Faculty Overview

Name:Benjamin Abalos
Department: BUS
Description: Benjamin Abalos started with Stratford University in October 2009. He has been licensed as an attorney and certified public accountant.
After graduating with a bachelor of business administration (BBA) degree from Temple University, he worked in public accounting. After having passed the CPA exam, he went on to Temple University School of Law; where he received his Juris Doctor (JD) degree. After passing the bar examination, he served in various capacities, including service as a judge advocate with the Department of the Navy and in local government taxation.

 

Name: Mohammad Abedin
Department: BUS
Description: Mohammad Abedin was born in Iran. When he was 27 years old he came to the United States using a Scholarship from Iranian Navy to get his Master’s degree in Computer Science. He attended George Washington University and almost at the end of his program he had to go back to Iran because of revolution. He managed to come back to U.S in 1981. He started to work for Strayer University from 1982 and finished his Master’s degree in Computer Science with them. During the past 27 years he worked as a Campus Manager and Dean for Strayer and now is a full-time faculty of Business and Computer Science at Strayer. Five years ago he started a PhD. program with Nova South Eastern University and currently is working on it. Prof Abedin teaches Business and Computer classes for Stratford University during the day time and weekends.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Dr. Brook Beshah
Department: BUS
Description: Professor Brook Hailu Beshah, who until recently was the deputy permanent representative of Ethiopia to the UN (UNESCO) and the deputy ambassador of Ethiopia to the U.S. where he played a key role in the bilateral relations between Ethiopian and US governments. He also oversaw public diplomacy activities in reaching out to the American public; the Ethiopian Diaspora; U.S.-based NGOs, think tanks, religious and humanitarian organizations.

Professor Beshah has an in-depth knowledge of the workings of the UN and played a role in the deliberations and adoption of international conventions such as the Convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions and the International Convention against Doping in Sport. He also participated in the follow up, implementation and monitoring process of enacted conventions such as the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage and the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights.

Currently Dr. Brook H. Beshah is an adjunct professor at TWC; at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University and at the University of Maryland University College. Dr. Beshah was also a long term academic in the Department of Political Science and International Relations of Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia and taught international relations, political science and media courses. He was also the Head of the External Relations Office of Addis Ababa University promoting academic and research collaborations with US, European and African universities, research institutions and supervising international student exchange programs.

He was sought and served as an expert political analyst for interviews for African related political, conflict resolution, cultural and media issues by the international corps of press, radio and TV media personnel.

Professor Beshah received his Ph. D. from Leipzig University (international political communications); M.A. Certificate, Ohio University; M.A., Leipzig University (political science and international relations); B.A., Addis Ababa University (political science and international relations).

He speaks, English, German, French and can be reached by e mail: bbeshah@stratford.edu or hailubrook@yahoo.com

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Ed Campana
Department: BUS
Description: B.A. Philosophy, Catholic University of America
M.A. Religious Education, Catholic University of America
5 years in Theology, graduate non-degree program, Catholic University of America

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Strayer University, Humanities, Associate Dean A&S
Strayer University, Intro to Computers,
George Washington University, Software Computer Programs
NOVA, Intro to Computers

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Dr. Joseph Cox
Department: BUS
Description: Professor Cox's career spans 40 plus years and three career paths. Upon graduation with a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Masters of Science in Business Administration (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1965, 1966 respectively) he entered the U. S. Air Force. During the ensuing 21 years he was stationed in Europe, Asia, and various areas within the United States. Upon retirement in 1987, he began a civilian career as a consultant to the Federal Aviation Administration which was followed by a 10 years as a program manager for Unisys Corporation until his retirement from Unisys in 2008. He has over 15 year's program management experience.

In addition to the aforementioned, he began teaching at San Antonio College in 1968 as an adjunct economics professor. His adjunct teaching continued at University of Maryland University College in the Far East, Europe, and Washington, DC. He has taught graduate and undergraduate Marketing, Economics, Personnel Management, Management, and other business courses at St. Leo College, Golden Gate University, Christopher Newport University, William and Mary, and Capital College.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Ify Diala
Department: BUS
Description: Professor Diala, a recent addition to our faculty, began her studies in Nigeria, where she completed her Bachelor's in Business Administration in 1995. In 2005, she obtained her Master's in Business Administration at Strayer University in Maryland. She is current working on her PhD in IT Management, at Capella University in Minnesota, and is expecting to complete her PhD program later this year. Prof Diala also has extensive experience as a Project Manager with Fannie Mae.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Andre Ebanks
Department: BUS
Description: André Ebanks has an MBA in finance from the Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, in the United Kingdom as well as a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and a minor in Computer Science from the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus in Jamaica.

