Mack Joyner is currently an Assistant Teaching Professor and Director of the Professional Master’s program in the Department of Computer Science. Originally from Kansas City, Mack completed three degrees in CS at Rice: B.S. (2002), M.S. (2005), and Ph.D. (2008).  He remained in Houston as a software engineer for Texas Instruments after completing his PhD.  Once established in his industry career, he taught introductory courses part-time in the CS departments at Rice and Texas Southern University before taking on a full-time position at Rice in 2016.