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Bilal Siddiqui

October 8, 2024

Bilal Siddiqui, Ph.D. oversees the Graduate Certificate in Data Science at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). Here, he teaches Machine Learning and Data Science courses, promoting active learning. His research focus is parameter efficient neural nets, and his dissertation presented novel techniques for parameter reduction in neural networks. Siddiqui holds a Bachelor […]

Dave Riker

July 8, 2024

Dave Riker has more than 40 years of experience in engineering, facilities management, and construction. He served as the Senior Facilities Officer (SFO) for the University of Texas at San Antonio for fourteen years, before accepting the challenge of building an online facility management graduate certificate and master’s degree program. Before coming to UT-San Antonio, […]

Dr. Karen Daas

June 14, 2024

Dr. Karen L. Daas is the Program Director for Multidisciplinary Studies and Academic Introduction and Strategies as well as an Associate Professor of Communication at UTSA. She uses qualitative and critical methods to examine communication and its intersections with identity and popular culture. Daas received her B.A. in Communication Studies from Gustavus Adolphus College in […]

Dr. Sandeep Langar

April 17, 2024

Dr. Sandeep Langar is the Graduate Advisor of Record (GAR) and Program Chair for the Facility Management program at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). He is also an Assistant Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Construction Management at UTSA. Dr. Langar’s primary research interests lie in the core […]

Dr. Chad Mahood

March 27, 2024

Dr. Chad Mahood is an Associate Professor of Communication at UTSA. His teaching focuses on new media technologies, media effects, research methods and statistics, and communication theory. Prior to UTSA, Dr. Mahood spent time at The Ohio State University, the University of California at Santa Barbara, and Penn State. He has a B.A. in Advertising/Public […]

Elmar Bergeler

February 21, 2024

Elmar Bergeler, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Practice in Data Science at the University College at the University of Texas at San Antonio. His specialty is visualizations of data using Python. He studied physics and math at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. In 2009, he received his Ph.D. in physics at the Technische Universität […]

Dr. Melissa Hernandez

December 18, 2023

Dr. Melissa Hernandez is the Associate Dean of Students-Wellbeing at UTSA. She has served the Roadrunners in several different roles for more than 20 years, focusing on categories such as behavioral intervention, postvention, suicide prevention, sexual violence prevention, and health and mental health equity. She has a Master of Science in Social Work from the […]

Dr. Rita Mitra

December 13, 2023

Rita Mitra is a Professor of practice in the Information Systems and Cyber Security Department and the director of Online Programs in the Carlos Alvarez College of Business at UTSA. She teaches and develops Computer Science and Cybersecurity courses for the Bachelor of Business Administration in Cyber Security. She is the faculty advisor for the […]

Suzana Diaz Rosencrans

October 4, 2023

Assistant Vice Provost of Academic Innovation and Director of Online Enrollment, Marketing and Advising (since August 2019), has more than 13 years’ experience in higher education. Her experience includes OPM leadership and management, leadership management, advising, student success, CRM integration, quality assurance, coaching and training, and recruitment and operations. Suzana was director of online recruitment […]