Department News

Welcome to the home page of the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology.  If you are a prospective student, the links at the left will provide you with much of the information that you need.  We welcome on-line, transfer, and second-degree students.  If you fail to find what you need on this page, please contact our office at 931-221-7840 or email Bruce Myers, the Chair of the Department.

Congratulations to the following: 

• Lance Batson who had an abstract accepted for presentation at the 2013 National Conference on Undergraduate Research
• Dr. John Nicholson who was named Exemplary Faculty Member of the Year
• Donald Buhl-Brown and Billy Rich who were named 2013-14 Presidential Research Scholars.

 The department is part of the College of Science and Mathematics.  Click here for news about our College.

The Department continues to grow and to develop new programs.  Two new minors will be implemented this Fall.  Dr. John Nicholson has developed a new program in Mobile Software Technology, and the Department has also added a Web Technology Minor that will be available to all students not already majoring in computer science. 

We will be adding another new faculty member this Fall.  Dr. Nicholas Coleman will join us.  For those who may not have kept up with us, here is a list of our faculty and staff.

• Dr. NIcholas Coleman, Assistant Professor
• Dr. Leong Lee, Assistant Professor
• Dr. Jiang Li, Professor
• Dr. Bruce Myers, Professor
• Dr. John A. Nicholson, Assistant Professor
• Ms. Nancy Smithfield, Assistant Professor
• Dr. Jim Vandergriff, Professor
• Dr. Yingbing Yu, Associate Professor

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• Dr. Gary Griffith, Adjunct Faculty
• Mr. Paul E. MacAfee, Adjunct Faculty
• Mr. Tony McCutcheon, Adjunct Faculty
• Mr. Floyd Tackett, Adjunct Faculty

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• Ms. Betty Leimer, Administrative Assistant II

For APSU computer science graduates who may see this page, please email us and let us know your current email address.