Brian Wright
Quantitative Foundation Associate Professor Of Data Science And Director Of Undergraduate Programs
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolBrian Wright is a data science educator, researcher, and program leader with nine years in academic and industry roles, currently serving as Quantitative Foundation Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Programs at UVA's School of Data Science. He holds a PhD in Higher Education and focuses research on the future of work, precision education, and healthcare, bridging pedagogical theory with data-driven interventions. Brian has founded DS Labs and led corporate data science training as Chief Data Scientist at HPSI, demonstrating an unusual blend of curriculum design, team leadership, and applied analytics. His prior work building and managing graduate data science programs at George Washington University reflects deep experience in program development, strategic partnerships, and faculty mentorship. He started his career in defense and ERP program management, bringing systems-thinking and operational rigor to academic administration. Based in Charlottesville, VA, he combines scholarly inquiry with entrepreneurial practice to translate research into scalable educational and healthcare solutions.
9 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Higher Education/Higher Education Administration, PhD Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Github Skills (9)
latex8
markdown6
machine-learning6
pandoc6
python5
data-science5
science5
branches2
mathematics1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
NovaVolunteer/Practice_Application_DS
Jul 2019 - Dec 2019
UVA Foundations Course
Contributions:130 commits, 1 PR, 132 pushes in 4 months
foundationsuva
NovaVolunteer/Intro-to-Data-Science
Apr 2018 - Feb 2025
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 11 months
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