ATOM Think TankFaculty Experts
Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics
Our ATOM Faculty Experts bring insights and experiences that span disciplines and industries. They work in collaboration with our top-performing business and IS students to solve real-world organizational challenges faced by our ATOM industry partners. As subject matter experts, their approach and recommendations are highly customized, and results driven.
Under the direction of our Faculty Experts students benefit from experiential learning opportunities, through professional business and technology consulting projects, IS capstone course projects, data-driven case analysis, and business innovation challenges.
Faculty Mentors
Karlene Cousins
Chair, Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics
Professor

Yan Chen
Faculty Director, Master of Science in Information Systems (MSIS)
Ryder Eminent Scholar Chair in Management Information Systems
Director of the ATOM Cybersecurity Think Tank
Associate Professor

Tala Mirzaei
Knight-Ridder Center Research Fellowship
Faculty Director, Master of Health Informatics and Analytics (MSHIA)
Assistant Professor

Mauricio Angee
Adjunct Professor

Andres Arias
Adjunct Lecturer

Lina Bouayad
Knight-Ridder Center Center Research Fellowship
Faculty Director, MBA Business Analytics Program
Associate Professor

Edward Duran
Assistant Teaching Professor

Paulo Gomes
PayCargo Fellow
Assistant Professor

George Kyparisis
Professor

Fernando Martinez
Adjunct Professor

Peter Polak
Associate Teaching Professor

Carrie Sanchez
Assistant Teaching Professor

Sebastian Schuetz
Assistant Professor

Gladys Simpson
Faculty Director of Pink Tank
Associate Teaching Professor

Hemang Subramanian
Associate Professor

Krista Theodore
Adjunct Lecturer

Debra VanderMeer
Professor

Nicole Wishart
Faculty Director of ATOM Think Tank
Associate Teaching Professor
Faculty Fellows
Karlene Cousins
Chair, Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics
Professor

Yan Chen
Faculty Director, Master of Science in Information Systems (MSIS)
Ryder Eminent Scholar Chair in Management Information Systems
Director of the ATOM Cybersecurity Think Tank
Associate Professor

Tala Mirzaei
Knight-Ridder Center Research Fellowship
Faculty Director, Master of Health Informatics and Analytics (MSHIA)
Assistant Professor

Lina Bouayad
Knight-Ridder Center Center Research Fellowship
Faculty Director, MBA Business Analytics Program
Associate Professor

Gloria Deckard
Associate Professor

Edward Duran
Assistant Teaching Professor

Steven C. Ellis
Faculty Director, Online Programs
Associate Teaching Professor

Fernando Martinez
Adjunct Professor

Paulo Gomes
PayCargo Fellow
Assistant Professor

Sushil K. Gupta
PayCargo Professor
Professor

Attila Hertelendy
PayCargo Professor
Associate Teaching Professor

Christos Koulamas
Ryder Eminent Scholar Chair in Management Information Systems
Eminent Scholar

George Kyparisis
Professor

George M. Marakas
Director of the Doctoral Programs for the College of Business
Director, Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)
Professor

Fernando Martinez
Adjunct Professor

Peter Polak
Associate Teaching Professor

Carrie Sanchez
Assistant Teaching Professor

Arijit Sengupta
Associate Dean for Accreditation and Technology Systems
Professor

Sebastian Schuetz
Assistant Professor

Gladys Simpson
Faculty Director of Pink Tank
Associate Teaching Professor

Hemang Subramanian
Associate Professor

Krista Theodore
Adjunct Lecturer

Debra VanderMeer
Professor

Nicole Wishart
Faculty Director of ATOM Think Tank
Associate Teaching Professor

Weidong Xia
Professor

Pouyan Esmaeil Zadeh
Knight-Ridder Center Center Research Fellowship
Assistant Professor
