Dr. Ana Mary Rusch has a bachelor’s degree in international relations with second majors in both Geography and Political Science, a master’s degree in Global and Sociocultural Studies, and a Ph.D. in Global and Sociocultural Studies, all from Florida International University. Dr. Rusch’s dissertation research focused on Immigration and Integration Studies, Cuban Diaspora Studies, and Identity Studies. Dr. Rusch has worked with online education for most of her career in different capacities across content and design, with a focus on research and teaching. Currently, Dr. Rusch’s research focuses on online, at-scale, and Computer Science education, and she has published in several venues, including the SIGCSE Technical Symposium and Learning @ Scale. Dr. Rusch has won several awards at Georgia Tech, such as the Outstanding Research Faculty Leadership Award and the Accessibility Advocacy Award.

Dr. Ana Mary Rusch is the Associate Director of Learner Engagement and Student Life and Research Faculty in the Online Master of Science in Computer Science in the College of Computing at Georgia Tech.