Carnegie Mellon University

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