Varun Shankar portrait
  • Associate Director, Master of Software Development Program, School Of Computing
  • Assistant Professor, School Of Computing
  • Adjunct Graduate Faculty, Department of Mathematics, Boise State University

Honors & Awards

  • Top 15% of teachers in College, Fall 2022 and Spring 2023. College of Engineering Dean's Teaching Recognition , 06/30/2023
  • Dean's teaching recognition for Fall 2019. College of Engineering, 07/01/2020

Internal Service

  • Lecturing Faculty Hiring Committee. Chair, 11/15/2022 - 04/30/2023. Department service.
  • FinTech working group for Stena Center for Financial Technology. College of Engineering representative, 07/01/2022 - present. University service.
  • MSD Steering Committee. Member, 07/01/2022 - 06/30/2023. Department service.
  • Graduate admissions committee. Member, 01/01/2022 - 03/01/2022. Department service.
  • Grad visit committee. Head, 01/01/2021 - 02/28/2021. Department service.
  • Grad Visit Committee. 01/01/2020 - 02/28/2020. Department service.
  • Graduate admissions committee. 12/16/2019 - 02/14/2020. Department service.
  • MSD capstone project committee. 08/01/2019 - 12/13/2019. Department service.
  • MSD Steering Committee. 01/01/2019 - 06/30/2020. Department service.
  • Grad Admissions committee. 12/14/2018 - 01/18/2019. Department service.
  • MSD capstone project committee. 08/20/2018 - 03/01/2019. Department service.

Outreach

  • MSD Industry seminar. 01/01/2022 - 04/29/2022
  • MSD alumni board. 08/01/2021 - present
  • MSD Silicon Slopes Event. 05/15/2019 - present