{"id":9078,"date":"2022-08-15T13:38:28","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T18:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/directory\/?post_type=contact&#038;p=9078"},"modified":"2025-10-10T16:51:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T21:51:21","slug":"mead-esther","status":"publish","type":"contact","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/directory\/contact\/mead-esther\/","title":{"rendered":"Mead, Esther"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Esther Ledelle Mead is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Computer Science at Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia. She received her PhD in Integrated Computing (Computer and Information Science) from the University of Arkansas, Little Rock in December of 2020. She subsequently served as a postdoctoral fellow at the COSMOS Research Center, Little Rock from January 2021 to the end of February 2022. Before that she served as a Graduate Research Assistant at the Center from 2016. She holds bachelor\u2019s degrees in Psychology, Finance, and Marketing and master\u2019s degrees in Business Administration and Business Information Systems. She has previously worked as a marketing consultant and taught courses in marketing research and consumer behavior at San Diego State University from Fall 2007 through Fall 2011. Her research interests revolve around data science, machine learning, and computational social science. Contact her at esthermead@saumag.edu. View Dr. Mead\u2019s Research on Google Scholar: <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=OWhNZVIAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=OWhNZVIAAAAJ&amp;hl=en<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Education:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Doctoral Degree<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ph.D. in Integrated Computing (Computer and Information Science), University of Arkansas at Little Rock<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Master\u2019s Degrees<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>M.S. in Business Information Systems, University of Arkansas at Little Rock<\/li>\n<li>M.B.A. (Master of Business Administration), University of Central Arkansas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Bachelor\u2019s Degrees<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>B.A. in Psychology, University of Central Arkansas<\/li>\n<li>B.S. in Finance, University of Central Arkansas<\/li>\n<li>B.S. in Marketing, University of Central Arkansas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Courses Taught:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Marketing Research<\/li>\n<li>Consumer Behavior<\/li>\n<li>Information Technology Seminar<\/li>\n<li>Computer Science Internship<\/li>\n<li>Introduction to Data Visualization<\/li>\n<li>Data Visualization Programming<\/li>\n<li>Python Programming<\/li>\n<li>Enterprise Resource Planning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Esther Ledelle Mead is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Computer Science at Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia. She received her PhD in Integrated Computing (Computer and Information Science) from the University of Arkansas, Little Rock in December of 2020. 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