Education
Academic background and coursework.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
United States Air Force Academy
Coursework
Relevant academic courses across disciplines.
Intro Database Concepts & Apps
IS 455
Relational database concepts, querying, and applied data applications
Data Storytelling
IS 457
Turning analysis into clear narratives for product and stakeholder decisions
Graph Databases
IS 460
Graph modeling and queries for connected data and relationship-driven insights
Concepts of Machine Learning
IS 467
Core ML concepts for prediction, evaluation, and applied modeling
Ethics & Policy for Data Science
IS 490E
Ethical and policy frameworks for data, AI, and responsible system design
Global FinTech Analytics
IS 490F
Analytics for financial technology products, markets, and decision systems
Prin/AF Elect & Cyber Systems
ECE 315
Electronics and cyber systems principles relevant to secure, networked environments
Race, Gender, and Info Tech
IS 308
Equity and identity in technology design, access, and socio-technical outcomes (Fall 2026)
Writing Across Media
INFO 303
Composing for written, visual, and digital media (Fall 2026)
Mapping Inequalities
IS 312
Spatial and data-driven approaches to understanding inequality and access
Intro/Programming for Analysts
COMPSCI 212
Programming methods for analytical workflows and decision support
Social Aspects of Info Tech
IS 202
How people, organizations, and society shape, and are shaped by, information systems (Fall 2026)
Research Design in Info Sciences
IS 204
Research design for studying information behavior, systems, and impact (Fall 2026)
Analytical Foundations of Info Problems
IS 203
Structured approaches to framing and solving information problems
Programming for Info Problems
IS 206
Applied programming for information tasks, data handling, and tooling
User Research & Evaluation
IS 226
User research methods to evaluate products, interfaces, and information experiences
Intro to Computing & Cyber Ops
COMPSCI 110
Computing foundations and cyber operations context for socio-technical systems
Exploring the iSchool
IS 100
Overview of information sciences pathways, methods, and applied problem spaces (Fall 2026)
Intro to Information Sciences
IS 107
Core concepts in information, data, and technology in society