Christopher Brooks is Professor and Department Chair of Computer Science at USF, with a joint appointment in the Department of Engineering. He joined USF in 2002 after completing a PhD in computer science at the University of Michigan. He also holds an MS in computer science from San Francisco State University, and a BA and JBA in English and journalism, respectively, from the University of Wisconsin. Professor Brooks' expertise is in artificial intelligence and machine learning. His research examines the ways in which human and computational agents learn in shared environments, particularly when learning is difficult or costly. He is also deeply invested in questions at the intersection of social justice and computing, and in developing new techniques and pedagogies for teaching computer science.
