Cybersecurity Faculty & Staff
Criminal Justice Cybersecurity Faculty

Dr. Patrick F. McManimon, Jr., Ph.D.
Acting Executive Director, Center for Cybersecurity
Professor

Stanley J. Mierzwa, M.S.; CISSP; Point Of Contact NSA CAE-CD
Managing Assistant Director & Lecturer, Center for Cybersecurity
Courses: Foundations of Cybersecurity; Cyber Risk Management; Digital Crime & Terrorism; Cyber Policy; Firewalls & Secure CPU
Publications

Nicholas Barbella, MAS
Lecturer – Full-time
Courses: Foundations in Cyber Crime; Digital Crime & Terrorism; Cyber Risk Management

Dr. Ketty Fernández, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Courses: Diversity and Criminal Justice; Victims of Crime
Publications
Dr. Siying Guo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Courses: Foundations of Cybersecurity; Cybercrime
Publications

Lauren Spath, M.A.
Lecturer - Full-time
Courses: Foundations of Cybersecurity
Publications
Computer Science Cybersecurity Faculty

Dr. Patricia Morreale, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Computer Science
Professor
Courses: Programming Languages; Software Engineering; Human Computer Interaction
Publications

Jing-Chiou Liou, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Courses: Computer Security; Digital Forensics; Software Assurance
Publications

Juan Li, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Courses: Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning; Data Structures and Algorithms
Publications

Ching-Yu Huang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Courses: Database Systems; Data Visualization; Data Mining
Publications

Daehan Kwak, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Courses: Mobile Application Development; Networking; Smart Vehicle
Publications

Amani Ayad, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Courses: Fundamentals of Computer Science; Data Structures; Computer Programming
Publications

Xudong Zhang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Courses: Machine Learning; Artificial Intelligence; Computer Architecture
Publications

Jean Chu, D. P. S
Lecturer - Full-time
Courses: IT Foundations with Computer and Information Security; Computer Information Systems; Java and Python Programming; Software Engineering
Publications

Yulia Kumar, Ph.D.
Lecturer II
Courses: Computer Programming; Data Structures; Fundamentals of Computer Science; Web Client Programming; Program World Wide Web Server; Software Development with Frameworks
Publications

Mohammed Aftab, M.S.
Adjunct Professor
Courses: Computer Security; Information Security
Administration
Nancy Amador
Nohelia Diplan
Iryna Zhelezova
Iassen Christov
Graduate Assistants