Information Technology Department Administration

Name
Position

  • shaoen wu

    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

    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.

  • shirley tian

    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 Snalytics and Cybersecurity.

  • maria valero

    MS-CYBR Program Coordinator and Associate Professor of Information Technology

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

    MSCYBR Program Coordinator

    Research Interests: IoT for smarth healthcare and security.

  • Seyedamin Pouriyeh

    Associate Professor of Information Technology

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

    BASIT & BSIT Program Coordinator

    Research Interests: Machine Learning and Cybersecurity.

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    Office Manager

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

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    Academic Program Support Specialist

    ggavin@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-7866
    House 3945 - 101

  • 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

    Assistant Professor of Information Technology

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

  • Amelia Estwick

    Assistant Professor of Information Technology

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

  • william forsyth

    Senior Lecturer of Information Technology

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

  • Lei Li

    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

    Senior 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

    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

    Lecturer of Information Technology

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

  • Nazmus Sakib

    Assistant Professor of Information Technology

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

    Research Interest: Health Informatics, mHealth, Cyber Intelligence, Computational Sustainability.

  • Derrick Stursky

    Lecturer of Information Technology

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

  • Xu Tao

    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 and Monitoring, Smart Agriculture.  

  • Dawn Tatum

    Lecturer of Information Technology

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

  • Denise Tucker

    Lecturer of Information Technology

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

  • Geetika Vyas

    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

    Associate Professor of Information Technology

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

  • chloe yixin xie

    Assistant Professor of Information Technology

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

    Research Interests: Bioinformatics

  • ying xie

    Professor of Information Technology

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

    Research Interests: Machine Learning, IoT, Big Data, Healthcare Informatics, and FinTech.

  • Honghui Xu

    Assistant Professor of Information Technology

    hxu10@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803
    J 387

  • ming yang

    Professor of Information Technology

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

    Research Interests: H.265/HEVC Video Compression, Multimedia Communication, Computer Vision, and Information Security

  • Jian Zhang

    Assistant Professor of Information Technology

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

  • Xuechen Zhang

    Associate Professor of Information Technology

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

  • liang zhao

    Assistant Professor of Information Technology

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

    Research Interests: Cyber Security, Big Data Computing & Analytics, and Machine Learning.

  • jack zheng

    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

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    Part-Time Assistant Professor of Information Technology

    lbrown72@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3803
    J 393

  • bob brown

    Part-Time Assistant Professor of Information Technology

    rbrow211@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-7505
    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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    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

    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

    Part-Time Instructor of Information Technology

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

  • Gennadiy Kemelmakher

    Part-Time Instructor of Information Technology

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

  • Ling Le

    Part-Time Assistant Professor of Information Technology

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

  • Alexandru Malos

    Part-Time Instructor of Information Technology

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

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    Part-Time Instructor of Information Technology

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

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    Part-Time Assistant Professor of Information Technology

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

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    Part-Time Instructor of Information Technology

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

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    Part-Time Assistant Professor of Information Technology

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

  • richard windland

    Part-Time Assistant Professor of Information Technology

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

  • Almir Zahirovic

    Part-Time Instructor of Information Technology

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

  • Junxuan Zhao

    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
Email: jbrodell@kennesaw.edu
Location: J393