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
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3337B

    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
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3337C

    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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  • Shirley Tian smiles.

    MSIT Graduate Program Coordinator and Associate Professor of Information Technology

    xtian2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5168
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3313B

    MSIT Program Coordinator

    Research Interests:  

    • Social Media Analytics
    • Cybersecurity

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  • Maria Valero smiles.

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

    mvalero2@kennesaw.edu
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3222

    MSCYBR Program Coordinator

    Research Interests:

    • Internet of Things for smart healthcare
    • Cybersecurity

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  • Seyedamin Pouriyeh smiles.

    Associate Professor of Information Technology

    spouriye@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6109
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3333

    BASIT & BSIT Program Coordinator

    Research Interests:

    • Machine Learning
    • Cybersecurity

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    Office Manager

    jbrodell@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3337

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    Graduate Program Support and Advising Specialist

    dmart276@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5777

Full-Time Faculty

Name
Position

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    Associate Professor of Information Technology

    vanand1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803
    Marietta Campus, 920 Norton Hall, Room 216

  • Taeyeong Choi smiles.

    Assistant Professor of Information Technology

    tchoi3@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3797
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3122

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  • Amelia Estwick smiles.

    Assistant Professor of Information Technology

    aestwick@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5323
    Marietta Campus, 920 Norton Hall, Room 322

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  • William Forsyth smiles.

    Senior Lecturer of Information Technology

    wforsyt2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2795
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3037

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    Assistant Professor of Information Technology

    hgu2@kennesaw.edu

  • 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
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3130

  • Darin Morrow smiles.

    Principal Lecturer of Information Technology

    dmorro21@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3144
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3010

    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
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3313C

  • Donald Privitera smiles.

    Lecturer of Information Technology

    dprivit2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6099
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 2119A

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    Assistant Professor of Information Technology

    ssaha12@kennesaw.edu
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3417

  • Nazmus Sakib smiles.

    Assistant Professor of Information Technology

    nsakib1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3218

    Research Interests:

    • Health Informatics
    • mHealth
    • Cyber Intelligence
    • Computational Sustainability

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  • Derrick Stursky smiles.

    Lecturer of Information Technology

    dsturisk@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803
    Marietta Campus, 920 Norton Hall, Room 326

  • Xu Tao smiles.

    Assistant Professor of Information Technology

    xtao@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2323
    Marietta Campus, 920 Norton Hall, Room 067

    Research Interests:

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

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  • Dawn Tatum smiles.

    Lecturer of Information Technology

    dtatum7@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5319
    Marietta Campus, 920 Norton Hall, Room 325

  • Professor Xiaoyi Tian smiles.

    Assistant Professor of Information Technology

    xtian5@kennesaw.edu

    Research Interests:

    • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
    • Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED)
    • AI Literacy and Responsible AI
    • Human-AI Collaboration
    • Conversational Agents
    • Social Robotics
    • Learning Analytics and Educational Data Mining
    • K-12 Computing and STEM Education
    • Participatory Design and Co-Design

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    Assistant Professor of Information Technology

    gtroian1@kennesaw.edu

  • Denise Tucker smiles.

    Lecturer of Information Technology

    dtucke36@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6987
    Marietta Campus, 920 Norton Hall, Room 219

  • Geetika Vyas smiles.

    Lecturer of Information Technology

    gvyas@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 1217F

  • Rui Wu smiles.

    Associate Professor of Information Technology

    rwu3@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5312
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3313A

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    Assistant Professor of Information Technology

    axiang@kennesaw.edu
    Marietta Campus, 920 Norton Hall, Room 306

  • Chloe Yixin Xie smiles.

    Assistant Professor of Information Technology

    yxie11@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3323

    Research Interests:

    • Bioinformatics

  • Ying Xie smiles.

    Professor of Information Technology

    yxie2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2143
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3124

    Research Interests:

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

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  • Honghui Xu smiles.

    Assistant Professor of Information Technology

    hxu10@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3329

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  • Ming Yang smiles.

    Professor of Information Technology

    myang8@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3809
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3128

    Research Interests:

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

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  • Jian Zhang smiles.

    Associate Professor of Information Technology

    jzhang51@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-7431
    Marietta Campus, 920 Norton Hall, Room 221

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  • Xuechen Zhang smiles.

    Associate Professor of Information Technology

    xzhang54@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2325
    Marietta Campus, 920 Norton Hall, Room 074

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  • Liang Zhao smiles.

    Associate Professor of Information Technology

    lzhao10@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4902
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3335

    Research Interests:

    • Cybersecurity
    • Big Data Computing & Analytics
    • Machine Learning

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  • Jack Zheng smiles.

    Associate Professor of Information Technology

    gzheng@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5036
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3321

    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
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 1126

    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

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    Part-Time Instructor of Information Technology

    jbrya153@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803

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    Part-time Assistant Professor of Information Technology

    ychen62@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3816

  • Kyla Craven smiles.

    Part-Time Instructor of Information Technology

    kcraven9@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803

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    Part-Time Assistant Professor of Information Technology

    pdicks@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803

  • Gennadiy Kemelmakher poses.

    Part-Time Instructor of Information Technology

    gkemelma@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803

  • Ling Le poses.

    Part-time Assistant Professor of Information Technology

    lle13@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4311

  • Alexandru Malos smiles.

    Part-Time Instructor of Information Technology

    amalos@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803

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    Part-time Instructor of Information Technology

    fmiawama@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803

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    Part-Time Assistant Professor of Interactive Design

    spydimar@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803

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    Part-time Instructor of Information Technology

    sshahab@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803

  • Richard Windland smiles.

    Part-Time Assistant Professor of Information Technology

    rwindlan@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6137

  • Almir Zahirovic smiles.

    Part-time Instructor of Information Technology

    azahirov@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803

  • Junxuan Zhao smiles.

    Part-time Assistant Professor of Information Technology

    jzhao5@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803

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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