Faculty & Staff

Name Contact

Scott Hunsinger, PhD

Department Chair
Professor
CIS Internship Director
(828) 262-2034
2103 Peacock Hall

Samantha Williams

Department Administrator
MOS Coordinator
(828) 262-2034
2101-B Peacock Hall

Wiley S. Brown, PhD

Assistant Professor
(828) 262-6187
2106 Peacock Hall

Timothy Burwell, PhD

Professor

Joseph Cazier, PhD, CISSP & CAP

Professor Emeritus

Lijun "Lizzie" Chen, PhD

Assistant Professor
(828) 262-4093
2114 Peacock Hall

Charlie Chen, PhD, PMP

Professor
Dean’s Club Professor
(828) 262-6504
2105 Peacock Hall

Bao Duong, DBA

Assistant Professor
(828) 262-2421
2112 Peacock Hall

Grace Gliwa

Lecturer
(828) 262-7447
2108 Peacock Hall

Russell Haines, PhD

Associate Professor
(828) 262-6184
2107 Peacock Hall

Albert Harris, PhD

Professor Emeritus

Edgar Hassler, PhD

Associate Professor
Chief Data Officer of the Center for Analytics Research and Education
Dean’s Club Professor
(828) 262-2638
2115 Peacock Hall

Taylor Hildebrandt

Special Faculty
Peacock Hall

Darin Hodges, PhD

Assistant Professor
(828) 262-6203
2116 Peacock Hall

Heath Huggins

Special Faculty

Tori Humler

Lecturer
(828) 262-7444
2106 Peacock Hall

Warren Henry Huntsman

Special Faculty
Peacock Hall

Mr. Scott L. Jensen, CPA

Lecturer
(828) 262-8719
2108-A Peacock Hall

Jeffrey P. Kaleta, PhD

Assistant Professor
CIS 1060 Course Coordinator
(828) 262-6180
2117 Peacock Hall

Youngeui Kim, PhD

Assistant Professor
(828) 262-3104
2129 Peacock Hall

Jung Hwan Kim, DBA

Assistant Professor
(828) 262-2411
2111 Peacock Hall

Joonghee Lee, PhD

Assistant Professor
(828) 262-6655
2128 Peacock Hall

Yuxiao "Rain" Luo, PhD

Assistant Professor
(828) 262-3129
2111 Peacock Hall

Dawn Medlin, EdD

Professor Emeritus

Robert Menard

Special Faculty
Hickory Campus

Carol Pollard, PhD

Professor Emeritus

Ashton Roess

Special Faculty
Peacock Hall

Robert Shane Sharpe, PhD

Executive in Residence
(828) 262-8904
2101-A Peacock Hall

William Mark Shellman, EdD

Special Faculty
(828) 827-6506
1464-B Hickory Campus

Donna Sue Shellman, EdD

Special Faculty
(828) 827-6508
1464-B Hickory Campus

Kevin T. Smith

Special Faculty
Peacock Hall

Richard Sparks

Special Faculty
(828) 262-2544
3140-D Peacock Hall

Chris Taylor

Practitioner in Residence
Cybersecurity Program Coordinator
Cybersecurity Internship Director
(828) 262-7477
2110 Peacock Hall

Katherine Uva

Special Faculty
Peacock Hall

Sandra Vannoy, PhD

Dean, Walker College of Business
Professor
(828) 262-2058
Peacock Hall

Johann Vaz

Special Faculty

Carver James Warren, EdS

Special Faculty
(828) 827-6505
1462-B Hickory Campus

James Webb

Special Faculty
PH 1116

Wei Xie, PhD

Assistant Professor
(828) 262-8898
2113 Peacock Hall

Jason Xiong, PhD

Associate Dean for Advanced Studies
Associate Professor
(828) 262-2351
3140 A Peacock Hall

Gary Young

Special Faculty
Peacock Hall