Ronald J. Glotzbach, Ed.D., is an Associate Professor in the School of Applied and Creative Computing at Purdue University's West Lafayette campus. He leads the Web Programming & Design major, with teaching and research interests spanning artificial intelligence and its applications in education and software development, responsible AI integration, web programming, and database integration. His academic leadership includes educational policy, curriculum development, and area lead for web development.
Dr. Glotzbach earned his Doctor of Education in Leadership and Innovation from Purdue University Global. His dissertation, Leading Responsible AI Integration: Exploring Students' Learning Experiences, Agency, and Confidence with AI-Supported Assignments in Undergraduate Web Development Courses, explored students' experiences with AI-supported coursework. Grounded in Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory, this qualitative descriptive study examined how students described their learning, agency, and confidence when using AI in web development assignments.
His current research focuses on designing AI-supported learning experiences that support student judgment, reflection, and accountability. Related interests include AI literacy, students' evaluation and verification of AI-generated work, assessment practices, and faculty development for responsible integration of generative and agentic AI into teaching and learning.
Dr. Glotzbach teaches web programming and development, emphasizing database integration, interactive applications, and the thoughtful use of emerging and intelligent technologies. He has served as Principal Investigator for multiple dynamic, data-integrated web development projects, employing students as web developers, usability specialists, and quality assurance testers. He also served as the Purdue football e-Stadium Application Manager and Project Manager for ITaP from 2004 to 2006.
His industry experience includes serving as a Software Engineer at The Boeing Company, where he worked on the F-15 Distributed Mission Trainer, and as a Software Test Engineer at Microsoft Corporation. He served as the SIGGRAPH Conference Student Volunteer Chair in 2004 and 2005 and has received multiple teaching honors at Purdue, including the CGT Dwyer Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching and the Charles B. Murphy Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award (2025).
