Data Science for Education (DS4EDU) Fellows
We are very excited to share the news about the cohorts of Data Science for Education Fellows.
We received an impressive array of applications each year and we are excited to share that the following individuals (listed in alphabetical order by cohort) have been selected for these cohorts.
Fellows will emerge from the program as leaders, with expertise in the tools and methods needed to advance their projects and the field and to mentor the following cohort members.
2025-2026 Cohort
Name |
Affiliation |
| Kevin Ambrose | Partnership to End Addiction |
| Hazel Altindis | The University of Alabama |
| Mehri Azizi | Florida International University |
| Eric Belt | University of Maryland, Baltimore |
| Keith Ellis | Purdue University |
| Kennedy Kamau | African Population and Health Research Center |
| Shayan Mirzabeigi | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry |
| Jennifer Noble | SUNY Alfred State College of Technology |
| Ahmad Pratama | Stony Brook University |
| Claire Renaud | University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) |
| Cassandra Siela | University of Missouri |
| Yulin Song | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Todd Taylor | Fashion Institute of Technology (SUNY) |
| Rita Thomas | Frostburg State University in Maryland |
| Junyi Tu | Salisbury University |
| Renae Williams | JP Morgan Chase |
| Sm Zobaed | University of Maryland Eastern Shore |
2024-2025 Cohort
Name |
Affiliation |
| Ed Beck | SUNY Oneonta |
| Karen Caldwell | SUNY Potsam |
| Zhongzhou Chen | University of Central Florida |
| Brian Chevalier | Stanford, CT Public Schools |
| Andrew Fenstermaker | Iowa City Schools |
| Renee Foose | Bowie State University |
| Nathan Grassi | SUNY Buffalo |
| Dawit Hailu | Bowie State University |
| Kevin Hittle | SUNY Buffalo |
| Jodi Lis | Arizona State University |
| Se-Lim Oh | University of Maryland System |
| Julie Sharma | SUNY Oneonta |
| Elizabeth Small | SUNY Oneonta |
| Jessica Stansbury | University of Baltimore |
| Roseline Telfort | University of Chicago |
| Angela Thering | SUNY Buffalo State University |
| Tanya Wineland | Virginia Commonwealth University |