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Rebecca Rutherfoord
Rebecca Rutherfoord Department Chair of IT
Position:
Department Chair of ITPhone: (470) 578-7399
Email: brutherf@kennesaw.edu
Location: J 393
Research Interests: IT Pedagogy, Adult Learners, and team formation using personality inventories.
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Lei Li
Lei Li Professor &MSIT Coordinator
Position:
Professor &MSIT CoordinatorPhone: (470) 578-3915
Email: lli13@kennesaw.edu
Location: J 364
Research Interests: Social Media Data Analytics, Information Security, Web Information Management, IT Education
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Hossain Shahriar
Hossain Shahriar Associate Professor & BSIT/BASIT Program Coordinator
Position:
Associate Professor & BSIT/BASIT Program CoordinatorPhone: (470) 578-3866
Email: hshahria@kennesaw.edu
Location: J 336
Research Interests: Mobile Application, Blockchain Application, Health Informatics and IT Education
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Devin Witt
Devin Witt Office Manager -
William Forsyth
William Forsyth Limited Term Instructor -
R Halstead-Nussloch
R Halstead-Nussloch Professor
Position:
ProfessorPhone: (470) 578-5509
Email: rhalstea@kennesaw.edu
Location: J 361
Research Interests: Industry, education, non-profits and government, quality, business processes, project management, cultural change, ergonomics, IT, digital identity and security and all aspects of managing continuous improvement.
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Meng Han
Meng Han Assistant Professor
Position:
Assistant ProfessorPhone: (470) 578-3801
Email: mhan9@kennesaw.edu
Location: J 302
Research Interests: Data-driven Intelligence, Data-driven AI Security & Privacy, and Blockchain Technologies, etc.
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Jamie Jamison
Jamie Jamison Lecturer of Information Technology
Position:
Lecturer of Information TechnologyPhone: (470) 578-4275
Email: jjamiso9@kennesaw.edu
Location: R2 301
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Linh Le
Linh Le Assistant Professor
Position:
Assistant ProfessorPhone: (470) 578-4311
Email: lle13@kennesaw.edu
Location: J 339
Research Interests: Deep Learning and Machine Learning, particularly, designing new techniques and applying them to solve critical problems.
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Zhigang Li
Zhigang Li Assistant Professor
Position:
Assistant ProfessorPhone: (470) 578-4481
Email: zli8@kennesaw.edu
Location: J 378A
Research Interests: Learning Technologies and STEM Education, which include but are not limited to the discovery, development, and advancement of technologies that can transform learning and the development of new teaching methods that can take advantage of innovative technologies to provide students with an enhanced learning experience.
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Darin Morrow
Darin Morrow Senior Lecturer -
Svetlana Peltsverger
Svetlana Peltsverger Associate Dean of the College of Computing and Software Engineering
Position:
Associate Dean of the College of Computing and Software EngineeringPhone: (470) 578-3813
Email: speltsve@kennesaw.edu
Location: J 378C
Research Interests: Security, Databases, Distributed computing and Privacy
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Seyedamin Pouriyeh
Seyedamin Pouriyeh Assistant Professor
Position:
Assistant ProfessorPhone: (470) 578-6109
Email: spouriye@kennesaw.edu
Location: J 391
Research Interests: Machine Learning and Cybersecurity.
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Donald Privitera
Donald Privitera Lecturer of Information Technology
Position:
Lecturer of Information TechnologyPhone: (470) 578-3803
Email: dprivit2@kennesaw.edu
Location: J 393
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Foster Scotland
Foster Scotland Lecturer of Information TechnologyPosition:
Lecturer of Information TechnologyPhone: (470) 578-5126
Email: fscotlan@kennesaw.edu
Location: J 372
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Dawn Tatum
Dawn Tatum Lecturer & CCSE Industry Liasion
Position:
Lecturer & CCSE Industry LiasionPhone: (470) 578-3797
Email: dtatum7@kennesaw.edu
Location: J 358
Areas of Expertise: Computer Programming, Software Engineering, Project Management, Leadership, Networking, Information Security and Ethics.
