James V. Bruno

James V. Bruno (he/him) is a Rutgers alumnus and technologist with more than 20 years of industry experience spanning information technology, educational measurement, and artificial intelligence. After a decade working in information technology for performing arts organizations, Bruno first came to Rutgers as a graduate student, earning an M.A. in Linguistics while teaching in the Department of Linguistics and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.

He later worked at Educational Testing Service, where he researched and implemented natural language processing applications for language learning and assessment while completing a second master’s degree in Computational Linguistics from the University of Washington. Most recently, Bruno served as an AI scientist at Pearson, where he led the development of automated scoring and feedback systems for middle school writing.

Having witnessed the evolution and impact of large language models and the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence in public discourse, Bruno is passionate about AI literacy. His current teaching focuses on Python programming, data curation, and data management. In the classroom, his goals are to help students build strong practical competency in coding and to develop a foundation for understanding and thinking critically about data and algorithmic systems, especially those operating under the banner of “artificial intelligence.”

M.S., Computational Linguistics, University of Washington, Seattle
M.A., Theoretical Linguistics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
B.A., Spanish and Linguistics, Temple University, Philadelphia