Rate My Professor Anthony Kapolka

Dr. Kapolka's research interests are notably cross-disciplinary, bridging computer science with humanities and data analysis. His current projects involve applying data science methods to a corpus of Jesus Novels, investigating how narrative form follows narrative function. He maintains a long-term interest in semiotics and its parallels to computer science concepts. Dr. Kapolka supervises independent study endeavors for students in artificial intelligence and related fields. He is an active member of the Wilkes University Data Science Collaboration Group as Associate Professor of Math and Computer Science and contributes to the Cloud Computing major. Notable contributions include donating the Wilkes Pet Image Dataset (Version 1.0, October 1, 2017), used for image processing research. He has co-authored publications such as "Students' Perceptions of Waste and Social Responsibility for Environmental Problems: Lessons from a Project" (2014). Beyond research, Dr. Kapolka has instructed creative nonfiction and social media writing workshops through the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Wilkes University. He promotes opportunities like the Fulbright U.S. Student Program and serves as an elected councilor for the Mathematical, Computing, and Statistical Sciences Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research, fostering undergraduate research initiatives.