Dr. Valarie Bell
University of North Texas
Information Technology and Decision Sciences
(940) 565-3056
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Education

PhD, Texas Woman's University, 2017.
Major: Computational Social Science
Degree Specialization: Computer Science, Statistics & Advanced Data Analysis
MA, University of Nevada-Reno, 2014.
Major: Social Psychology
Degree Specialization: Social Psychology

Licensures and Certifications

Certificate, Boston University. (January 14, 2017 – Present).

Professional Memberships

Decision Sciences Institute. (August 17, 2019 – Present).

just a member, Public Relations Society of America. (May 11, 2017 – Present).

volunteering at meetings, Digital Analytics Association. (December 3, 2016 – Present).

just a member, Association of Internet Researchers. (February 2, 2015 – Present).

volunteer statistician for Stats w/out borders; Conference chair, American Statistical Association. (January 1, 2015 – Present).

Development Activities Attended

Tutorial,"UNT TracDat tutorial workshop," UNT, Denton, TX, United States of America. (September 11, 2018 – Present).

Workshop,"Go from Data, to Data Prep, to Data Science," Data Robot, Aubrey, Texas, United States of America. (July 29, 2020).

Seminar,"A quick, practical overview of KNIME Analytics Platform," KNIME, Aubrey, Texas, United States of America. (July 16, 2020).

Other,"Speak Out summer Institute," The Institute for Democratic Education & Culture, Denton, TX, United States of America. (July 13, 2020July 16, 2020).

Workshop,"My Boss Told Me to Draw a Map --Mapping Best Practices," Tableau, Aubrey, Texas, United States of America. (July 9, 2020).

Workshop,"A Beginner's Guide to Maps," Tableau, Aubrey, TX, United States of America. (July 2, 2020).

Seminar,"Data Privacy Regulations: Comply Now and Prepare for the Future," ObservePoint, Denton, TX, United States of America. (December 20, 2019December 20, 2019).

Seminar,"Business Data Analytics: A Decision-making Paradigm," International Institute of Business Analysis, Denton, TX, United States of America. (December 11, 2019December 11, 2019).

Workshop,"PERC Training," UNT, Denton, TX, United States of America. (December 6, 2019December 6, 2019).

Conference Attendance,"Decision Sciences Institute 50th Annual Meeting," Decision Sciences Institute, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America. (November 23, 2019November 25, 2019).

Tutorial,"Learning Alteryx (4-part series)," Alteryx, Denton, TX, United States of America. (October 15, 2019October 24, 2019).

Self-Study Program,"Reach: The Next Level," The Professor is In, Denton, TX, United States of America. (May 1, 2019July 5, 2019).

Self-Study Program,"Art of the Article," The Professor is In, Denton, TX, United States of America. (April 1, 2019June 7, 2019).

Seminar,"University Forum on Teaching & Learning," UNT-CLEAR, Denton, TX, United States of America. (May 2, 2019May 2, 2019).

Workshop,"Tableau's What is a Dashboard Anyway?," Tableau, Denton, TX, United States of America. (April 17, 2019April 17, 2019).

Conference Attendance,"AnacondaCon 2019," Anaconda, Austin, TX, United States of America. (April 3, 2019April 5, 2019).

Workshop,"Stukent Spring Digital Summit," Stukent, Idaho Falls, IA, United States of America. (March 4, 2019March 6, 2019).

Workshop,"Analytics Nexus," Claravine, Denton, TX, United States of America. (February 19, 2019February 21, 2019).

Other,"Observe Point Analytics Summit," Adobe, Google Analytics, Digital Analytics Association, Dallas, TX, United States of America. (October 25, 2018October 26, 2018).

Other,""Unstuck"," "The Professor is In" by Kellee Weinhold, Aubrey, TX, United States of America. (May 25, 2018August 24, 2018).

Seminar,"Data Mindfulness & Automation," Digital Analytics Association & Intuit & GSK, Plano, TX, United States of America. (July 17, 2018July 17, 2018).

Conference Attendance,"ForwarDFW Technology & Data Conference," Capital One, Plano, TX, United States of America. (July 16, 2018July 16, 2018).

Other,"SciPy2018," University of Texas at Austin; AT&T, Austin, TX, United States of America. (July 9, 2018July 15, 2018).

Seminar,"Transforming Higher Education by Listening to Consumers," Strada Education Network the Gallup Organization, Denton, TX, United States of America. (June 28, 2018June 28, 2018).

Seminar,"Data Architecture for Internet of Things Communication & Analytics," TDWI, Denton, TX, United States of America. (June 6, 2018June 6, 2018).

Seminar,"Data Visualization: A Game of Decisions," Andy Kirk via Sage Campus, Aubrey, TX, United States of America. (June 1, 2018June 1, 2018).