André is a management consulting professional with over 12 year’s management consulting experience with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in the Caribbean. Areas of expertise include process engineering, organizational design, financial management, performance measurement and strategic planning.

After spending several years in consulting, André has decided to spend some time in his second love, academia. His love for academia finds him lecturing in business and finance courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Dr. Hussein Fateh
Department: BUS
Description: Hussein Fateh is a professor of Management Science and Information Systems and teaches courses at the graduate level at Stratford University. He has a Master’s Degree in Operations Research from George Washington University and a Ph.D in Information Technology from George Mason University. He has worked as a Senior Consultant for several years and has taught at several universities in the Washington DC area. His research interest is the application of optimization techniques in operations management, finance and networking.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Andrea Foster
Department: BUS
Description: Professor Foster is a graduate of University of Maryland and holds a Master of Science in Computer Systems Management with a specialization in Information Resources Management and a Master of Science in International Management. A former diplomat, Professor Foster has also worked in information technology, education, the legal field and international development.

Professor Foster frequently consults for several domestic and international companies on IT and business projects. She also consults for several major publishers on textbook development and new educational technology and serves on several focus groups relating to the development of new instructional materials.

Professor Foster teaches in one of three disciplines: international business, information technology and business management. She has taught at both two year and four year colleges. In addition to consulting, Professor Foster also teaches at John Tyler Community College, and Central Texas College. She is currently working on a number of articles for publication in the field of international business and management. She is a member of the Board of Computer CORE and a member of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Dr. Herbert Green, Jr.
Department: BUS
Description: Professor Green has extensive consulting, teaching and research experience in the public policy analysis arena. Professor Green earned his DPA from Nova Southeastern University, his MPA from University of New Orleans and his BS degree from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Dr. Green has served as a manager of research projects with the National League of Cities and with the Center for Health Policy Research at George Washington University and has served as a professor with Bluefield College and with Strayer University.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Rashid Haq
Department: CIS
Description: Rashid Haq is a Sr. Software Engineer at Northrop Grumman Corp. Previously Mr. Haq served various State Government and Commercial clients including Marriott International, Affiliated Computer Services, McNeil Pharmaceuticals etc., as Application development and System Engineering resource. He earned his Masters of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University with successful research on Improvement of Quality of Service of video transmission over the DiffServ networks. He is currently associated with ACM (Association for Computing Machinery).

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Dr. Meena Issar
Department: BUS
Description: Dr Meena Issar has worked as a Consultant and Project Manager at NCR. She received her MBA degree from Carnegie Mellon University at Pittsburgh. She has a Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology. She got Total Quality Management training while at Carnegie Mellon. Dr. Issar has been teaching Finance, Small Business Management and International Management at Strayer University. Her areas of expertise include Financial Management, Investments, International Management as well as International Finance and Banking. Her expertise in Economic Value Added (EVA) financial management system provides her with extensive experience and tools to analyze corporate strategies and risk of capital in today’s environment.

She has provided quality education through online programs by innovating new tools and procedures. She has developed many online courses at Strayer for MBA classes. Dr Issar believes that online education is the future for education in this well-connected world of today. The quality management will guide how we can provide online education effectively. She has been mentoring online professors for quality management for last few years. Her administrative experience includes managing and delivering projects with cross-functional teams at NCR. She also works as a consultant for small to mid size companies for business planning and dealing with tough financial issues. Her work experience includes Retail Industry and a Biotech startup where she helped raise funds from investors and did financial planning.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Dr. Paul Jaikaran
Department: BUS
Description: Professor Paul Jaikaran is currently a Project Manager with Verizon Communications involved with the FiOS project in Virginia. He has been with the communications industry for the past 26 years serving in various positions. He holds a Bachelors degree in Information Systems and a Masters Degree in Communications Technology as well as a Doctorate in Education, majoring in Organizational Leadership with an emphasis on Conflict Resolution.

