Rosta大学生, an associate professor in the University of 匹兹堡’s 计算机与信息学院, was recently appointed associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion at the school.

在这个新的角色中，Farzan将寻求创造更具包容性的空间，提供奖学金，并利用学校学生、教职员工的观点，为学生提供更多包容性的活动。 该职位补充了她在该校信息与网络系统系（Department of Informatics and Networked Systems）九游会论坛研究社会计算（social computing）领域的九游会论坛研究，该领域九游会论坛研究技术与社会问题之间的相互作用。

“I became interested in diversity for this field during my graduate studies, including what ways we can increase representation,” said Farzan, who received her PhD from Pitt’s 智能系统计划 in 2009. “这一直九游会论坛是我九游会论坛研究的核心。 我希望学校里的声音能被听到。”