Information Technology Department Administration

Name
Position

  • Shaoen Wu smiles.

    Chair of the Department of Information Technology and Interim Director of the Center for Applied Computing and Professor of Information Technology

    swu10@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3877
    J 393B

    Research Interests:  

    • Cybersecurity
    • Internet of Things
    • Wireless Sensing and Networking
    • Smart Health

  • Zhigang Li smiles.

    Assistant Chair of the Department of Information Technology and Associate Professor of Information Technology

    zli8@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4481
    J 393A

    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.

    Faculty Web Page

  • Shirley Tian smiles.

    MSIT Graduate Program Coordinator and Associate Professor of Information Technology

    xtian2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5168
    J 378B

    MSIT Program Coordinator

    Research Interests:  

    • Social Media Analytics
    • Cybersecurity

    Faculty Web Page

  • Maria Valero smiles.

    Associate Chair of the Department of Information Technology and Associate Professor of Information Technology

    mvalero2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4552
    J 312

    MSCYBR Program Coordinator

    Research Interests:

    • Internet of Things for smart healthcare
    • Cybersecurity

    Faculty Web Page

  • Seyedamin Pouriyeh smiles.

    Associate Professor of Information Technology

    spouriye@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6109
    J 391

    BASIT & BSIT Program Coordinator

    Research Interests:

    • Machine Learning
    • Cybersecurity

    Faculty Web Page

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    Office Manager

    jbrodell@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803
    J 393

  • Dieh

    Graduate Program Support and Advising Specialist & Part-Time Instructor of Education

    dmart276@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5777
    R 321

Full-Time Faculty

Name
Position

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    Associate Professor of Information Technology

    vanand1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803
    J 393

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    Limited Term Instructor of Information Technology

    nanjum@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803
    J 393

  • Taeyeong Choi smiles.

    Assistant Professor of Information Technology

    tchoi3@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3797
    J 358

    Faculty Web page

  • Amelia Estwick smiles.

    Assistant Professor of Information Technology

    aestwick@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5323
    R2 322

    Faculty Web Page

  • William Forsyth smiles.

    Senior Lecturer of Information Technology

    wforsyt2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2795
    J 376

    Faculty Web Page

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    Assistant Professor of Information Technology

    hgu2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803
    J 393

  • Lei Li smiles.

    Associate Dean of Student Success in the College of Computing and Software Engineering and Professor of Information Technology

    lli13@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3915
    J 393B

  • Darin Morrow smiles.

    Principal Lecturer of Information Technology

    dmorro21@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3144
    J 303

    Areas of Expertise:

    • Technology Leadership
    • Information Security
    • Software Engineering
    • Computer Science
    • Program/Project Management
    • Cloud Technologies
       

  • Svetlana Peltsverger smiles.

    Senior Associate Dean in the College of Computing and Software Engineering and Professor of Information Technology

    speltsve@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3813
    J 378C

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    Limited Term Instructor of Information Technology

    apitla@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803
    J 393

  • Donald Privitera smiles.

    Lecturer of Information Technology

    dprivit2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6099
    R2 222

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    Assistant Professor of Information Technology

    ssaha12@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803
    J 393

  • Nazmus Sakib smiles.

    Assistant Professor of Information Technology

    nsakib1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803
    J 309

    Research Interest:

    • Health Informatics
    • mHealth
    • Cyber Intelligence
    • Computational Sustainability

    Faculty Web Page

  • Derrick Stursky smiles.

    Lecturer of Information Technology

    dsturisk@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803
    J 393

  • Xu Tao smiles.

    Assistant Professor of Information Technology

    xtao@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2323
    R2 067

    Research interests:

    • Edge Intelligence
    • Cyber-Physical Systems
    • Internet of Things
    • Network Management & Monitoring
    • Smart Agriculture

    Faculty Web Page

  • Dawn Tatum smiles.

    Lecturer of Information Technology

    dtatum7@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5319
    R2 325

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    Assistant Professor of Information Technology

    gtroian1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803
    J 393

  • Denise Tucker smiles.

