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Fariba Fard

Title: Adjunct Faculty

Department: Information Science

College: College of Information

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • PhD, University of North Texas, 2023
    Major: Information Science - Data Science
    Dissertation: Development and Utilization of Big Bridge Data for Predicting Deck Condition Rating Using Machine Learning Algorithms
  • MS, University of North Texas, 2018
    Major: Applied Geography
    Dissertation: Automated Tree Crown Discrimination Using Three-Dimensional Shape Signatures Derived from Lidar Point Clouds

Current Scheduled Teaching

INFO 5709.501Data Visualization and CommunicationSpring 2025
INFO 5500.401Foundational Principles in Knowledge ManagementSpring 2025
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

INFO 4709.401Data VisualizationFall 2024 Syllabus SPOT
INFO 5709.404Data Visualization and CommunicationFall 2024 SPOT
INFO 5307.022Knowledge Management Tools and TechnologiesFall 2024 SPOT
INFO 5709.003Data Visualization and CommunicationSpring 2024 SPOT
INFO 4709.001Data VisualizationFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
INFO 5709.004Data Visualization and CommunicationFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
INFO 5709.003Data Visualization and CommunicationSpring 2023 SPOT
INFO 4907.001Data VisualizationFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
INFO 5709.004Data Visualization and CommunicationFall 2022 SPOT
INFO 4907.001Data VisualizationSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
INFO 4907.001Data VisualizationFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
INFO 4907.001Data VisualizationSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
INFO 4907.001Data VisualizationFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
INFO 5709.005Data Visualization and CommunicationFall 2020 SPOT
INFO 5709.502Data Visualization and CommunicationFall 2020 SPOT
INFO 5709.002Data Visualization and CommunicationSpring 2020
INFO 4907.001Data VisualizationFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
INFO 5709.501Data Visualization and CommunicationSpring 2019 SPOT
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Conference Proceeding

  • Fard, F., Hawamdeh, S.M. (2020). Leveraging Geographical Disparities of Socio-Economic Factors to Predict Vulnerable Teenagers to Teen Birth: Chicago as A Case Study. International Conference on Knowledge Management. Denton, UNT Digital Library. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1813471/m1/1/?q=fariba
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Overall
Summative Rating		 Challenge and
Engagement Index		 Response Rate

out of 5
out of 7		 %
of
students responded
  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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