Exploring how inclusive innovation, ethical design, and gender equity are reshaping the future of AI, analytics, and the global workforce.
As AI and Analytics redefine industries and reshape higher education, how are instructors adapting—and influencing—the future of these fields? Listen to a panel of leading authors and educators as they share their experiences teaching these rapidly evolving subjects, offering insights from the front lines of curriculum design, classroom dynamics, and industry engagement. With a focus on inclusive pedagogy and the often-overlooked perspectives of women in tech, this conversation explores how diverse voices are not just keeping up with change—they’re driving it.
Alison Kelly is a professor of economics at Suffolk University in Boston. Dr. Kelly holds a PhD from Boston College and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®). Dr. Kelly has published in a wide variety of academic journals and has co-authored three successful textbooks in Business Analytics and Statistics. Her courses in applied statistics and econometrics are well-received by students as well as working professionals.
Leslie Hendrix is a clinical associate professor in the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina and co-author of Modern Business Analytics. She received her PhD in statistics in 2011 and a BS in mathematics in 2005 from the University of South Carolina. She has received two university-wide teaching awards for her work in teaching business analytics and statistics courses and is active in the research and teaching communities for analytics. She was instrumental in founding the Moore School’s newly formed Data Lab and currently serves as the assistant director.
Marcia Weidenmier Watson is the Jesse H. Jones Professor Accounting in the Michael Neidorff School of Business at Trinity University. She received her BBA in accounting from the College of William and Mary, and both an MBA in information systems management and accounting and a PhD in accounting from the University of Texas at Austin. She has taught at the University of Texas at Austin, TCU, Mississippi State University, UNC Charlotte, and Trinity University. Prior to receiving her PhD, Dr. Watson was a financial systems consultant for Price Waterhouse, now PricewaterhouseCoopers.
A member of the American Accounting Association, she served as newsletter editor for the American Accounting Association Information Systems section for 16 years. She serves on the editorial boards of Issues in Accounting Education and the Journal of Accounting Education. She has published articles in Accounting Horizons, Advances in Management Accounting, Issues in Accounting Education, International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, MIS Quarterly, Journal of Accountancy, Journal of Accounting Education, Journal of Information Systems, and Strategic Finance. She also has had several cases published in Case Studies in Forensic Accounting and Fraud Auditing.