{"id":10267,"date":"2025-05-28T14:54:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T20:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/?page_id=10267"},"modified":"2026-03-13T15:19:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T21:19:49","slug":"computingphdstaff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/computing\/about-us\/computingdirectory\/computingphdstaff\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"panel s-wrapper site-panel site-panel--people-list top-padding--add_padding bottom-padding--add_padding\"\n\t\t\t\t data-index=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t data-js=\"panel\"\n\t\t\t\t data-type=\"people-list\"\n\t\t\t     \n\t\t\t\t data-modular-content>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-panel__people-list panel-people l-content--outer top-padding--add_padding bottom-padding--add_padding\">\n\t<div class=\"l-content--inner\">\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"oneUp\">\n\t\t\t\t<header class=\"s-header 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