In addition to his work at Verizon, Professor Jaikaran also works as an adjunct professor at Gibbs College, Strayer University and Nova Southeastern University working with doctoral students completing their thesis.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Dr. K. Habib Khan
Department: BUS
Description: Dr. Khan currently serves as Chief Academic Officer at Stratford University. He brings a wealth of management experiences directing academic and non-academic programs in many sectors in both, national and international settings. For example, he served as a Provost and Executive Vice President of Virginia International University, based in Fairfax, VA. In addition, he served as Central Office Education Administrator for the Public Schools in Stillwater, Minnesota and Country Director of US Peace Corps in Sierra Leone, West Africa. In this capacity he managed one of the largest US Peace Corps programs in Africa with 220 US Peace corps Volunteers in sectors such as education, health, agriculture, fisheries and enterprise development.

He also served as First Secretary at the American Embassy in South Africa and directed a portfolio of $380 million grant to the Government of South Africa, working with highest levels of the South African Government. During this period, he managed a special project entitled University Linkages between US Universities and South African institutions of higher learning. In this capacity he worked closely with some 40 university presidents (Americans and South Africans) to implement policy reforms, curriculum innovations, executive and faculty development representing 50 institutions of higher learning in South Africa, including technical oriented universities.

Dr. Khan earned his Ph. D in Educational Psychology from Indiana University, Bloomington, and Master of Science degree from University of Wisconsin. He also completed a Post-graduate Executive Fellowship at the Business School, University of Minnesota.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Dr. Ali Khorsand
Department: BUS
Description: Dr. Khorsand has had over 6 years in research and teaching and 16 years experience in national and international management, project design, and business development. Dr Khorsand has a PhD with Honors in International Economic Development from the University of Paris. He has a Master's in Economic Development, also from the University of Paris. His Bachelor's is in Sociology from the University of Grenoble. Dr Khorsand has also taught at the Merrick School of Business, University of Baltimore, as well as at Northern Virginia Community College, Virginia International University, and at the University of Northern Virginia.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Sherzhad Khorsandi
Department: BUS
Description: Prof Khorsandi has a strong background in Accounting and Business. She got her Bachelor's in Business Management at Southern University in Baton Rouge, LA. Not too long afterwards, she obtained her Master's in Business Administration from Southern Louisiana University. In recent years she has taken several Accounting courses at George Washington University and Strayer University. At Strayer, she is also the Associate Dean for Accounting. Prof Khorsandi has been with Stratford for several quarters, and teaches Business and Accounting at both Undergraduate and Graduate levels. Prof Khorsandi is also a Certified Management Accountant.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Gene Landis
Department: BUS
Description: Mr. Gene Landis received a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management from Temple University and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the New York Institute of Technology. Mr. Landis has served as a Division President of a New York Stock Exchange Company. He has also served as a Vice President and General Manager of a NASDAQ Company. Both of these are industrial manufacturing companies. Since moving to Northern Virginia in 2004 Mr. Landis has been teaching at the college level and has recently joined the staff of Stratford University in the school of Business Administration.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Lin Lu
Department: BUS
Description: Professor Lin Lu is an academic and professional cross-cultural instructor with experiences in business, finance, accounting, international commercial banking operations, retail and online e-commerce. She joined Stratford University with multilingual and fluent communication skills in Mandarin-Chinese and American English. Professor Lu earned her Master of Science Professional Accounting at Strayer University in 2006; and her Bachelor of Finance Accounting at Henan Normal University in Henan Province, China 1999. She is an effective Online course designer using WEBCT, Moodle,and open source technology and has conducted research in the area of accounting interest. She has also conducted Internet e-Commerce Advertising, Retail Sales, Business Accounting Services and Cross-Cultural Small Business Training. She was a Department of Banking and Personal Finance service professional, and the International Department Foreign Exchange Manager, 1993 - 2001 at Bank of China, with 'Employee of the Year' Awards (1998, 1999 and 2000).
 

Faculty Overview

Name: Paul Mackey, Esq
Department: BUS
Description: Professor Mackey joined Stratford University as an adjunct faculty this April of 2008. He is a member of the Virginia State and Federal Bars and has been a practicing attorney for 25 years representing businesses, banks and individuals at trial and appellate court levels.

Mr. Mackey has concurrently worked extensively in the lobbying and political arenas in Washington DC for both private concerns and political committees. He has planned, executed, and supervised state, regional and national legislative campaigns for corporate and political clients.

