Khoury College.
Our people are our power
As part of one of the world’s leading colleges of computer science, our faculty and staff are committed to the success of our students. Team Khoury is on your side.
- Top faculty dedicated to teaching and mentoring in the classroom and in the lab
- Advisors and coordinators supporting students during every step of their educational journey from course selection to co-op placement
- Staff committed to creating a supportive environment, where productivity and collaboration flourish
Meet the people of Khoury College
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Rasika Bhalerao
Rasika Bhalerao is an assistant teaching professor at Khoury College. Her areas of teaching include introductory courses (Fundamentals of Computer Science and the Align program), artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and ethical computing.
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Miguel Fuentes-Cabrera
Miguel Fuentes-Cabrera is an associate teaching professor in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University, based in Oakland. Before joining Khoury College in 2023, Fuentes-Cabrera built his research career at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, where he used computational physics techniques to investigate nanomaterials.
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John Alexis Guerra Gomez
John Alexis Guerra Gomez is an associate teaching professor at Khoury College. Throughout his career in academia and industry, he has worked on data, user interface design, network visualization, and human–computer interaction projects, both in the US and in his native Colombia.
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Almudena Konrad
Almudena Konrad is a visiting teaching professor at Khoury College. She teaches courses on discrete structures and mathematics of data models, and previously held a faculty position in the Math and Computer Science Department at Mills College.
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Alvaro Monge
Alvaro Monge is a teaching professor at Khoury College, and assistant dean and director of computing programs for the college’s California campuses. He is passionate about supporting and retaining underrepresented students in computing and preparing them to thrive in the tech industry.
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Lace Padilla
Lace Padilla is an assistant professor at Khoury College, jointly appointed with the College of Science. She combines cognitive, neural, and computer sciences to study how people process data visualizations and how those visualizations can communicate more accurately and effectively.
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Sami Rollins
Sami Rollins is a Teaching Professor and Director of Graduate Computing Programs at the Oakland campus. Her research includes broadening participation in computing, computer science education, and mobile and distributed computing.
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Ellen Spertus
Ellen Spertus is a teaching professor at Khoury College. She had previously served as a professor of computer science and periodic department head at Mills College, and her research spans domains ranging from parallel computing to online communities to computer science education.
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Jessica Staddon
Jessica Staddon is a professor of the practice at Khoury College. Her research explores AI safety, security, and privacy, and her role with Khoury College encompasses elements of teaching, research, and partnership development.
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