The team
Program Leaders
Susan Chen, Ph.D.
- DSPG: Director & 2022 Faculty Project Mentor
- AAEC: Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director
Chanit'a Holmes, Ph.D.
- DSPG: Program Coordinator & 2022 Faculty Project Mentor
- AAEC: Assistant Research Professor
Michael Lambur, Ph.D.
- DSPG: Virginia Cooperative Extension Lead
- Virginia Cooperative Extension: Associate Director Emeritus
Nathaniel Porter, Ph.D.
- DSPG: Data Analytics Instruction Lead
- University Libraries: Social Science Data Consultant and Data Education Coordinator
Elinor Benami, Ph.D.
- DSPG: Admissions Lead & 2022 Faculty Project Mentor
- AAEC: Assistant Professor
Brianna Posadas, Ph.D.
- DSPG: Admissions Lead & 2022 Faculty Project Mentor
- School of Plant and Environmental Sciences: Assistant Professor
Anubhab Gupta, Ph.D.
- DSPG: Admissions Lead
- AAEC: Assistant Professor
Yang Cheng
- DSPG: Data Analytics Instructor
- AAEC: 2022 Research Associate
2022 Faculty Affiliates
Jeffrey Alwang, Ph.D.
- AAEC: Professor
Patrick Kayser
- AAEC: Research Associate

Wei Zhang, Ph.D.
- AAEC: Assistant Professor