Experts Guide
Adjunct Professor
Dr. Alessandra Wood is a design historian with an eye towards the future. She studied design history & theory and is obsessed with applying that knowledge to understand what makes products beautiful/useful/successful, and what inspires people to love those products. With expertise in scaling design processes, she has a refined eye for style, and strives to make art and design accessible to all. Her current role as VP of Style at Modsy has allowed her work on the compelling challenge of…
Associate Professor
101 Howard 606
Diane Woodbridge is an associate professor in the MS in Data Science program at the University of San Francisco. Her research interests include scalable database management systems, data fusion, and machine learning focusing on remote health monitoring (IoT in Healthcare). Prior to joining USF, Professor Woodbridge was with the scalable analysis and visualization department at Sandia National Laboratories.
Adjunct Professor
Expertise: Economics,
Causal modeling,
Counterfactual policy analysis,
Data science
Kyle Woodward is a microeconomist specializing in game theory, auctions, and incentive design. He received his Ph.D. from UCLA in 2015, and has previously taught courses on market design and strategic behavior at both UCLA and the University of North Carolina. In addition to maintaining an active research agenda, most recently taking microeconomic theory to topics in sustainability, he is currently employed at Gopuff as an expert on causal analysis and platform marketplace optimization.
Adjunct Professor
Stacy has significant marketing and advertising experience inclusive of over 20 years running media agencies and their key accounts. During her tenure at UM Worldwide, the largest Media Agency within the IPG network, Stacy served in a variety of capacities. This ranged from the chief operating officer for the US to the managing director of the San Francisco office overseeing a team of more than 100 employees. Stacy also led the global Microsoft account across 40 countries and $1B in Media…
Professor
McLaren 126
Expertise: Microfinance,
Applied Econometrics,
Education and Health Interventions,
Psychology and Economics
Areas of research specialization are in the use of econometric, experimental, and game-theoretic tools to analyze the impact of development programs. Professor Wydick's recent work examines the impact of development programs such as microfinance, child sponsorship, and in-kind donation of children's shoes, wheelchairs for the disabled, and clean wood-burning stoves. Other recent work studies the role of hope and aspirations in escaping poverty traps. His academic publications have appeared in…
Adjunct Professor
Professor Wylie comes to the School of Management with over ten years of business and finance experience. He’s worked for both Fortune 100 organizations and small startups helping to drive P&L efficiencies through data and business analytics. Currently, Professor Wylie works for Amazon Web Services as a Finance Manager.
Professor Wylie loves to incorporate his professional experience with course content and lectures combining both the theoretical and practical application of data and data…
Administrative Director
Expertise: Product development,
Program management,
Business development
Luwei Xie is a higher education professional specializing in program management, strategic planning, and partnership development. As a program leader, he has driven significant growth for biotechnology programs. Luwei has forged partnerships with biotechnology industry while leading day-to-day operations and executing data-driven strategies. His expertise spans developing career programs, enhancing student diversity, and organizing high-impact events that connect students with industry leaders.…
Associate Professor
Harney Science Center 371
Janet Yang received her BS from Yale University and then promptly headed for the West Coast. She attended the University of California San Francisco for her PhD in Biochemistry, and then did her postdoctoral work at the California Institute of Technology. Prof. Yang has always been fascinated by molecular motor proteins that harness the energy from ATP binding and hydrolysis to perform work in the cell. Her research uses quantitative thermodynamic and kinetic measurements to understand how these…
Assistant Professor
Kalmanovitz Hall G48
Joyce P. Yang, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist who earned her doctoral degree as a clinical scientist from the University of Washington. She received her postdoctoral research training in the Advanced Fellowship Program in Mental Illness Research and Treatment at Stanford University in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the National Center for PTSD (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder) at VA Palo Alto Health Care System. She completed her predoctoral clinical internship…