Faculty
Department Chair:
Dr. Suzanne Wagner
107C Glynn Hall
716.286.8446
Valerie Devine
Adjunct Professor
- Contact:
- Send Email to Valerie Devine
- 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
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- Send Email to Sheryl Garippo, M.B.A.
- 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
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- Send Email to Deborah Gromek
- 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
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- Send Email to Edmond J. Inomoto
- 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
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- Send Email to Glenn Papp
- Phone:
- 716.286.8444
- Office Location:
- St. Vincent's Hall, Room 107 E

Dr. Taylan Sen
Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science
- Contact:
- Send Email to Dr. Taylan Sen
- Website:
- http://taylanksen.com
- 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....
Dr. Yonghong Tong
Associate Professor
- Contact:
- Send Email to Dr. Yonghong Tong
- 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
Department Chair, Professor
- Contact:
- Send Email to Dr. Suzanne C. Wagner
- 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...