Dr. Marcus Gubanyi

Dr. Marcus Gubanyi ’13 is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Concordia University, Nebraska, where he teaches courses in computer science and related disciplines. In addition to his teaching, he contributes across campus through academic advising, data analysis, program development and curriculum design. He also directs the Solomon Scholars program and serves as a faculty sponsor of Concordia’s esports team.

Gubanyi earned a B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics from Concordia Nebraska, an M.A. in Mathematics from the University of Kansas and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. His research interests include theoretical computer science as well as educational data mining. He is engaged in multiple research projects examining student behavior in programming courses by mining fine-grain interaction data to explore student engagement, instructional effectiveness, and the use of generative AI tools. 

Before joining Concordia’s faculty in 2018, Gubanyi worked as a software engineer developing systems for medical and government organizations. He is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

He and his wife, Jessica, a fellow Concordia alum, live in Seward with their four sons, Gabe, Thad, Ezra and Silas. Outside the classroom, he enjoys music, games and outdoor activities with family and friends, and actively serves in music ministries, Bible studies and community events.

 

Recent publications:
“Evaluating Programming Assignments and Compile-and-Run Prompts in CS1 by Observing Student Programming Behaviors” (International Computing Education Research, 2025)

“A Special Case of the Tree Packing Conjecture” (Electronic Journal of Graph Theory and Applications, 2026).