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

Deepti Agrawal, PhD

Assistant Professor
(828) 262-7444
2118 Peacock Hall

Lewis Alexander, JD

Lecturer
1045-A Hickory Campus

Wiley S. Brown, PhD

Assistant Professor
(828) 262-6187
2106 Peacock Hall

Timothy Burwell, PhD

Professor
(828) 262-7447
2109 Peacock Hall

Joseph Cazier, PhD, CISSP & CAP

Professor Emeritus

Lijun "Lizzie" Chen, PhD

Assistant Professor
(828) 262-4093
2108 Peacock Hall

Charlie Chen, PhD, PMP

Professor
(828) 262-6504
2105 Peacock Hall

Bao Duong, DBA

Assistant Professor
(828) 262-2421
2112 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
(828) 262-2638
2115 Peacock Hall

Darin Hodges, PhD

Assistant Professor
(828) 262-6203
2116 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

Jung Hwan Kim, DBA

Assistant Professor
(828) 262-2411
2111 Peacock Hall

Youngeui Kim, PhD

Assistant Professor
(828) 262-3104
2129 Peacock Hall

Yuxiao "Rain" Luo, PhD

Assistant Professor
(828) 262-3129
2128 Peacock Hall

Dawn Medlin, EdD

Professor Emeritus

Carol Pollard, PhD

Professor Emeritus

William Mark Shellman, EdD

Adjunct Lecturer

Richard Sparks

Adjunct Instructor
(828) 262-2544
2114 Peacock Hall

Chris Taylor

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

Katherine Uva

Adjunct Lecturer
(828) 262-8904
2101-A Peacock Hall

Sandra Vannoy, PhD

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

Johann Vaz

Adjunct Instructor

Carver James Warren, EdS

Adjunct Lecturer

Wei Xie, PhD

Assistant Professor
(828) 262-8898
2113 Peacock Hall

Jason Xiong, PhD

Associate Dean for Advanced Studies
Associate Professor
(828) 262-2351
2101-A Peacock Hall

Gary Young

Adjunct Lecturer
2021-A Peacock Hall