Teaching

This page documents my current and past educational activities.

For graduate advising, see my students page.

I have written several blog posts about teaching philosophy and my course designs.

Current Teaching (Fall 2023)

INFO 659 (Intro to Data Analytics)

Online Education

I co-created the Recommender Systems specialization on Coursera with Prof. Joseph A. Konstan.

This is the third generation of our MOOC. We used the first iteration as a vehicle for research on the effectiveness of large-scale online courses for teaching topics such as this.

Course History and Research Outcomes

Course Development

CS 533 Introduction to Data Science
CS 538 Recommender Systems (adapted from the MOOC and the class I taught at Texas State)
First pass at rebuilding CS 410/510 (Databases) at Boise State, with Francesca Spezzano
Coursera course
Rebuilt CS 3320 (Internet Software Development) at Texas State
CS 4397Q (Introduction to Recommender Systems) / 5369Q (Recommender Systems) at Texas State, derived from the MOOC

Past Teaching

Boise State University

Spring 2023: CS 538 Recommender Systems
Fall 2022: CS 533 Introduction to Data Science
Spring 2022: CS 230 Ethical Issues in Computing
Fall 2021: CS 533 Introduction to Data Science
Spring 2021: CS 538 Recommender Systems
Fall 2020: CS 533 Introduction to Data Science
Spring 2020: CS 410 Databases; CS 697 Equity and Discrimination in Computing Systems
Fall 2019: CS 533 Introduction to Data Science
Spring 2019: CS 538 Recommender Systems
Fall 2018: CS 410/510 Databases
Summer 2018: CS 310 HU Intro to Databases
Spring 2018: CS 410 / 510 Databases
Fall 2017: CS 533 Introduction to Data Science
Spring 2017: CS 597 Recommender Systems
Fall 2016: CS 410 / 510 Databases

Texas State University

Spring 2016: CS 4379Q (Introduction to Recommender Systems) / CS 5369Q (Recommender Systems) (syllabus, research project); CS 3320 (Internet Software Development) (syllabus)
Fall 2015: CS 4332 (Introduction to Database Systems)
Spring 2015: CS 4350 (Unix Systems Programming); CS 4379Q (Introduction to Recommender Systems) / CS 5369Q (Recommender Systems)
Fall 2014: CS 4332 (Introduction to Databases)

University of Minnesota

I taught or TA’d several classes at the University of Minnesota while completing my Ph.D:

Fall 2013: Introduction to Recommender Systems on Coursera and UMN CSCI 5980-1, co-taught with Joseph A. Konstan.
Summer 2012: instructor, CSCI 1902 (Structure of Computer Programming II).
Spring 2011: teaching assistant, CSCI 5125 (Collaborative and Social Computing).
Fall 2007–Summer 2018: teaching assistant, CSCI 1902