Program Details

Dr. Laurie Patterson

Associate Professor &
Coordinator,
Program in Information Technology

CG 2025
910.962.3906
Fax: 910.962.7457
ITCoordinator@uncw.edu

IT Advisory Committee Member

Mr. Michael Abate

Lecturer

CG 2049
910.962.0567

Dr. Hosam Alamleh

Assistant Professor 

CG 2044
910.962.2160

Dr. Ulku Clark

Professor & Director,
Center for Cyber Defense Education

CG 2020
910.962.3901

IT Advisory Committee Member

Dr. Cem Canel

Professor & Director,
David S. Congdon School of BAISSC

CG 2014
910.962.3816

Dr. Jeffrey Cummings

Associate Professor 

CG 2018
910.962.3032

Mr. Thomas Dorgan

Lecturer

HO 257
910.962.3568

Mr. Eddie Dunn

Lecturer

CG 2010
910.962.7079

Dr. Elham Ebrahimi

Assistant Professor

CG 2037
910.962.3820 

IT Advisory Committee Member

Dr. Burkhard Englert

Professor 

CG 2015
910.962.7937

Ms. Marni Ferner

Senior Lecturer

CG 2032
910.962.7567

Dr. Judith Gebauer

Professor & Coordinator,
MIS Concentration Congdon School

CG 2050
910.962.7884

IT Advisory Committee Member

Ms. Dali Hiltebeitel

Lecturer & Manager, TAC

RL 1038 B
910.962.3830

Dr. Sima Jafarikhah

Assistant Professor 

CG 2021
910.962.4260

Dr. Lucas Layman

Assistant Professor

CG 2045
910.962.3672

Dr. John Lynden

Lecturer

FA 170
910.962.2994

Dr. Kevin Matthews

Assistant Professor

CG 2010
910.962.3606

Dr. Minoo Modaresnezhad

Assistant Professor

CG 2022
910.962.7533

Dr. Toni Pence

Associate Professor & Chair,
Department of Computer Science

CG 2041
910.962.3886

Dr. Laavanya Rachakonda

Assistant Professor

CG 2022
910.962.7457

Mr. Jeremy Roberts

Lecturer

FA 165
910.962.7792

Dr. Christopher Sibona

Assistant Professor

CG 2049
910.962.7194

IT Advisory Committee Member

Dr. Geoffrey Stoker

Assistant Professor

CG 2019
910.962.2162

Dr. Ron Vetter

Professor & Coordinator, 
Master of Science, Computer Science & Information Systems

CG 2033
910.962.3523

Ms. Shauna White

Lecturer

Osprey 1014
910.962.2420

IT Advisory Committee Member

UNCW encourages students to engage in academic research. The research activities provide an opportunity for students to deeply explore topics and to expand their knowledge beyond the classroom. We believe students can bring important insights to their academic discipline because of their unique perspective. Below are some recent examples of academic publications by our students and faculty.

1. Han Y., Modaresnezhad M., Nemati H. (2021). An Adaptive Machine Learning System for Predicting Recurrence of Child Maltreatment. Knowledge-Based Systems Journal, 227.  

2. Woodall R., Kline D., Vetter R., Modaresnezhad M. A Cloud-Based System for Scraping Data from Amazon Product Reviews at Scale. Proceedings of the Conference on Information Systems Applied Research. Washington D.C., (November 2021).

3. Nichols C., Stoker G., Clark U. (2021) Heuristic Evaluation of Vulnerability Risk Management Leaders’ Presentations of Cyber Threat and Cyber Risk. In: Moallem A. (eds) HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust. HCII 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12788. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77392-2_14

4. Greer J., Stoker G., Clark U. (2021) Proposing the Integrated Virtual Learning Environment for Cybersecurity Education (IVLE4C). 2021 Proceedings of the EDSIG Conference. https://proc.iscap.info/2021/pdf/5533.pdf

5. Lancelot J., Stoker G., Smith G., Nichols C., Clark U., Vetter R., Wetherill W. (2021) Preparation for a Cybersecurity Apprenticeship Program (PCAP). 2021 Proceedings of the EDSIG Conference. https://proc.iscap.info/2021/pdf/5585.pdf

6. Strohmier H., Stoker G., Vanajakumari M., Clark U., Cummings J., Modaresnezhad M. (2021) Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Initial Impact on the Defense Industrial Base. 2021 Proceedings of the Conference on Information Systems Applied Research. https://proc.conisar.org/2021/pdf/5534.pdf

7. Glyder J., Threatt A., Franks R., Adams L., Stoker G. (2021) Some Analysis of Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Data from the National Vulnerability Database (NVD). 2021 Proceedings of the Conference on Information Systems Applied Research. https://proc.conisar.org/2021/pdf/5623.pdf

8. Clark U. & Stoker G. (2021) “UNCW’s Cybersecurity Work Force Development in Southeast North Carolina” 2021 NC Cybersecurity Awareness Symposium. https://it.nc.gov/news-events/events/cybersecurity-symposium/uncw-cybersecurity-work-force-development-southeast-north-carolina

9. Rivenbark, J.B., Cummings, J., Patterson, L.J., Kline, D. (2019). "Are Universities Providing a Competitive and Relevant Graduate Education? An Evaluation of Professional Science Masters Programs."

10. Patterson, L.J. (2018). “Female Role Models Influences: Technology Education and Student Success,” in the 2018 Proceedings of the World Education Day 2018 Conference.

11. Jung, L., Patterson, L.J., Clark, U., Pence, T. (2016). "Closing the Gender Gap in the Technology Major."

12. Patterson, L.J. (2016). “Closing the Gender Gap in the Technology Major,” in the 2016 Proceedings of the EDSIG Conference (November 2016), ISSN 2473-3857, v2 n4064, pgs 1-16. (referred).

13. Patterson, L.J. (2013, July). “Text Interpretation and Happiness?” in The Proceedings of The 2013 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing: The 2013 International Conference on Internet Computing and Big Data (ICOMP'13), Las Vegas NV (refereed).

14. Sun, J., Vetter, R., Reinicke, R. (2012) "Creating an Audio Conferencing Application on Android Smart Phones." 2012 Proceedings of the Conference on Information Systems Applied Research, v5 n2220 pp1-18, Nov 2012, New Orleans, LA.

15. Wilson, Z. (2012) "Prophet Explorer: A Digital Comparison of the Sayings of the Prophets." 2012 Annual Conference of the North Carolina Religious Studies Association (NCRSA), Nov 3, 2012, Wilmington, NC.