Also a professor of law and government at Strayer University, Mr. Mackey brings years of personal experience in fields as diverse as criminal trial practice, corporate law and Presidential election fundraising to Stratford University, where he intends to impart to his students a critical understanding of the ever evolving relationship between law, government and commerce.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Dr. Craig Maddron
Department: BUS
Description: Dr. Maddron has spent the majority of his life in the international arena, proving himself to possess the capacity for international operational and intellectual leadership, both through formal education and the experience of international cultures.

He has combined experience of Engineering, Technology and Defense industries and is the author of two books and many papers published in various professional magazines, which have presented in symposiums and conferences. He has been an adjunct faculty professor for over 10 years.

• Professor
• Senior Scientist with NOAA
• United Nations/ NATO experience- UNHCR Officer, Kosovo
• Ph.D. (2005) Organizational Management, Capella University
• C.A.S. (1993) International Management, American Graduate School of International Management
• M.B.A. (1989) Financial Management, Southeastern University

 

Faculty Overview

Name: David Samadani-McQuirk
Department: BUS
Description: David Samadani-McQuirk received an MBA and a BS in business and speech communications from the University of Minnesota. He has extensive experience from working level to leadership in accounting, finance, banking and IT. David has worked closely with bankers, fund managers, software providers and compliance officials throughout the US, Europe and the Middle East. He managed investments, cash flow and banking operations, led full life-cycle Oracle implementations and developed training courses and documentation for professional accounting and finance staff.

David currently is a consultant providing financial and IT expertise to various organizations. Also, he teaches business courses at Stratford University. Previously, he was the Deputy Treasurer at the Baha'i World Centre, a large non-government organization headquartered in Israel with over 700 multi-national staff and branches in 170 countries.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Denise Miller
Department: BUS
Description: Professor Denise Miller received [summa cum laude] her BS in Accounting, and MBA in Human Resource Management from Strayer University in Alexandria, Virginia. She has also completed many graduated level accounting courses, and currently studying for her PhD in Applied Management and Decision Sciences with a Specialization in Accounting at Walden University.

Professor Denise Miller worked for the government for 23 years. She began her career in the United States Army and later worked as a lead auditor for a government inspector general agency. As an auditor, Professor Denise Miller was responsible for leading team members to the completion of nationwide complex audits. She has also been an active member of the Institute of Internal Auditors since 2006.

In 2009, Professor Denise Miller decided to pursue a career in her passion, academia teaching. Her love for teaching finds her lecturing in business and accounting courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. She joined Stratford University in March 2009.
 

Faculty Overview

Name: Farhad Nourbaksh
Department: BUS
Description: Farhad has a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering (with honors) from Tehran Polytechnic and an MA degree in Economics (with honors) from the New School University in New York. He is also a PHD candidate in Economics. His latest publication is "Iran's Early Encounter with Three Medieval European Inventions", Iranian Studies, Vol. 41, No. 4 (September 2008). Farhad also has had two years of teaching experience and has worked for over 25 years in IT management and consulting, systems analysis, business process reengineering, systems implementation, and project management.
 

Faculty Overview

Name: Dr. Carlos Padilla
Department: BUS
Description: Professor Padilla, who joined the Stratford University faculty in May 2008, has a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Connecticut. He has taught at several universities on the East coast at and the University of Puerto Rico. Dr. Padilla served on the Virginia Governor’s Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Advisory Board from 1993 to 2001. Dr. Padilla also works at the International Center for Language Studies where he was in charge of training economists at the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in the Language and Culture of Spain and Latin America.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Dr. Jimi Peters
Department: BUS
Description: Dr Peters has his college education in the United Kingdom. He earned his Bachelors degree from Hull University and his Masters and Doctorate degrees from King's College, University of London. He has 28 years research and teaching experience. He has published extensively in scholarly journals. He has also published a book and co-edited several others.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Dr. Bishnu Poudel
Department: BUS
Description: Professor Bishnu P. Poudel is currently Chairman Emeritus of National Advisory Council - South Asian Affairs in Washington DC. He was educated in various countries--he received his B. A. in Economics in Nepal, an M.A. in Political Science from Delhi University, and Ph. D. in International Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University. He finalized his Ph. D. thesis at the University of Washington. Professor Poudel recently published a book entitled "Mission of Peace and Tranquility to South Asia" in 2007 and is working on "Prospects of Peace in the Middle East". Professor Poudel joined the Stratford University faculty in January, 2008.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Salman Qureshi
Department: BUS
Description: Salman Qureshi is an Information Technology (IT) and Supply Chain Professional with more than 20 years of experience in developing/driving IT and e-Commerce strategies, Program Management, Project Management, implementing/managing enterprise systems and e-Commerce solutions with B2B connectivity. He has severed in many industries including Financial Services, Federal Government, IT Services, Consumer Packaging Goods, Research and Education.

He holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Wayne State University and a M.S. degree in Computer Engineering from Wayne State University. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Professional.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Stephen Rafe
Department: BUS
Description: Stephen C. Rafe holds a B.S. degree in business from Monmouth University, an M.S. degree in organizational leadership from Marymount University, and has completed approximately 2/3 of his degree requirements for a doctorate in this field from the University of Phoenix. He has served as counsel and coach to numerous organizations in all aspects of behavior-based communication (writing, presenting, interviewing, and non-verbals) for more than 25 years. One of his clients was Johnson & Johnson for the Tylenol crisis. He has been a guest lecturer at more than a dozen universities, a keynote speaker and seminar leader at numerous national and international conferences (including the World Economic Forum (in Davos), and has taught extensively at the graduate and undergraduate levels for various universities. HarperBusiness has published three of his books on communication subjects.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Dr. Chandra Ranade
Department: BUS
Description: Dr. Ranade has a long experience in economic development, project analysis and management, econometrics and planning, and mathematics. He did Master of Statistics (in Econometrics and Planning in 1969) from the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India; Ph.D. from Cornell University in international agricultural development (in 1977); and Master of Arts in Teaching from Johns Hopkins University (in 2005). He has published numerous articles on various topics in international development, mathematical economics and vertically integrated organizations. During his professorship at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad he was involved in teaching courses and doing consultancy in managerial economics, marketing organizations, cooperative organizations and international finance (World Bank).

During his long tenure at the World Bank Dr. Ranade worked on several countries in Sub Saharan Africa, Transition Economies of the Former Soviet Union, Middle East, Nepal, Vietnam and the Philippines. In the World Bank he was involved in preparing, appraising and supervising numerous Bank financed projects, in preparing sector reports and in organizing training programs for trainers and policy makers.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Dr. Mehdi Rashidian
Department: BUS
Description: Professor Mehdi rashidian graduated from Wichita State University with a BSEE in Electrical Enginerring and Computer Science. He obtained an MS in Electrical Engineering from the George Washington University and a Doctor of science from the George Washington University. Dr. Rashidian worked for the National Library of medicine at the National Institutes of Health as Communication Engineer and conducted research in Biomedical Engineering. He left to start Microland Inc. While serving as presidant of Microland, he acquired Hi-Tech Corporation, a publicly held corporation specializing in Tempest desing and manufacturing. Dr. Rashidian has an extensive background in business operations including contract management, administration, and negotiations. Dr. Rashidian has served as member of VAR advisory committee at IBM Corporation. Dr.Rashidian has been teaching Advance Technology and Principles of Modern Management for past 15 years.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Zia Rawish
Department: BUS
Description: Professor A. Zia Rawish received his BA in economics from Kabul University, Kabul-Afghanistan. He has also completed many undergraduate classes in Accounting, Finance, and Statistics. Since Prof Rawish graduated first not only in his classes but in six departments, he was able to become faculty member at Kabul University. He accepted teaching career partly to avoid military service in Afghanistan not to fight against his own countrymen and partly because of love for teaching and learning.

He taught at Kabul University Economics, Finance, and Mathematics classes for more than 5 years. While teaching there, he completed all course work towards his MA/MBA in National Economic Planning and Business Administration concentrated in Finance.Since the condition of living got worse in Afghanistan, like many other Afghans, he got to flee Afghanistan.

In Peshawar, Pakistan, he worked with the United Nations Demining Head Quarters as a Finance Officer. In July of 1991, Prof Rawish was awarded the Weber Scholarship (formerly known as Fulbright) so he left United Nations to come to the United States to study economics at the University of Missouri in Kansas City where he received his MA in Economics. Since 1995, he has been teaching at Strayer University Economics, Mathematics, and Finance classes. He has been teaching at Stratford University since 2000. Prof Rawish has worked in economics, finance, and investment related fields. He has a consulting business license in Virginia and since 1997 has been researching global financial markets. His research interests consist of investment in foreign currencies and stocks. He is also interested in global poverty reduction or elimination.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Henry Rothkopf
Department: BUS
Description: Professor Rothkopf brings 26 years of experience in government project / program management, advanced technology concepts and applications, enterprise solutions, and technical leadership in helping government agencies define, architect, acquire and deploy software intensive systems. His domain experience, coupled with his strong technical abilities, provides a broad base of experience that he brings to the classroom.

