Rita Mitra, DMA, MSCS
Professor of Practice, Information Systems and Cyber Security
Contact
- NPB 3.346
- 210-458-6985
- rita.mitra@utsa.edu
Bio
Dr. Rita Mitra is an associate professor in practice in the Information Systems and Cyber Security Department and the director of Online Programs in the Carlos Alvarez College of Business at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). She teaches and develops computer science and cybersecurity courses for the Bachelor of Business Administration in Cyber Security (BBA). A focus of her work revolves around testing and piloting labs and exercises to maintain a relevant competency-based curriculum. She is the faculty advisor for the Online Cyber Security Association (OCSA) and the Women in Cybersecurity at UTSA (WiCyS) student organizations.
Prior to joining UTSA, Dr. Mitra worked as an educational technologist with a focus on testing, training, prototyping and curating innovative methods of content delivery in new platforms and applications. Her contributions in these initiatives focused on identifying gaps and driving agile innovation. Dr. Mitra was a classical pianist, violinist and educator for many years before starting a second career in computer science, and a third in cybersecurity. She finds it a privilege to work and learn alongside her students, to impart an artistic, creative, and improvisational mindset and to foster an attitude of immediacy towards today's security challenges.
Teaching
- Unlocking Cyber
- Programming in Java
- Operating Systems Security
- Inside Cyber
- Telecommunications in Business
Degrees
- M.S. Computer Science New York University
- D.M.A. Manhattan School of Music
- M.M. Juilliard School of Music
- B.A. Texas Tech University
