Professors
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Dr. Crystal Cox Assistant Professor CSCC 160F 843.349.2144 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. [faculty page] |
Bio: Dr. Crystal Cox is an Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems at Coastal Carolina University. She completed her undergraduate degree in Computer Science here at Coastal, where she graduated as valedictorian. After graduation, she worked as a programmer/analyst at Horry Telephone. Research Interests: security patterns, pattern languages, aspect-oriented programming |
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Dr. Jean H. French Assistant Professor CSCC 160H 843.234.3430 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. [faculty page] |
Bio: Jean French earned an MBA from the University of Massachusetts / Boston (2000), and a Ph.D. in Computer Information Systems from Nova Southeastern University (2011). She also earned a Graduate Certificate in Information Assurance: Administration in Information Security from Nova Southeastern University. Research Interests: Multimedia |
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Dr. William Jones, Jr. Chair & Asst. Prof. CSCC 160N 843.349.4142 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. [faculty page] |
Bio: William Jones is a native of Conway, SC. He graduated from Conway High School in 1995 and attended Clemson University where he obtained a BS ('99), MS ('00) and PhD ('05), each in Computer Engineering. Research Interests: My research interests include parallel computing, parallel file systems, computational grids, job scheduling, performance evaluation and modeling, and discrete event simulation. |
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Dr. D. Brian Larkins Assistant Professor CSCC 160G 843.349.4191 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. [faculty page] |
Bio: Brian Larkins has spent over 10 years in industry prior to returning to academia. He received his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University in 2010 studying high-performance computing using irregular data structures. Research Interests: My research focus is on developing programming language support for parallel computations. My dissertation research focused on run-time systems for globally addressable data structures on distributed-memory clusters. |
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Prof. Jeff Linder Assistant Professor CSCC 160C 843.349.2829 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. [faculty page] |
Bio: I was born and raised in a small farm town in Illinois. After dropping out of college, I worked professional theater in New York and New Jersey for 2 years. I went into the military and served 5 years. I then went back to college and finished my undergraduate degree in 1975. Research Interests: Introductory programming, machine based programming, and critical thinking. |
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Dr. Michael Murphy Assistant Professor CSCC 160D 843.349.2834 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. [faculty page] |
Bio: Dr. Mike Murphy earned his B.S. in Computer Science from the Clemson University Calhoun Honors College in 2005, where he graduated summa cum laude. After a brief period of study at Syracuse University, he returned to Clemson University, completed his Ph.D. in Computer Science in May 2010, and then joined the CCU faculty in August 2010. Research Interests: Cyberinfrastructure, environmental sensing systems, atmospheric and environmental modeling, data management. |
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Dr. Erin Rickard Assistant Professor CSCC 160E 843.349.2098 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. [faculty page] |
Bio: Erin Rickard received a B.S.E.E. (’99) and M.Eng. (’01) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Louisville. She earned the Ph.D. (’08) in Computer Science Engineering researching the effectiveness of self-organizing maps for mammographic image analysis. Research Interests: My research interests include biomedical image analysis, image processing, computational intelligence, neural networks, clustering algorithms, machine learning and medical image perception. |
Lecturers
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Prof. Joyce Barnes Lecturer CSCC 160B 843.349.2359 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. [faculty page] |
Bio: Joyce Barnes is a native of Cleveland, Ohio. In 1993, Joyce earned a BS in Education from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio and has taught in Ohio, NC and SC. She earned a Masters from Lesley University, Cambridge, MA in 2000 and was hired to work as an adjunct professor at Coastal and HGTC, and later as a full-time lecturer at Coastal in 2010. Teaching Interests: Microsoft Office Suite, distance learning education. |
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Prof. Chad Casselman Lecturer CSCC 160I 843.349.2646 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. [faculty page] |
Bio: Chad Casselman is a Myrtle Beach native. He climbed the ranks of Corporate America during his career. As a software consultant he got experience in large scale distributed system architecture, project management and enterprise software implementations within multiple industries including complying with SOX regulations. Research Interests: Web Developement, Enterprise Start ups and Project Managment |
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Prof. Clint Fuchs Lecturer CSCC 160J 843.349.2676 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Bio: Clint Fuchs completed his undergraduate degree in Psychology (BS), and earned a MS in Computer Science from the University of South Carolina in 2002. Prof. Fuchs became a full-time lecturer for the department in 2009. Research Interests: Data mining, education, machine learning, mobile app development, and software engineering. |
Staff
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Mrs. Sandy Mishoe Administrative Specialist CSCC 160M 843.349.2116 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. [staff page] |
Bio: Mrs. Sandy Mishoe is originally from Charlotte, North Carolina. She graduated from King’s Business College in Charlotte and subsequently earned an A.A. from Coastal Carolina College, now University, December, 1991. She began working for the Chancellor’s Search Committee in 1982. Sandy has worked in Human Resources, Wheelwright Auditorium, the Vice-Chancellor’s Office, Mathematics Department and in 1999 landed in the Computer Science & Information Systems Department. |
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Mr. Andrew Whalley Systems Programmer CSCC 160K 843.349.4110 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. [staff page] |
Bio: Andrew Whalley is a Systems Programmer of Computer Science and Information Systems at Coastal Carolina University. He earned his B.S. in Computer Science in 2008 and MBA in 2011. His responsibilities in the department include: Inventory, systems administration, budgeting, technical support, application development and other various endeavors. Research Interests: Web Application development, VMware/Linux Systems Administration and Graphic Design. |
Professors Emeriti
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Prof. Eugene Collins Professor Emeritus CSCC 160L 843.349.2072 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. [faculty page] |
Bio: Professor Collins is retired Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Computer Science. He attended the University of South Carolina where he earned a BS in Mathematics in 1970 and MS in Mathematics in 1972. In 1979-81 he retrained in computer science, taking additional graduate courses at the University of South Carolina. Research Interests: Computer Science education, ethics in computer science, programming languages. |
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Dr. Steve Sheel Distinguished Professor Emeritus CSCC 160A 843.349.2116 843.283.9991 (cell) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. [faculty page] |
Bio: Dr. Stephen Sheel, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, joined the Coastal Carolina University faculty in 1988. He has twice had the honor to Chair the Department of Computer Science & Information Systems at Coastal. Dr. Sheel played an instrumental role in the establishment of the South Carolina Gamma Chapter of Upsilon Pi Epsilon, the International Honor Society for the Computing Sciences, the ABET accreditation for the Computer Science Degree and the establishment of the BS Degree in Information Systems. Research Interests: His research interests include: Computer Security, Machine Learning, Computer Science Education and Bioinformatics. |
Teaching Associates
| Dr. Joyce Dorman Teaching Associate CSCC 114 843.349.2116 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Dennis P. French, M.S. Teaching Associate PRIN 205 843.349.6538 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Erica C. Holmes Teaching Associate CSCC 114 843.349.2116 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
William Marilla, MBA Teaching Associate CSCC 114 843.349.2116 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Richard Matthews Teaching Associate CSCC 114 843.349.2116 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| Katherine G. Wagner Teaching Associate CSCC 114 843.349.2359 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Tally Wright Teaching Associate KLIB 843.349.2408 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |