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About the Contributors

Solomon Negash specializes in e-learning, business intelligence, and information and communications technology (ICT) for developing economies. He is the 2007 Distinguished Graduate Teaching Award recipient from his university and the 2005 recipient of the distinguished e-learning award from his department. His work is published in Information & Management, Communication of the ACM, Psychology and Marketing, Communication of AIS, International Journal in ICT Education, and at conference proceedings in the U.S., Canada, Spain, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Malaysia. Professor Negash is the program coordinator for the Bachelor of Science in information systems (BSIS) program at Kennesaw State University. With an engineering, management and information systems background, his over 20 years of industry experience include consulting, entrepreneurship, management, and systems analysis. His teaching area includes system analysis and design, project management, information systems policy, and information technology management.

Michael E. Whitman, PhD CISM, CISSP, is a professor of information systems at Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia, where he is also the director of the KSU Center for Information Security Education and the coordinator of the Bachelor of science in information security and assurance program, whichisthefirstprogramofitskindintheSoutheast.Dr.Whitmanisanactiveresearcherandauthorin information security policy and curriculum development, ethical computing, and information systems research methods. He currently teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in information security, local area networks, and data communications. Dr. Whitman has five information security textbooks currently in print and has published articles in Information Systems Research, Communications of the ACM, the Journal of International Business Studies, Information and Management, and the Journal of Computer Information Systems. Dr. Whitman earned his PhD and MBA at Auburn University, Al, and has taught previously for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and Auburn University.

Amy B. Woszczynski is MSIS director and an associate professor of information systems at Kennesaw State University. She completed a bachelor’s in industrial engineering from Georgia Tech, an MBA from Kennesaw State University, and a PhD in industrial management from Clemson University. Dr. Woszczynski’s current research interests include diversity in IT and distance learning pedagogy and curriculum initiatives. She has published papers on these and other topics in Journal of Information Systems Education, Journal of Computer Information Systems, Computers in Human Behavior, and Industrial Management & Data Systems. She also coedited The Handbook of Information Systems Research.

Herbert J. Mattord, MBA, CISM, CISSP recently completed 24 years of IT industry experience as an application developer, database administrator, project manager, and information security practitioner

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About the Contributors

before joining faculty as a full time tenure-track instructor. During his career as an IT practitioner, he has been an adjunct professor at a number of universities throughout the South for over 20 years. He currently teaches courses in information security, data communications, local area networks, database technology, project management, and systems analysis and design. He is the coauthor of Principles of Information Security, Management of Information Security, Principles of Incident Response and Disaster Recovery, Readings and Cases in the Management of Information Security, and The Hands-On Information Security Lab Manual. He was formerly the manager of corporate information technology security at Georgia-Pacific Corporation.

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Panagiotes Anastasiades is currently assistant professor on lifelong and distance learning in the Department of Education at the University of Crete. He is also tutor counsellor at the Hellenic Open University (postgraduate level, master’s in education, Module: EKP65 Open and Distance Learning). He has been visiting assistant professor in the Department of Computer Engineering and Informatics at the Polytechnic School of the University of Patras (1999-2002), and also visiting faculty in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Cyprus (2000-2002). His current research emphasis focuses on lifelong and distance learning via advanced learning Internet technologies and interactive videoconferencing, social and educational informatics, and information society theories. He has additional papers published in

Journal of Computers and Education, Computers in the Social Studies Journal, ACM Special Interest Group on Computers and Society (ACM SIGCAS), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, International Journal of Communication, International Journal of Learning, International Journal of the Humanities, and so forth.Home Page: http://www.edc.uoc.gr/~panas/index.html

Roma Angel is an assistant professor in the Department of Leadership and Educational Studies and currently serves as assistant dean in the Reich College of Education, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC. She received her EdD from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a master’s degree from Wake Forest University. Dr. Angel has held various positions in higher education including serving as developer/director of the teacher education program at Lees-McRae College. Her research interests include examination of leadership roles in developing effective environments for communities of learners.

Silvia Braidic serves as an assistant professor in the Administrative Program for Principals at California University of Pennsylvania. Currently she is teaching online for the Principal’s Program. Previously she served as an assistant professor and director of graduate and undergraduate secondary education at Duquesne University. Her research interests include teaching online, online professional development, instructional strategies/differentiation, and principal/teacher leadership. In addition to her work at the university level, she has experience as a principal and assistant principal in the Mt. Lebanon School District in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She also served as the district’s coordinator for strategic planning. Prior to her work in administration, she taught middle school mathematics. She holds a Doctorate of Education in administrative and policy studies-educational administration from the University of Pitts- burgh,K-12PrincipalCertificationfromCarnegieMellonUniversity,aMSEdinelementaryeducation, and a B.S.Ed in secondary education-mathematics from Duquesne University.

About the Contributors

Steven C. Bronack is an associate professor of instructional technology in the Department of Leadership and Higher Education, in the Reich College of Education at Appalachian State University Boone, NC. His research interests include teaching and learning in virtual worlds, social constructivist learning environments, and case-based approaches to education. Dr. Bronack holds BS and MA degrees from Appalachian State and a PhD in education from the University of Virginia.

Sudhanva Char has a Master of Commerce degree from Bombay University and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in industrial economics from the Gokhale Institute of Economics, Poona University. He has diplomas in C+, Oracle, and data base management. He has taught business courses on distance learning programs at Chattahoochee Technical College. Earlier Dr. Char served as executive-in-charge in the Corporate Information Services Department of a steel conglomerate. He is currently an associate professor in the Business Department at Life University, Georgia. Dr. Char has published research papers in refereed, trade, and e-journals, as well a book on farm income taxation.

Amelia Cheney is an assistant professor in the instructional technology program at Appalachian State University in the AETZone. Prior to joining the faculty, she worked in K-12 for more than 13 years in teaching and CTO capacities for two school districts in North Carolina. She holds BA and MEd degrees from Wake Forest University, and an EdD from Appalachian State.

Morten Falch is an associate professor in the Center for Information and Communication Technologies at the Technical University of Denmark. He holds a PhD degree from DTU, a master’s degree in economics, and a bachelor’s in math. His research interests include a wide range of issues related to information and communication technologies such as cost analysis of telecom networks, e-government, regulation of the telecom sector, ICT industry policy, the role of competition in innovation of new services, use of ICT in knowledge services, and tele-based community centres. He has participated in many EU funded research projects and conducted a large number of consultancies for national and international organisations such as ITU, UNCTAD, the World Bank, and the National Telecom Agencies in Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

Grandon Gill is an associate professor in the Information Systems and Decision Sciences Department at the University of South Florida. He holds a doctorate in management information systems from Harvard Business School, where he also received his MBA. His principal research focus is in the area of information systems (IS) education, and he has published many articles describing how technologies and innovative pedagogies can be combined to increase the effectiveness of teaching across a broad range of IS topics. Currently, he teaches programming, database, and managerial courses to both undergraduate and graduate students.

Regis M. Gilman recently became associate dean of educational outreach at Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC. Prior to joining WCU, she was assistant professor of instructional technology in the Department of Leadership & Educational Studies at Appalachian State University. Before joining the faculty at ASU, she directed the Appalachian Transition to Teaching Program, a $1.6 million US Department of Education initiative. She holds a BSEd from Northwest Missouri State University, a MS in adult education from Drake University, an EdD in educational policy–higher education from the University of Kansas, and a postdoctorate MA in ed media–instructional technology.