AUC Data Science Initiative Faculty Development Summer Institute 2025
Dr. Nathan Alexander
Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, Howard University
Course Title: Quantitative Methods in Education and the Social Sciences (New Course)
Dr. Amjad Ali
Professor of Computer Science, Morgan State University
Course Title: Special Topics in Computer Science 3 Convergence of Data Science and Cybersecurity (New Course)
Dr. Mehdi Azimi
Associate Professor of Transportation Studies, Texas Southern University
Course Title: Big Data and AI in Transportation (New Course)
Dr. Joseph Aneke
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Hampton University
Course Title: Cybersecurity and Data Protection using Python (New Course)
Dr. Ebere Azumah
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Morehouse School of Medicine
Course Title: Data-Driven Approaches to Adolescent and Equity (New Course)
Dr. Yohn Jairo Parra Bautista
Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Sciences, Florida A&M University
Course Title: Data Mining and Ethical AI (Enhanced Courses)
Dr. Christopher T. Bolden
Assistant Professor of Biology and Public Health, Xavier University of Louisiana
Course Title: Societal & Molecular Determinants of Health of the Gulf Coast (New Course)
Dr. Jason Black
Associate Professor of Business Information Systems, Florida A&M University
Course Title: Data Management for Analytics (New Course)
Dr. Naomi F. Campbell
Associate Professor of Chemistry, Jackson State University
Course Title: General Chemistry I & II Laboratory (Enhanced Courses)
Dr. Seonho Choi
Professor of Computer Science, Bowie State University
Course Title: Applied Data Science for Cybersecurity (New Course)
Dr. Jessica Coates
Faculty Member, Spelman College
Course Title: General Microbiology and Independent Research (Enhanced Course)
Dr. Jamell Dacon
Assistant Professor, Morgan State University
Course Title: Data Science (Enhanced Course)
Dr. Miquelle Fields Jones
Faculty, Miles College
Course Title: African American Literature I and II (Enhanced Courses)
Dr. April Jones
Chair, Department of Social Work, Tuskegee University
Course Title: Applied Statistics and Data Analytics for Social Work (New Course)
Dr. Charles Kim
Professor, Howard University
Course Title: EECE418 Power Electronics (Enhanced Course)
Dr. Paul Kim
Professor of Biology, Grambling State University
Course Title: Data Mining in Bioinformatics (New Course)
Dr. Courtney Smith Lamar
Associate Professor of Cyber-Physical Systems, Clark Atlanta University
Course Title: Programming Principles II / Data Structures (Enhanced Courses)
Dr. Lin Li
Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator
Course Titles: COMP 4315 Data Mining and COMP 4316 Machine Learning
Dr. Naja A. Mack
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Morgan State University
Course Title: Data Science and Human-Computer Interaction (New Course)
Dr. Binod Manandhar
Faculty, Clark Atlanta University
Course Title: Data Visualization in Social Sciences (New Course)
Ms. Renee McCoy
Senior Lecturer of Decision Sciences, Clark Atlanta University
Course Title: Artificial Intelligence for Business (Enhanced Course)
Dr. Timothy Oladunni
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Morgan State University
Course Title: Advanced Machine Learning for Biomedical Applications (New Course)
Dr. Oyebade Kunle Oyerinde
Associate Professor, Clark Atlanta University
Course Title: Research Methods and Data Analytics for Public Administrators (New Course)
Dr. Roshan Paudel
Professor of Practice, Computer Science, Morgan State University
Course Title: Artificial Intelligence in Bioinformatics (New Course)
Dr. Matthew Platt
Associate Professor of Political Science, Morehouse College
Course Title: Scope and Methods Data Lab (New Course)
Dr. Basheer Qolomany
Assistant Professor, Howard University College of Medicine
Course Title: Advanced Python for AI and Data Science (New Course)
Dr. Natarajan Ravi
Professor of Physics, Spelman College
Course Title: Computational Modeling in Introductory Physics (Enhanced Courses)
Dr. Bharat S. Rawal
Professor & Department Head of Computer Science, Grambling State University
Course Title: Intro to AI (New Course)
Mr. Salih
Lecturer of Mathematics, University of Maryland Eastern Shore Course Title: College Algebra (Enhanced Course)
Dr. Md Kamruzzaman Sarker
Assistant Professor, Bowie State University
Course Title: Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (New Course)
Dr. Tapan Sarkar
Instructor of Computer Science and Business, Southern University
Course Title: Applied Data Science for Business DecisionMaking Using Python (New Course)
Mr. MohammadAli Sazegarnejad
Lecturer, Clark Atlanta University
Course Title: Advanced Programming (New Course)
Dr. Radwan Shushane
Associate Professor, Morgan State University
Course Title: Data Science for Social Good (New Course)
Dr. Tiffanie R. Smith
Associate Professor of Computer Science, Lincoln University of Pennsylvania
Course Title: Introduction to Data Science with Python (New Course)
Dr. Rajendran Swamidurai
Professor & Coordinator of Computer Science, Alabama State University
Course Title: Artificial Intelligence (Enhanced Course)
Dr. Antonio Velazquez
Assistant Professor of Engineering Technology, Savannah State University
Course Title: DATA-2113 Introduction to Data Analytics in Transportation and Logistics (New Course)
Dr. Carla Willis
Faculty, Morehouse School of Medicine
Course Title: Foundations of Health Data Science & Data Analytics (New Course)
Dr. Jie Yan
Professor of Computer Science, Bowie State University
Course Title: Data Science and Its Applications (New Course)
Dr. Bo Yang
Professor of Computer Science, Bowie State University
Course Title: Principles and Applications of Blockchain (New Course)
Dr. Leummim Yao
Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Grambling State University
Course Title: Introduction to Linear Algebra (Enhanced Course)
Dr. Raziq Yaqub
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Alabama A&M University
Course Title: Power System III with AI and Machine Learning (Enhanced Course)
Dr. Xiang (Susie) Zhao
Professor of Computer Science, Alabama A&M University
Course Title: Data Science for Cybersecurity Applications (New Course)