David Read
Lecturer in Computer Science
Office: CIS 240C
Telephone: (518) 580-5296
Email: dread@skidmore.edu
Dave has been a computer science faculty member at Skidmore since 2014. He received
his Ed.D. in Learning and Organizational Change from Baylor University. His thesis
focused on the underrepresentation of women in CS. Before joining Skidmore's faculty,
Dave worked as an information technology consultant and CTO, designing, implementing,
and integrating enterprise systems for manufacturing, financial services, health care,
insurance, and logistics companies. He teaches programming, software engineering,
web development, and data security courses. His research interests include increasing
women's representation in CS, semantic machine learning, and data security. Dave has
published articles on large-scale business system design and presents sessions at
data and architecture conferences. He earned his Master's in Engineering and Business
at Union Graduate College and his Bachelor's in Computer Information Systems at The
College of Saint Rose. His initial collegiate endeavors began at Westminster Choir
College, where he studied voice, keyboard, and music education.