Seminar,"Teaching Data Science: Core Learning Outcomes and Topics for an Introductory Course," Sage Campus, Aubrey, TX, United States of America. (May 30, 2018May 30, 2018).

Seminar,""Designing Interactive Virtual Learning Experiences" with Cindy Huggett," Public Relations Society of America, Aubrey, TX, United States of America. (May 24, 2018May 24, 2018).

Workshop,"Customer Experience (CX) Analytics & Data-driven Customer Experiences," Tech Titans hosted by SMU-Plano, Plano, TX, United States of America. (March 27, 2018March 27, 2018).

Workshop,"How to Write Winning Grant Proposals," UNT Office for Faculty Success, Denton, TX, United States of America. (February 16, 2018February 16, 2018).

Workshop,"Canvas Bootcamp," UNT CLEAR, Denton, TX, United States of America. (January 9, 2018January 9, 2018).

Continuing Education Program,"Debbora Woods," Blackboard, Denton, TX, United States of America. (September 12, 2017December 12, 2017).

Continuing Education Program,"Will Potter, Journalism professor," University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America. (October 3, 2017November 21, 2017).

Tutorial,"Kim Love," The Analysis Institute, Denton, TX, United States of America. (October 6, 2017October 27, 2017).

Tutorial,"Twanda Baker," SAS, Dallas, TX, United States of America. (October 2, 2017October 3, 2017).

Tutorial,"Trent Buskirk," The Analysis Institute, Denton, TX, United States of America. (July 18, 2017August 22, 2017).

Conference Attendance,"it's a national conference for Blackboard teacher training," Blackboard, New Orleans, LA, United States of America. (July 25, 2017July 27, 2017).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas
BCIS 3610, Basic Information Systems, 5 courses.
DSCI 2710, Data Analysis with Spreadsheets, 5 courses.
DSCI 3870, Management Science, 1 course.
DSCI 4700, Analytics for Decision Making, 6 courses.
DSCI 4900, Special Problems, 1 course.
DSCI 5260, Business Process Analytics, 9 courses.
INFO 6900, Special Problems, 1 course.
JOUR 3996, Honors College Mentored Research Experience, 1 course.
JOUR 4270, Strategic Social Media, 2 courses.
JOUR 5000, Introduction to Digital Communications Analytics, 6 courses.
JOUR 5250, Quantitative Research, 1 course.
JOUR 5251, Research Fundamentals in Digital Communication I, 4 courses.
JOUR 5261, Research Fundamentals for Digital Communication II, 2 courses.
JOUR 5320, New Technologies of Mass Communication, 2 courses.
JOUR 5330, Strategic Social Media, 4 courses.
JOUR 5350, Seminar in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2 courses.
JOUR 5900, Advanced Problems in Journalism, 4 courses.
JOUR 5910, Advanced Problems in Journalism, 1 course.

Teaching at Other Institutions

UNT Dept of Sociology-GUEST LECTURE: "AGING IN THE 21ST CENTURY: INTEGRATING THE OF INTERNET OF THINGS W/HEALTH & WELLNESS STRATEGIES FOR OPTIMAL AGING, Sociology of Aging, SOCI 4550, Spring 2019.

UNT SOCIOLOGY DEPT: GUEST LECTURE: "HUMANS 2.0: TRANSHUMANISM & THE 21ST CENTURY MEDICAL REVOLUTION", SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS, SOCI 3120, Spring 2019.

UNT Department of Sociology, Intro to Sociology-- Guest lecturer on "Transhumanism:Humans 2.0?" on influence & role of technology on humans-- medical, scientific, & social applications for the future, SOCI 1510, Fall 2018.

Non-Credit Instruction

Other, UNT Mayborn, 1. (October 16, 2017 – Present).

Uncompensated Instructional Overload, McNair program, 1. (May 7, 2018January 30, 2019).

Other, UNT. (August 14, 2018December 14, 2018).

Workshop, UNT Mayborn School of Journalism, 80. (September 22, 2018September 22, 2018).

Continuing Education, OLLI. (April 2, 2018April 11, 2018).

Continuing Education, OLLI. (March 19, 2018March 28, 2018).

Other, UNT Mayborn, 1. (October 16, 2017December 14, 2017).

Directed Student Learning

Directed Individual/Independent Study,"Politicizing the Condition of Diabetes Online: Counter-Narratives and the Pursuit of Normalcy," Other - Outside UNT. (February 27, 2019 – Present).

Master's Thesis Committee Member,"An analysis of local media’s activity on Facebook and Twitter, internal structures, and selection processes for social media content," Mayborn School of Journalism. (January 22, 2019 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Member,"preliminary title: Social Media Hashtag Activism and the #White Wednesdays Anti-compulsory Hijab Movement in Iran"," Sociology. (January 16, 2019 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Member,"study of how the media frames the debate on mass shootings," Computer Science and Engineering. (May 17, 2018 – Present).

