\u201cI believe the real value of a classroom is not in the one-way transmission of knowledge \u2014 which is available for free at local libraries \u2014 but rather the opportunity to bring knowledge to life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jack Bandy works hard to promote communal engagement in his classes \u2014 even in a discipline known for its emphasis on technical skills. \u201cA student\u2019s learning environment can be a make-or-break factor when honing a technical skill like computer programming,\u201d Bandy said, adding that Transylvania\u2019s supportive community, small class sizes, and easy access to professors give its students a distinct advantage over those at larger institutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The skills fostered by a liberal arts education \u2014 public speaking, creative storytelling, active listening, conflict management and more \u2014 also give Transy students a leg up in graduate programs and the workplace. These relational and communication skills \u201chelp prepare students for a wide range of vocational opportunities in a rapidly changing discipline,\u201d Bandy added. \u201cThanks to unique opportunities in interdisciplinary learning, community service and extracurricular engagement, liberal arts graduates who study computer science can make positive social and technical contributions in their post-graduate lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bandy, who considers himself to be a lifelong learner, enjoys seeing his students become self-actualized learners, a process that goes far beyond the \u201clightbulb\u201d moments that occur when a student grasps a new concept or skill. \u201cI especially enjoy when a student realizes how much they are capable of learning on their own, and they really decide to go for it,\u201d he said, comparing this process to a gardener who decides to grow their own seeds instead of buying seedlings. \u201cI really enjoy seeing students start to design and plant their own gardens from scratch.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To that end, he encourages computer science students to seek research experience where they can begin to see themselves as creators of knowledge, not merely consumers. Bandy believes that students are especially well-suited to contribute creative research questions to the field of human-computer interaction while developing their own research skill set \u2014 and he believes that a liberal arts education promotes thinking carefully about the social and<\/strong> technical success of systems, as opposed to \u201cmoving fast and breaking things.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhen an organization or a company only thinks about the technical success of their systems, the public often ends up with disasters,\u201d he said, noting that the holistic thinking fostered by a liberal arts education can help institutions sidestep these disasters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n When he\u2019s not learning alongside his students, Bandy \u2014 a Kentucky native and proud graduate of West Jessamine High School, as well as the Kentucky Governor’s Scholars Program \u2014 can be found gardening, running and biking around Lexington, and hiking at the Red River Gorge and other Kentucky trails. He also enjoys carpentry and daydreams often about the possibilities for passenger rail transportation in his home state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFacebook’s News Feed Algorithm and the 2020 U.S. Election,\u201d Social Media + Society, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cExposure to Marginally Abusive Content on Twitter,\u201d AAAI Web and Social Media (ICWSM), 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAll the News That’s Fit to Tweet: Sociotechnical Local News Distribution from The New York Times to Twitter,\u201d News Quality in the Digital Age (Routledge), 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAddressing ‘Documentation Debt’ in Machine Learning Research: A Retrospective Datasheet for BookCorpus,\u201d NeurIPS Datasets and Benchmarks, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cProblematic Machine Behavior: A Systematic Literature Review of Algorithm Audits,\u201d ACM Human\u2011Computer Interaction, CSCW 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c#TulsaFlop: A Case Study of Algorithmically-Influenced Collective Action on TikTok,\u201d RecSys Responsible Recommendation Workshop, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAuditing News Curation Systems: A Case Study Examining Algorithmic and Editorial Logic in Apple News,\u201d AAAI Web and Social Media (ICWSM), 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8246,"template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"164,237","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"Relevanssi image attachment filter Relevanssi index exclude","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"academic_division":[83,59],"class_list":["post-7807","faculty","type-faculty","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nAcademic History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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