Rachel (Tingting) Chung is a Clinical Full Professor of Operations and Information Systems at College of William & Mary. She loves teaching AI and data analytics using fun activities and props including sticky notes, chocolate, and her children’s book AI The Magic Box: An Activity Book on Artificial Intelligence. She has created AI and data inspired poetry, music, and co-designed data inspired stickers and jewelry. She has received four Faculty Excellence Awards.

In addition to academic research and teaching, Dr. Chung is also very involved in the applying scientific research methods to solve business problems. She has led teams of business students on over twenty client projects with executives from City of Pittsburgh, WQED, AllFacilities Energy Group, Ardex Americas, TingWall, Coca Cola, and others. She is a also a Volunteer Portfolio Project Manager with AI4ALL, a nationwide nonprofit that prepares undergraduates from historically excluded backgrounds for careers in AI.

In 2019, Dr. Chung served on the Advisory Board of the NSF-funded project on Big Data Education at Penn State University, and co-hosted the 3rd Data Science Educator Workshop. That same year, Dr. Chung received the Community Partner of the Year Award from Houston Methodist Hospital on behalf of INFORMS. She earned her Ph.D. in Business Administration/Management Information Systems from the University of Pittsburgh in 2009.

Steven Hojnicki is a section lead for College of William & Mary’s Online MBA and MSBA programs. He is also an active-duty officer in the United States Army. He specializes in operations research and systems analysis.

In addition to his military service and teaching responsibilities, he holds key staff positions with two veteran-oriented non-profits. He serves as the Director of MBA Operations for Service to School, which provides free college application counseling; and as Chief Analytics Officer for Hero Hut, which supports veterans in finding creative outlets for community service.