Meet Our Team

The Department of Software Engineering and Game Design and Development is home to experienced faculty, dedicated staff, and industry professionals who are committed to student success.

Our team brings expertise in software engineering, game development, interactive technologies, research, and applied industry practice to create engaging learning experiences both inside and outside the classroom.

Full-Time Faculty & Staff

Name
Position

  • Michelle Zhu, Software Engineering and Game Development Department Chair, smiles.

    Chair of the Department of Software Engineering and Game Development and Professor of Software Engineering and Game Development

    mzhu10@kennesaw.edu

  • Tanmay Bhowmik poses.

    Associate Chair of the Department of Software Engineering and Game Development and Associate Professor of Software Engineering

    tbhowmik@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3790

  • Sandra Jones smiles.

    Assistant Chair of the Department of Software Engineering and Game Development and Principal Lecturer of Software Engineering

    sjone383@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3901
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3016

  • Reza Parizi smiles.

    Program Coordinator for MS in Software Engineering and Professor of Software Engineering

    rparizi1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2118
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3319

  • Joy Li smiles.

    Associate Professor of Computer Game Design and Development

    yli49@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-7401
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3132

  • Yan Huang smiles.

    Associate Professor of Software Engineering

    yhuang24@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3174
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3136

  • Enda Sullivan smiles.

    First-Year Experience Coordinator and Senior Lecturer of Software Engineering

    esulli13@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5618
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3110

  • Lisa Johnson smiles.

    Office Manager

    ljohn419@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3790
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3138B

  • Richard Gesick poses.

    Principal Lecturer of Programming

    rgesick1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5035
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3315

  • Brooke Zhao smiles.

    Assistant Professor of Gaming

    yzhao20@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3790

  • Sunchui Jung

    Assistant Professor of Gaming

    sjung11@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3449
    Marietta Campus, 920 Norton Hall, Room 214

  • Shakiba Davari-Najafabadi smiles.

    Assistant Professor of Computer Game Design and Development

    sdavarin@kennesaw.edu
    Marietta Campus, 900 Administration, Room 021

  • Betty Kretlow

    Lecturer of First-Year Experience

    bkretlow@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3790
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3114

  • Ermias Mamo

    Senior Lecturer of Computer Science

    emamo@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5618
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3114

  • Nick Murphy side smiles.

    Senior Lecturer of Software Engineering

    nmurphy1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5618
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 1129C

  • Thomas grace

    Assistant Professor of Computer Game Design and Development

    tgrace9@kennesaw.edu

  • Nasrin Dehbozorgi smiles.

    Associate Professor of Software Engineering

    dnasrin@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-6783
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3134

  • Harshita Nirujogi

    Lecturer of Software Engineering

    hnirujog@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3790
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3114

  • Dmitri Nunes Dias Fernandez

    Lecturer of Software Engineering

    dnunesdi@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3790
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3114

  • Jagan

    Assistant Professor of Software Engineering

    jchandr2@kennesaw.edu

  • Lavanya Pondichery Sekar smiles.

    Lecturer of Software Engineering

    lsekar@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2079
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 1217C

  • Hassan Pournaghshband smiles.

    Professor of Software Engineering

    hpournag@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5559
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3317

  • Shamim

    Assistant Professor of Software Engineering

    mshamim@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3790
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3236

  • Paola Spoletini

    Associate Dean of Research in the College of Computing and Software Engineering and Professor of Software Engineering

    pspoleti@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3811
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3039

  • Muhammad Usman

    Lecturer of Software Engineering

    musman2@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3790
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3114

  • Chenyu Wang

    Assistant Professor of Software Engineering

    cwang38@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3790
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3425

  • Lei Zhang

    Assistant Professor of Game Development

    lzhang24@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3790
    Marietta Campus, 920 Norton Hall, Room 213

  • Wenyun Zhang smiles.

    Lecturer of Software Engineering

    wzhang11@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-5558

  • Mona Chavoshi smiles.

    Principal Lecturer of Programming

    mchavosh@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3075
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3118

  • Eun Kim

    Lecturer of Software Engineering

    ekim54@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3790
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 3114

Part-Time Faculty & Staff

Name
Position

  • Decorative

    Part-time Instructor of Software Engineering

    jadkiss1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3790

  • David Burns

    Part-time Instructor of Software Engineering

    dburns17@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3790

  • William Dingler

    Part-time Instructor of Software Engineering and Game Development

    wdingler@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3790

  • Shimaa Hamza

    Part-time Instructor of Software Engineering

    shamza1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3790

  • Decorative

    Limited Term Instructor of Software Engineering and Game Development

    jlh7867@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3790
    Marietta Campus, 680 Atrium Building, Room 1126

  • Decorative

    Part-Time Instructor of Software Engineering

    dho1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3790

  • Decorative

    Part-time Instructor of Game Development

    knowoku1@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3790

  • Decorative

    Part-time Instructor of Software Engineering

    lwicker3@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3790

Contact Us

Phone: (470) 578-3790
Location: Atrium Building J370
Address: 1100 South Marietta Parkway, MD# 9034, Marietta, GA 30060

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