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Bio and media kit

Everything an organizer, editor, or host usually asks for, in one place. Copy what you need. If you want something different, just ask.

Short bio (about 50 words)

Samah Alshrief, Ph.D., is a data scientist and research-computing specialist at Seton Hall University, where she co-leads the Research Computing Initiative. She helps faculty, students, and institutions turn research questions into working data pipelines and computing workflows, and she writes about research data, private AI, and higher-education policy.

Longer bio (about 130 words)

Samah Alshrief, Ph.D., is a data scientist and research-computing specialist at Seton Hall University. She helped launch the university's first computational research projects and now co-leads its Research Computing Initiative. She holds a Ph.D. in Higher Education Leadership, Management, and Policy, a Master of Science in Data Science and Engineering, and a Master of Education.

Her work spans research data services, high-performance and high-throughput computing, private AI, and program evaluation. She has delivered more than 100 data consultations, supported IRB applications for research teams, and contributed to more than $136,000 in funded projects. She serves as Seton Hall's ICPSR Official Representative and as a Women in Data Science (WiDS) ambassador, and she mentors people moving into data careers.

Topics I can speak or write about

Getting researchers at small institutions onto national computing, including the OSPool and NSF ACCESS
Starting research data services on a small budget
Data management plans, sharing, and what funders expect
Private and retrieval-augmented AI for campuses, and how to write a campus AI policy
Data ethics and AI literacy in higher education
Program evaluation and using public data such as IPEDS without misreading it

Most of these have a plain-language article on the Writing page if you want a sense of how I explain them.

Photo and logo

[Headshot download: coming soon. Samah to add a high-resolution headshot.jpg and confirm the preferred credit line.]

Until then, please ask and I'll send one.

How to link or cite this site

Samah Alshrief. Writing on research data, research computing, and AI in higher education. https://samahalshrief.com/writing.html

For a person link, the home page works: https://samahalshrief.com/. If you cite an article, each one has its own page with the title and date.

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[Speaking and workshop availability: Samah to confirm formats, travel limits, and whether to list a fee range.]

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