Master's Thesis Committee Member,"TBD," Sociology. (February 5, 2018 – Present).

Undergraduate Honors Thesis,"Facebook emotional research-no title set as of yet," Psychology. (May 7, 2018February 9, 2019).

Supervised Research,"in planning stage presently as of 2/14/2018," Mayborn School of Journalism. (February 6, 2018May 10, 2018).

Research

Presentations Given

Data analysis & statistics Workshop series
Oral Presentation

Bell, V. (Author & Presenter), Digital Analytics Association Symposium, Data'S 'SociaL DNA': Decoding the People Behind the Data, Dallas Chapter of the Digital Analytics Association, Dallas, United States of America. (20182018).

Other

Bell, V. (Author & Presenter), International Data Engineering & Science Association livestream data science webinar series, Build Optimal Models in AI & Machine Learning: How to Overcome the Lack of Diversity in Data Science, International Data Engineering & Science Association, youTube Livestream nationwide, United States of America. (20192019).

Paper

Bell, V. (Author & Presenter), Southwestern Social Science Association 98th Annual Meeting, “The Internet as 'Teaching Tool' for Prescription Drug Abuse”, Southwestern Social Science Association, Orlando, FL, United States of America. (20182018).

Bell, V. J. (Author & Presenter), International Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Conference, Droughtshaming on Twitter in the 2011-2016 Drought, University of Granada, Spain & Intern'l Interdisc. Social Sciences Assoc, University of Granada, Granada, Spain, Spain. (20182018).

Media Contributions

Internet
"Dr. Valarie Bell," Beyond True Crime. (March 6, 2018).

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Grant - Research
Bell, V., Hamilton, S. (Co-Principal), "Barbara Colegrove Research Fund Micro-grant," Sponsored by Mayborn/Colegrove, Private, $2000 Funded. (January 18, 2018 – Present).
Bland, D. M., l., Bell, V., Thompson, R., "UNT Digital Adjunct Faculty Training Academy," Sponsored by Office for the Provost & VPAA, Office of Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (October 1, 2019August 1, 2020).

Service

University Service

Member, Center for Integrated Intelligent Mobility Systems Development. (December 13, 2020 – Present).

Faculty Advisor, AIS. (October 19, 2020 – Present).

Committee Member, Search Committee. (September 25, 2019 – Present).

Faculty Advisor, ITDS Advisor (undergraduates & graduate students). (August 26, 2019 – Present).

Faculty Advisor, Digital Analytics Association. (August 24, 2019 – Present).

Faculty Mentor, Wall Street Journal Annual NewsTrain Data Journalism Training event. (September 22, 2018 – Present).

Committee Member, Emergency Management Sycamore Hall Safety Committee. (September 5, 2018 – Present).

Committee Member, Diversity Committee. (August 27, 2018 – Present).

Chairperson, Digital Communication Analytics program Marketing & recruitment Working group. (May 31, 2018 – Present).

Faculty Advisor, MSDCA Professional Internship program. (May 13, 2018 – Present).

Faculty Advisor, Social Media Student Group. (September 21, 2017 – Present).

Chairperson, Accreditation and Assessment. (August 28, 2017 – Present).

Committee Member, Graduate Curriculum. (August 28, 2017 – Present).

Other, Digital Communication Analytics M.S. program. (August 16, 2017 – Present).

Committee Member, Faculty Senate Committee: Teaching Assistants & fellowships. (September 1, 2019August 31, 2022).

Other, Diversity full-time faculty search. (October 14, 2019November 1, 2020).

Committee Member, Search Committee. (November 1, 2019October 31, 2020).

Faculty Mentor, COB Mentoring Program. (October 18, 2019August 24, 2020).

Faculty Mentor, McNair Scholars Program Undergraduate Research Fellow Program. (April 16, 2019May 11, 2020).

Guest Speaker, ITDS & AIS annual presentation about careers & majors. (November 14, 2019November 14, 2019).

Other, 3MT 3-Minute Thesis Competition for Ph.D. students (preliminaries). (October 23, 2019October 23, 2019).

Faculty Advisor, UNT Preview Day. (October 19, 2019October 19, 2019).

Other, UNT's Future Eagles Program. (October 16, 2019October 16, 2019).

Faculty Mentor, Frisco First Flight. (August 23, 2019August 23, 2019).

Other, College of Business Businesspalooza 2019. (August 21, 2019August 21, 2019).

Guest Speaker, UNT Senior Day 2019. (July 15, 2019July 15, 2019).

Other, SCHOLARS' DAY. (April 2, 2019April 2, 2019).

Other, 21st Annual Texas National McNair Scholars Research Conference. (February 16, 2019February 16, 2019).

Committee Member, Advancement and Alumni Development. (August 28, 2017August 26, 2018).

Public Service

Other, Statistics Without Borders, Worldwide, worldwide. (March 13, 2015 – Present).