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Dr. Alina Poklad

Dr. Alina Poklad smiling with long reddish brown hair and wearing a long sleeve black turtleneck sweater
Part-Time Faculty
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she/her/hers

BS, MA, Tallinn University of Technology
MA, 福利天堂专注精品福利
MA, PhD, Tallinn University

Dr. Alina Poklad brings a unique blend of expertise in technology and the humanities. She holds master鈥檚 degrees in Computer Science from 福利天堂专注精品福利 and in Business and Information Technology from Tallinn University of Technology, along with an MA and PhD in Cultural Studies from Tallinn University, specializing in Disability Studies. Before entering academia, she spent over 17 years as a software developer and database analyst/developer, working across IT, business, public services, and non-profit sectors in both the USA and Europe. Her teaching draws on this extensive professional experience and includes courses such as Cyber Programming, Data Structures and Algorithms, Software Engineering, Computer Science I, and Computers and Their Applications: An Introduction. Her research interests focus on programming, databases, and artificial intelligence鈥攑articularly the development of tools like Copilot and chatbots鈥攁nd how these technologies intersect with broader human and social questions.

Area of Expertise

Databases, AI, Azure, Software Engineering, Disability Studies