Welcome to Dr. Xu's Website

Self Introduction

Dr. Xin Xu is a full professor of information technology in the School of Science and Technology. Prior to joining GGC, she was an instructor at Louisiana Technical College. She found her passion for teaching while working as a teaching assistant at Louisiana Tech University as a graduate student. She has taught a variety of classes and her teaching and research interests include, but not limited to, web development, computer networks, programming languages, digital media, network security and artificial intelligence.

She is devoted to her students inside and outside of the classroom. In addition to engaging the students in her classes, she has also:

• Supervised and guided students in various individual projects (STEC4500) such as developing web animation for GGC faculty, creating web application to facilitate the non-profit organizations.
• Taken students to national and regional conferences to present the project and to share the experiences.
• Participated and helped organize the Tech Ambassador Program (TAP) to retain students and to build technical leaders, especially women and students in under-represented groups.
• Developed and led the service learning course (STEC4800) to expand the TAP program and make it sustainable.

Courses Taught

• ITEC 1001 Intro to Computing
• ITEC 2110 Digital Media
• ITEC 2120 Intro to Programming
• ITEC 2140 Programming Fundamentals
• ITEC 3100 Intro to Networks
• ITEC 3200 Intro to Database
• ITEC 4450 Web Development
• STEC 4800 ITEC Service Learning