Jaafar Alghazo joined the University of Minnesota Crookston on August 12, 2024, as an Associate Professor with a dual appointment in the Software Engineering and Information Technology Management Programs. Before this, he was a Research Associate Professor under the Artificial Intelligence Research Initiative at the University of North Dakota’s College of Engineering and Mines. Alghazo earned his Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Engineering from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (SIUC), Illinois, after completing his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Mutah University, Jordan. Before joining UND, he was an Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington. Alghazo also has extensive international experience, having spent 14 years at Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University in Saudi Arabia, where he began as an Assistant Professor and later became an Associate Professor. He gained valuable administrative, educational, and research experience during his tenure. Additionally, he has taught at the University of Central Florida for two years and the American University in Dubai for another two years. Alghazo’s research interests are focused on Artificial Intelligence. He has authored or co-authored over 40 peer-reviewed journal papers, more than 30 conference papers, several book chapters, and a patent.