Ryan Cunningham was formerly a lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Illinois for over five years, where he taught courses in cybersecurity, ethics, forensics, theory, systems, programming, and databases. He has worked for the Department of Energy, the NSA, Dow AgroSciences, and as a consultant for criminal defense attorneys. Ryan is interested in the impacts of computation on society, including research in education, cybersecurity, digital forensics, machine learning, bioinformatics, and professional ethics. He holds a M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Central Florida and a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Cincinnati.