UNC Charlotte in 2015 as an Administrative Assistant in the Dean’s office of the Cato College of Education. She joined the School of Data Science (SDS) in December, 2019 as its Executive Assistant. In this role, she provides high-level administrative support to the Executive Director of SDS and the SDS team. This […]

Lindsay Lennon joined UNC Charlotte in 2021 as the Communications and Events Manager for the School of Data Science. She is responsible for organizing weekly seminars with guest speakers from the data science industry and two large-scale annual conferences (the Analytics Frontiers Conference and the Women in Data Science Conference), each attracting approximately 400-500 attendees. […]

Carly Mahedy has been with UNC Charlotte since 2009 in various roles, leading up to her current position as the Director of Student Services at the School of Data Science (SDS). In her role, she oversees recruitment, admission, advising, enrollment, assessment, internship coordination, and special events for the graduate programs in Health Informatics & Analytics […]

Education: Ph.D. in Management Systems, State University of New York at Buffalo Courses Taught: Business Intelligence and Analytics DSBA 6201, Advanced Business Analytics DSBA 6211 Biography: Dr. Sungjune Park serves as the Graduate Program Director (GPD) for the Data Science and Business Analytics (DSBA) program at UNC Charlotte’s School of Data Science, a position that […]

Education: Ph.D. in Criminology, Law and Society, UC Irvine Courses Taught: DTSC 3601, 3602: Predictive Analytics Biography: Dr. Shannon Reid is the Undergraduate Program Director for the Curriculum in the School of Data Science (SDS). In this role, she serves as the Chair of the SDS Undergraduate Curriculum Committee and is also a member of […]

Deanna Rella is an experienced professional in higher education currently serving as the undergraduate academic advisor for the School of Data Science. With over twenty years of experience, Deanna is dedicated to guiding first-year and transfer students in the B.S. in Data Science and the Undergraduate Certificate in Sports Analytics programs. Her responsibilities include providing […]

Education: Ph.D. in Optical Science and Engineering from the 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 serves as the Undergraduate Program Director for Admissions and Engagement. His teaching specializes in […]