Faculty and Staff
Dr. Shamim Khan
Position: Department Chair / Professor
Office: Synovus Center for Commerce & Technology 453
Phone: 706-507-8184
Email: khan_shamim@columbusstate.edu
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Dr. Rania Hodhod
Position: Assistant Chair/Associate Professor
Office: Synovus Center for Commerce & Technology 454
Phone: 706-507-8181
Email: hodhod_rania@columbusstate.edu
Discipline: Artificial intelligence, machine learning, serious games, interactive narrative and computational creativity
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Mr. Michael Barker
Position: Director, TSYS Cybersecurity Center
Office: Synovus Center for Commerce & Technology 124
Phone: 706-507-8198
Email: barker_michael1@columbusstate.edu
Dr. Anastasia Angelopoulou
Position: Assistant Professor
Office: Synovus Center for Commerce & Technology 433
Email: angelopoulou_anastasia@columbusstate.edu
Dr. Hyrum Carroll
Position: Associate Professor
Office: Synovus Center for Commerce & Technology 442
Phone: 706-507-8182
Email: carroll_hyrum@columbusstate.edu
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Dr. Linqiang Ge
Position: Assistant Professor
Office: Synovus Center for Commerce & Technology 441
Phone: 706-507-8180
Email: ge_linqiang@columbusstate.edu
Dr. Suk Lee
Position: Associate Professor
Office: Synovus Center for Commerce & Technology 443
Phone: 706-507-8172
Email: lee_suk@columbusstate.edu
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Dr. Rodrigo Obando
Position: Associate Professor
Office: Synovus Center for Commerce & Technology 426
Phone: 706-507-8185
Email: obando_rodrigo@columbusstate.edu
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Dr. Yesem Peker
Position: Graduate Programs Director / Associate Professor
Office: Synovus Center for Commerce & Technology 422
Phone: 706-507-8187
Email: peker_yesem@columbusstate.edu
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Dr. Alfredo Perez
Position: Associate Professor
Office: Synovus Center for Commerce & Technology 424
Phone: 706-507-8194
Email: perez_alfredo@columbusstate.edu
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Dr. Lydia Ray
Position: Associate Professor
Office: Synovus Center for Commerce & Technology 429
Phone: 706-507-8174
Email: ray_lydia@columbusstate.edu
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Dr. Neal Rogers
Position: Assistant Professor
Office: Synovus Center for Commerce & Technology 425
Phone: 706-507-8171
Email: rogers_neal@columbusstate.edu
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Dr. Lixin Wang
Position: Associate Professor
Office: Synovus Center for Commerce & Technology 434
Phone: 706-507-8190
Email: wang_lixin@columbusstate.edu
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Dr. Jianhua Yang
Position: Professor
Office: Synovus Center for Commerce & Technology 440
Phone: 706-507-8180
Email: yang_jianhua@columbusstate.edu
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Dr. Yi Zhou
Position: Assistant Professor
Office: Synovus Center for Commerce & Technology 435
Email: zhou_yi@columbusstate.edu
Mr. Patrick Aiken
Position: Lecturer
Office: Synovus Center for Commerce & Technology 444
Phone: 706-507-8599
Email: aiken_john@columbusstate.edu
Dr. B. Bhagyavati
Position: Part-Time Faculty
Office: Unknown
Email: bhagyavati@columbusstate.edu
Ms. Elke Brumbaugh
Position: Lecturer
Office: Synovus Center for Commerce & Technology 436
Phone: 706-507-8197
Email: brumbaugh_elke@columbusstate.edu
Mr. Jose Canedo
Position: Part-Time Instructor
Office: Unknown
Email: canedo_jose@columbusstate.edu
Ms. Aurelia Smith
Position: Part-Time Faculty
Office: Unknown
Phone: 706-507-8188
Email: smith_aurelia@columbusstate.edu
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Ms. Hillary Fleenor
Position: Part-Time Faculty
Office: Schwob Library 244
Email: fleenor_hillary@columbusstate.edu
Ms. Trang Nguyen
Position: Part-time Instructor
Office: Unknown
Email: nguyen_trang@columbusstate.edu
Ms. Yien Wang
Position: Part-time Instructor
Office: Unknown
Email: wang_yien@columbusstate.edu
Mr. Ehab Bedir
Position: Cyber Range Administrator
Office: Synovus Center for Commerce & Technology 125
Phone: 706-507-8193
Email: bedir_ehab@columbusstate.edu
Mr. Nandor A. Domonkos
Position: IT Support Specialist
Office: Synovus Center for Commerce & Technology 437
Phone: 706-507-8188
Email: domonkos_nandor@columbusstate.edu
Mrs. Jennifer Stone
Position: Administrative Assistant
Office: Synovus Center for Commerce & Technology 400
Phone: 706-507-8170
Email: stone_jennifer2@columbusstate.edu