Dr. Gabriel Gomez earned his PhD in radio, television, and film from Northwestern University, Illinois, in 1996. From 1998, he has been a faculty member at Chicago State University, an institution committed to social justice, where he is currently a full professor in the Department of Computing, Information and Mathematical Sciences, and Technology. His numerous publications and presentations reflect research interests that span library science, technology in education, community service, and big data. He has received numerous awards and grants, including two previous Fulbright scholarships for India, which bracket more than a decade of interaction in that country through teaching, publishing, and numerous conferences. Throughout this time, he has also remained politically active with a number of groups dedicated to activism and nonviolence. He is a representative for Local 4100 of the University Professionals of Illinois (UPI), a union of the American Federation of Teachers. Other community efforts involve service as co-executive director of the Legacy Project Education Initiative and as a board member of its parent organization, the Legacy Project. In 2020, he was part of two Faculty Resource Network Scholar-in-Residence programs at New York University. He is scheduled to retire in August 2026 as a professor emeritus.