    Lecturer of Information Technology

    dtucke36@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6987
    R2 219

  • Geetika Vyas smiles.

    Lecturer of Information Technology

    gvyas@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803
    J 393

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    Limited Term Instructor of Information Technology

    slnu2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803
    J 393

  • Rui Wu smiles.

    Associate Professor of Information Technology

    rwu3@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5312
    J 378A

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    Assistant Professor of Information Technology

    axiang@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803
    J 393

  • Chloe Yixin Xie smiles.

    Assistant Professor of Information Technology

    yxie11@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803
    J 222

    Research Interests: Bioinformatics

  • Ying Xie smiles.

    Professor of Information Technology

    yxie2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2143
    J 360

    Research Interests:

    • Machine Learning
    • Internet of Things
    • Big Data
    • Healthcare Informatics
    • FinTech

    Faculty Web Page

  • Honghui Xu smiles.

    Assistant Professor of Information Technology

    hxu10@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5857
    J 3329

    Faculty Web Page

  • Ming Yang smiles.

    Professor of Information Technology

    myang8@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3809
    J 363

    Research Interests:

    • H.265/HEVC Video Compression
    • Multimedia Communication
    • Computer Vision
    • Information Security

    Faculty Web Page

  • Jian Zhang smiles.

    Associate Professor of Information Technology

    jzhang51@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-7431
    R2 221

    Faculty Web Page

  • Xuechen Zhang smiles.

    Associate Professor of Information Technology

    xzhang54@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2325
    R2 074

    Faculty Web Page

  • Liang Zhao smiles.

    Associate Professor of Information Technology

    lzhao10@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4902
    J 392

    Research Interests:

    • Cybersecurity
    • Big Data Computing & Analytics
    • Machine Learning

    Faculty Web Page

  • Jack Zheng smiles.

    Associate Professor of Information Technology

    gzheng@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5036
    J 383

    Research Interests:

    • Business Intelligence
    • Data Visualization
    • Mobile/Web Applications
    • User Interface Design

Part-Time Faculty

Name
Position

  • Bob Brown poses.

    Part-Time Assistant Professor of Information Technology

    rbrow211@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-7505
    J 393

    Dr. Brown began teaching computer science and information technology 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

    • Computer security
    • Cellular automata
    • The use of technology in teaching

    Faculty Web Page

  • Decorative

    Part-Time Instructor of Information Technology

    jbrya153@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803
    J 393

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    Part-Time Assistant Professor of Information Technology

    ychen62@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3816
    R2 216

  • Kyla Craven smiles.

    Part-Time Instructor of Information Technology

    kcraven9@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803
    J 393

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    Part-Time Assistant Professor of Information Technology

    pdicks@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803
    J 393

  • William Haggarty smiles.

    Part-Time Instructor of Information Technology

    whagger1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803
    J 124

  • Gennadiy Kemelmakher poses.

    Part-Time Instructor of Information Technology

    gkemelma@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803
    J 393

  • Ling Le poses.

    Part-Time Assistant Professor of Information Technology

    lle13@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4311
    J 340

  • Alexandru Malos smiles.

    Part-Time Instructor of Information Technology

    amalos@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803
    J 393

  • Decorative

    Part-Time Instructor of Information Technology

    fmiawama@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803
    J 393

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    Part-Time Assistant Professor of Interactive Design

    spydimar@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-7202
    EB 202

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    Part-Time Instructor of Information Technology

    sshahab@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803
    J 393

  • Richard Windland smiles.

    Part-Time Assistant Professor of Information Technology

    rwindlan@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6137
    J 342

  • Almir Zahirovic smiles.

    Part-Time Instructor of Information Technology

    azahirov@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803
    J 393

  • Junxuan Zhao smiles.

    Part-Time Assistant Professor of Information Technology

    jzhao5@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803
    J 163

Part-Time Faculty / Dual Appointment

Emeritus

  • Dr. Rebecca Rutherfoord - Professor
  • Richard Halstead Nusslocch - Professor

Office Manager

Judy Brodell
Phone: 470-578-3803
Location: J393

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