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Ed Gehringer

Ed Gehringer is a professor of computer science at NC State University, where he has taught since 1984. Prior to that, he was a research associate and lecturer at Carnegie Mellon University. He held a Fulbright postdoctoral research fellowship at Monash University in Australia. He received his Ph.D. from Purdue University and has authored or co-authored nearly 200 peer-reviewed publications. His main research area is the application of natural language processing to assessment in education.

Articles by Ed Gehringer

Nov 7, 2025 · Ed Gehringer

Don’t Limit Foreign-Student Enrollment

For too long, merit has taken a back seat in American higher education. Under the banner of DEI, admissions policies at many institutions have prioritized demographic balancing over academic excellence.…

Nov 14, 2022 · Ed Gehringer

At NC State, a STEM Department Considers Diversity Statements

The increasing use of “diversity statements” in hiring and faculty evaluation has provoked considerable concern from free-speech advocates and defenders of academic freedom. An American Enterprise Institute study last November…