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Shirley Tian
Shirley Tian Assistant Professor
Position:
Assistant ProfessorPhone: (470) 578-5168
Email: xtian2@kennesaw.edu
Location: J 378B
Research Interests: Social Media Snalytics and Cybersecurity
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Maria Valero de Clemente
Maria Valero de Clemente Assistant Professor
Position:
Assistant ProfessorPhone: (470) 578-4552
Email: mvalero2@kennesaw.edu
Location: J 312
Research Interests: IoT for smarth healthcare, distributed computing, signal processing, wireless sensor networks, and cyber-physical systems
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Richard Windland
Richard Windland Limited Term Instructor -
Ying Xie
Ying Xie Professor
Position:
ProfessorPhone: (470) 578-2143
Email: yxie2@kennesaw.edu
Location: J 360
Research Interests: Machine Learning, IoT, Big Data, Healthcare Informatics, and FinTech.
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Ming Yang
Ming Yang Professor
Position:
ProfessorPhone: (470) 578-3809
Email: myang8@kennesaw.edu
Location: J 363
Research Interests: H.265/HEVC Video Compression, Multimedia Communication, and Computer VisionmInformation Security
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Chi Zhang
Chi Zhang Associate Professor of IT & University Ombuds
Position:
Associate Professor of IT & University OmbudsPhone: (470) 578-3796
Email: czhang4@kennesaw.edu
Location: J 379
Research Interests: Research Interests: Health Information Technology, Health Analytics, Open Source Technology, and STEM and IT Education.
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Liang Zhao
Liang Zhao Assistant Professor
Position:
Assistant ProfessorPhone: (470) 578-4902
Email: lzhao10@kennesaw.edu
Location: R2 302
Research Interests: Cyber Security, Big Data Computing & Analytics, and Machine Learning.
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Jack Zheng
Jack Zheng Associate Professor
Position:
Associate ProfessorPhone: (470) 578-5036
Email: gzheng@kennesaw.edu
Location: J 383
Research Interests: Business Intelligence, Data Visualization, Mobile/Web Applications, User Interface Design
Position:
Position:
Position:Part Time Faculty
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Bob Brown
Bob Brown Senior Lecturer (Retired) & Community Outreach Coordinator
Position:
Senior Lecturer (Retired) & Community Outreach CoordinatorPhone: (470) 578-7505
Email: rbrow211@kennesaw.edu
Location: Marietta
Dr. Brown taught computer science and information technology beginning in 1996. He retired from his teaching duties in 2017 and is now working with the College of Computing and Software Engineering on outreach to schools in the area. Research interests include computer security, cellular automata, and the use of technology in teaching.
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Lynda Brown
Lynda Brown Adjunct Faculty -
Cole Edgar
Cole Edgar Adjunct Faculty -
Jonathan Hogarth
Jonathan Hogarth Adjunct Faculty -
Gennadiy Kemelmakher
Gennadiy Kemelmakher Adjunct Faculty -
James Kollie
James Kollie Adjunct Faculty -
Kam Fui Lau
Kam Fui Lau Adjunct Faculty -
Trevor Lewis
Trevor Lewis Adjunct Faculty -
Stevie Prettyman
Stevie Prettyman Adjunct Faculty -
Sailaja Pydimarri
Sailaja Pydimarri Adjunct Faculty -
Diana Rabah
Diana Rabah Adjunct Faculty -
David Sampson
David Sampson Adjunct Faculty -
David Sampson
David Sampson Adjunct Faculty -
Foster Scotland
Foster Scotland Adjunct Faculty -
Brichaya Shah
Brichaya Shah Adjunct FacultyPosition:
Adjunct FacultyPhone: (470) 578-7550
Email: bshah4@kennesaw.edu
Location: House 3203 - 116
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Vadim Stanovski
Vadim Stanovski Adjunct Faculty -
Nivedita Talole
Nivedita Talole Adjunct Faculty
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