MSIA Faculty
Richard Avery
Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.S., University of New Hampshire
M.A.T. University of New Hampshire
M.S., University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Ph.D., University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Glenn Berman
Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.A., University of California-Santa Cruz
M.S., Louisiana State University
Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Richard Christoph
Professor of Computer Information Systems
B.S., Clemson University
M.A., Clemson University
Ph.D., Clemson University
Amit Deokar
Assistant Professor of Information Systems
B.E., University of Mumbai (VJTI), India
M.S., University of Arizona
Ph.D. University of Arizona
Omar F. El-Gayar
Dean of Graduate Studies and Research, Associate Professor of Information Systems
B.S., University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt
M.S., University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt
M.A., University of Hawaii at Manoa
Ph.D., University of Hawaii at Manoa
William Figg
Associate Professor of Computer Information Systems
B.A., The Citadel-Charleston, South Carolina
M.S., Troy State University
Ph.D., Capella University
Steven K. Graham
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
B.S., University of Kansas
Ph.D., University of Kansas
Additional work toward M.S.E.E. at Stanford University
Tom Halverson
Dean of the College of Business and Information Systems and Associate Professor of Computer Science
B.A., University of Minnesota-Morris
M.S., The University of Iowa
Ph.D., The University of Iowa
Sreekanth Malladi
Assistant Professor of Information Assurance
B.E., Osmania University
Ph.D., University of Idaho
Mark Moran
Assistant Professor of Information Systems
B.A., University of South Dakota
M.B.A., University of South Dakota
ABD, Capella University
Jeffery Palmer
Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Bemidji State University
B.S., Bemidji State University
M.S., Washington State University
Ph.D., Washington State University
Josh Pauli
Assistant Professor of Information Systems
B.S., Dakota State University
M.S., Dakota State University
Ph.D., North Dakota State University
Wayne Pauli
Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Director of Center of Excellence in Computer Information Systems
B.S., Northern State University
M.S., Dakota State University
Ph.D., Capella University
Kevin Streff,
Associate Professor of Information Assurance and Director of National Center for the Protection of the Financial Infrastructure, Program Coordinator for MSIA and CONS
B.B.A., Dakota State University
M.B.A., Temple University
Ph.D., Capella University
Manghui (Michael) Tu
Assistant Professor of Information Assurance
B.S., Wuhan University, China
M.S., University of Texas at Dallas
Ph.D., University of Texas at Dallas
Dianxiang Xu
Associate Research Professor
B.S., Nanjing University, China
M.S., Nanjing University, China
Ph.D., Nanjing University, China
Zhijun (Justin) Zhan
Associate Research Professor
B.S., Liaoning University of Engineering and Technology, China
M.S., Syracuse University
Ph.D., University of Ottawa, Canada





