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Graduate Programs in the Sciences

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ADMINISTRATION

DR. JAMES E. MOORE, Interim-Dean

DR. JAMES W. MCGUFFEE, Director, Graduate Computer Science Programs (Cybersecurity and Data Science)

DR. SERGE SALAN, Coordinator, Master of Science in Data Science Program

TODD SMITH, MPAS, PA-C, Director,  Physician Assistant Studies Program

FACULTY

CYBERSECURITY

DANIEL M. BRANDON, JR., Professor

BS, Case Western Reserve University; MS, PhD, University of Connecticut; PMP

JAMES W. MCGUFFEE, Professor

BS, Louisiana Tech University; PhD, Louisiana State University

DATA SCIENCE

SRIKANT CHARI, Instructor
BS, University of Mumbai (India); MS, PhD, The University of Memphis

WILLIAM E. GUNDLING, JR, Associate Professor

BS, MS, Clarkson University; MS, PhD, University of Illinois Urbana Champagne

ALEXANDER HAPP, Associate Professor

BS, University of Tennessee; MA, PhD, University of Kentucky

JAMES W. MCGUFFEE, Professor

BS, Louisiana Tech University; PhD, Louisiana State University

SERGE SALAN, Associate Professor

BS, MS, St. Joseph Universite' (Lebanon); MS, PhD, The University of Memphis

JUSTIN SMITH, Assistant Professor

BS, MS, Arkansas State University; PhD, Mississippi State University

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT STUDIES

ROBERT BOOTH, DMS, MSPA, EMPA, PA-C, Associate Professor

BS, University of Mississippi; MSPA, University of New England;

Physician Assistant Emergency Medicine Residency, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio;
DMS, Lincolen Memorial University 

SOPHIA GARRISON, MPAS, PA-C, Assistant Professor

B.S., University of Dayton; MPAS, Medical University of South Carolina 

AS, Cuyahoga Community College; BA, Cleveland State University

TODD SMITH, MPAS, PA-C, Associate Professor/Director
BS, University of Mississippi; MPAS, University of South Alabama