Name
Position

  • Executive Director of the Institute of Cybersecurity Workforce Development and Professor of Information Security and Assurance

    mwhitman@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3568
    House 3495 - 113

    Address:
    3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
    Kennesaw GA, 30144

  • Director of Undergraduate Education and Outreach and Professor of Information Security and Assurance

    hmattord@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-4741
    House 3495 - 220

    Address:
    3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
    Kennesaw GA, 30144

  • Institute for Cyber Workforce Development Director of Research and Graduate Education and Associate Professor of Information Technology

    hshahria@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-3866
    J 336

    Address:
    3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
    Kennesaw GA, 30144

  • Program Coordinator

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

    Address:
    3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
    Kennesaw GA, 30144

  • Academic Advisor

    cjankows@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2857
    House 3499 - 207

    Address:
    3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
    Kennesaw GA, 30144

  • Academic Advisor

    jstelter@kennesaw.edu
    (470) 578-2463
    House 3495 - 206

    Address:
    3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
    Kennesaw GA, 30144

 

ICWD Curriculum Committees

  • Name
    Position

    • Institute for Cyber Workforce Development Director of Research and Graduate Education and Associate Professor of Information Technology

      hshahria@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-3866
      J 336

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

    • Assistant Professor of Software Engineering

      yhuang24@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-3174
      J 369

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

    • 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

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

    • Associate Professor of Criminal Justice

      jmccaff4@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-7771
      SO 4074

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

    • Assistant Chair of the Department of Information Systems and Security and Fintech Program Coordinator and Professor of Information Security and Assurance

      hzafar@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-4424
      BB 453

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

  • Name
    Position

    • Director of Undergraduate Education and Outreach and Professor of Information Security and Assurance

      hmattord@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-4741
      House 3495 - 220

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

    • Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice

      mlogan21@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-6739
      SO 4055

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

    • Assistant Professor of Software Engineering

      yhuang24@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-3174
      J 369

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

    • BSIT/BASIT Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor of Information Technology

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

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

    • Andrew Green, Ph.D., Information Systems and Security Dept.

Cybersecurity Instructional Faculty

The following faculty teach courses in the BS-Cybersecurity and/or MS-Cybersecurity, but belong to one of the five Departments and three Colleges that support the ICWD. Please visit their department's faculty and staff pages to learn more about them. Numerous part-time and limited-term faculty members contribute to the success of our cybersecurity programs.

  • Name
    Position

    • Director of Undergraduate Education and Outreach and Professor of Information Security and Assurance

      hmattord@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-4741
      House 3495 - 220

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

    • Assistant Professor of Information Security and Assurance

      mplachki@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-4302
      BB 492

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

    • Assistant Chair of the Department of Information Systems and Security and Fintech Program Coordinator and Professor of Information Security and Assurance

      hzafar@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-4424
      BB 453

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

     

    • Andrew Green, Ph.D., Information Systems and Security Dept.
  • Name
    Position

    • Institute for Cyber Workforce Development Director of Research and Graduate Education and Associate Professor of Information Technology

      hshahria@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-3866
      J 336

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

    • 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

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

    • Lecturer of Information Technology

      wforsyt2@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-2795
      J 366

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

    • Assistant Professor of Information Technology

      zli8@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-4481
      J 378A

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

    • Assistant Professor of Information Technology

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

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

    • Lecturer of Information Technology

      fscotlan@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-3902
      R2 330

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

    • Director of CCSE Partnerships and Engagements and Senior Lecturer of Information Technology

      dtatum7@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-3797
      J 358

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

    • MSIT Graduate Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor of Information Technology

      xtian2@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-5168
      J 378B

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

    • BSIT/BASIT Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor of Information Technology

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

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

    • Professor of Computer Science

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

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

  • Name
    Position

    • Assistant Professor of Computer Science

      xzhang48@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-3476
      R2 311

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

     

    • Junggab Son, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
  • Name
    Position

    • Assistant Professor of Software Engineering

      yhuang24@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-3174
      J 369

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

  • Name
    Position

    • Professor of Criminal Justice

      glee18@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-2437
      SO 4072

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

    • Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice

      mlogan21@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-6739
      SO 4055

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

    • Associate Professor of Criminal Justice

      jmccaff4@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-7771
      SO 4074

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

Board of Advisors

The Advisory Board is made up of a balance of representatives from the business and our alumni community. The advisory board is dedicated to the continuing progress of the security programs and the ICWD at Kennesaw State University. The purpose of the Advisory Board is two-fold:

  1. Provide advice, opinions, and ideas regarding a variety of strategic and operational issues, including programs, recruitment, placement, and the general competitive environment affecting ISA education;
  2. Improve the visibility and enhance the reputation of the ICWD, its Cybersecurity programs, the department of Information Systems, the Coles College of Business, and Kennesaw State University
    • Reid Eastburn, President, ISACA Atlanta
    • Martin Fisher - Manager, IT Security, Northside Hospital
    • Katherine Fithen - Director, McKesson
    • Stephen C. Gay - Chief Information Security Officer and Executive Director, Information Security, Kennesaw State University
    • Brad MacKenzie - CEO, Clear Skies Security
    • Tim O'Neill - Chief Contributing and Technology Editor
    • Nick Owen - CEO, WikID Systems
    • Chris Silvers - Principal Consultant, Foundstone
    • Eric Smith - Senior Partner, Principal Security Consultant, Lares Consulting

SunTrust Fellowships

The following faculty were recognized as SunTrust fellows after receiving a grant stemming from a gift from SunTrust bank.

  • Name
    Position

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

      rparizi1@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-2118
      J 382

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

    • Assistant Professor of Information Technology

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

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

    • Executive Director, PhD in Business Administration Program and Professor of Information Systems

      sgupta7@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-4966
      KC 418

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

    • Professor of Information Systems

      arandol3@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-6083
      CP 206B

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

    • Assistant Chair of the Department of Information Systems and Security and Fintech Program Coordinator and Professor of Information Security and Assurance

      hzafar@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-4424
      BB 453

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

    • Assistant Professor of Computer Science

      ksuo@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-2524
      J 318

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

    • MSCS Graduate Program Coordinator and Associate Professor of Computer Science & Information Systems

      yshi5@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-6423
      J 311

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

    • Institute for Cyber Workforce Development Director of Research and Graduate Education and Associate Professor of Information Technology

      hshahria@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-3866
      J 336

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

    • Professor of Information Technology

      czhang4@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-3796
      J 379

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

    • MSIT Graduate Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor of Information Technology

      xtian2@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-5168
      J 378B

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

    • Assistant Professor of Information Technology

      zli8@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-4481
      J 378A

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

    • Assistant Professor of Software Engineering

      yhuang24@kennesaw.edu
      (470) 578-3174
      J 369

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

    • 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

      Address:
      3495 Campus Loop Road, Room 113, MD 4900
      Kennesaw GA, 30144

     

    • MengHan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Information Technology Dept.
    • DonghyunKim, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Computer Science Dept.