Teaching & Mentorship
Teaching and mentorship are central to my academic identity — spanning 20+ years of classroom instruction, doctoral supervision, and junior faculty development across Montana State University and Georgia State University.
Program Direction
I am the Founder and Director of the Big Data & Machine Learning (BDML) Concentration within the M.S. in Data Science and Analytics program at GSU (2019–present), one of the fastest-growing graduate concentrations at the university. Previously, I served as PhD Program Director in the Department of Computer Science at Montana State University (2006–2013).
Mentorship and Curriculum
- Courses — Graduate and undergraduate courses taught at GSU and MSU, including Ethics for Data Science, Advanced Data Mining, and Spatial & Scientific Databases
- Students — Current and former PhD and M.S. students supervised as Committee Chair, including 11 doctoral graduates now in academic, research, and executive positions
- Faculty Mentorship — Cross-disciplinary mentoring of junior faculty across Computer Science, Physics & Astronomy, and Mathematics & Statistics at GSU
- BDML Program — Big Data & Machine Learning concentration details, curriculum, and admissions —
By the Numbers
| 🎓 PhD graduates (Chair) | 11 doctoral graduates, all in academic, research, or executive positions |
| 👨🎓 Current PhD students | 5 active doctoral students |
| 📚 MS students supervised | 40+ M.S. projects and theses as Chair |
| 🏛️ GSU Faculty mentored | 6 junior faculty across 3 departments (NSF FDSS, GSU LAUNCH & ADVANCE-IMPACT) |
| ⏱️ Teaching experience | 20+ years across 4 universities on 3 continents |