Faculty

Department Chair:

Dr. Suzanne Wagner
107C Glynn Hall
716.286.8446

Valerie Devine

Adjunct Professor

Phone:
716.286.8040
Fax:
716.286.8045
Office Location:
Glynn Annex
Office Hours:
N/A
Fax:
716.286.8045

Professor Devine teaches Web design, Web programming, applications and data management. She is the Assistant Director of Support and Web Development for the Information Technology Department.

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Sheryl Garippo, M.B.A.

Instructor

Phone:
716.286.8444
Fax:
716.286.8445
Fax:
716.286.8445

Professor Garippo has an M.B.A. in Management Information Systems and teaches computer literacy and business applications courses. She has extensive experience as a management and planning consultant for small businesses and nonprofit organizations.  

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Deborah Gromek

Instructor

Phone:
716.286.8444
Fax:
716.286.8445
Fax:
716.286.8445

Professor Gromek teaches computer literacy courses. She is the technology coordinator of education in the Frontier Central School District in Hamburg, N.Y.

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Edmond J. Inomoto

Instructor

Phone:
716.286.8444
Fax:
716.286.8445
Fax:
716.286.8445

Professor Inomoto teaches COBOL programming and systems analysis. He works full time as a supervisor in Management Information Systems at Washington Mills Electro Minerals.

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Dr. Petter Lovaas, Ph.D., ACE

Chief Information Security Officer

Phone:
716.285.8447
Office Hours:
Contact for Appointment

Petter Lovaas, a native of Sandefjord, Norway, served a mandatory year in the military after high school. He took general education courses at the American College of Norway in Moss, then studied at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks before transferring to the University of Minnesota-Crookston.  There, he...

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Glenn Papp

Instructor

Phone:
716.286.8444
Office Location:
St. Vincent's Hall, Room 107 E
 
Dr. Taylan Sen

Dr. Taylan Sen

Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science

Office Location:
107D Glynn Hall
Office Hours:
MWF 2:30-3:30 and by appointment

Background I received a bachelor's degree in 1996 in electrical engineering and a master's degree in biological engineering in 2005 from Cornell University. From 1996 to 1999 I worked as a software developer at Actel Corporation and Cadence Design Systems. From 2000-2005 I worked as a firmware engineer at Harris Corporation....

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Dr. Yonghong Tong

Associate Professor

Phone:
(716) 286-8450
Fax:
(716) 286-8298
Office Location:
107F Glynn Hall
Fax:
(716) 286-8298

My research interests include mobile computing, mobile and web application, Web-GIS based application, big data analysis and visualization. I love teaching. Teaching at Niagara University is my great honor because of the great people here. I will establish a productive Student Research Center to provide opportunities to self-motivated students who...

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Dr. Suzanne C. Wagner

Dr. Suzanne C. Wagner

Department Chair, Professor

Phone:
716.286.8446
Fax:
716.286.8445
Office Location:
107C Glynn Hall
Fax:
716.286.8445

Dr. Wagner teaches courses in computer hardware, information security, programming, project management and management systems. She was the principal designer of the Computer Crime minor program. Her research interests are in areas such as software piracy and computer ethics, business simulations, and the impact of computer technology on business and...

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