Education:
B.S., Civil Engineering, 1980, The George Washington University, School of Engineering and Applied Science.
M.B.A., Management of Science, Technology, and Innovation Programs, and Systems Theory and Cybernetics, 1993, The George Washington University, School of Business and Public Management.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Dr. Raied Salman
Department: CIS
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Faculty Overview

Name: Dr. Wayne Smith
Department: BUS
Description: Dr. Smith is one of our esteemed members of our Online Faculty. Dr. Smith obtained his B.A. in Management and M.B.A. in Finance from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene Texas. He is currently working on his D.B.A. in Information Systems from the University of Sarasota in Florida. Aside from his studies, Dr. Smith is a full-time Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Hardin-Simmons University as well as the President of the Wayne Smith Consulting company. He is also a member of the Association of Information Technology Professionals at Abilene, Texas. Dr Smith has also had several papers published covering mostly E-commerce as well as other topics related to the Internet.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Dr. Farid Tashjian
Department: BUS
Description: Professor Tashjian graduated from University of Baghdad, School of Business in 1968. After graduation he worked for the Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) as associate accountant until relocated to Algiers, Algeria to work for the Algerian National Oil Company (SONATRACH).

In 1977 he completed his Masters degree at the Institute of Business Administration in Rennes, France. He defended his PhD thesis in finance in June of 1984 and graduated from University of Rennes, France.

Dr. Tashjian worked for the Saudi Educational Mission in California from 1985 to 1989 and as a financial consultant with Abu Dhabi Investment Authority in New York and Washington, DC from 1990 to2000. In June of 2001 he was appointed as visiting professor at Marymount University, School of Business in Arlington, Virginia to teach Finance classes for graduate and undergraduate students. He also teaches at other institutions in Virginia.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Woodrow Wollesen
Department: BUS
Description: Former Co-Partner, National Law Firm of Wheatley & Wollesen, Watergate Office Bldg, Washington, D.C. Primary trial advocate/appellate counsel/co-head of an existing national law firm representing energy clients in trial/appellate work before state and federal regulatory bodies, Federal district & appellate courts to include the Supreme Court of the United States.

Execunet, Inc (Owner, Founder)see, www.execunetfinancial.com - nationally recognized expert in small business financing, small business & entrepreneurship / Author - First book (Ultimate Financing Guide) ever written covering the entire array of all small business financing options, see www.ultimatefinancingguide.com (Google best to open) (public release projected for 1st Qtr. 2010) - 2006 SBA Financial Services Champion/ Special Maryland Award for contributions to state economy.

National Women’s Business Center, Washington, DC - Executive Officer/Board of Directors/Speaker/Teacher/Trainer (8 years), First man in US to be honored by any nationally recognized women’s organization for personal dedication of time and energies to the cause of women in business and entrepreneurship - NWBC 2005 "Man of the Year".

Education: University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (J.D.) (Law Review) / Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA (B.A.) (Honor Graduate) Military Service: Captain, United States Army (Viet Nam War Years) - 4th Degree, Black Belt, Master of Taekwondo, two time US Champion, national record holder

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Rasoul Ahari
Department: CIS
Description: Professor Rasoul Ahari has over 25 years of Information Technology (IT) related experience along with academic studies and teaching at graduate, undergraduate, and professional level. Worked in different areas of Information Technology (IT) for over 25 years at the capacity of Systems Engineer, Communications Engineer, Systems Analyst, IT Platform Engineer, and IT Architecture Engineer for world’s largest IT corporations. He is currently working as a Senior IT Architecture Engineer on Enterprise Network Environment. Professor Ahari did his MS Information Systems from George Mason University, School of Information Technology and Engineering, Fairfax, VA and currently carrying out Post Graduate studies. His professional degrees also include MS Operations Research (Concentrations in Energy Systems) from the George Washington University, School Of Engineering and Applied Science, Washington DC. Apart from this, Professor Ahari also did some certifications including MCSE, CNE, ASE (Windows and NetWare-Compaq Accredited Systems Engineer), and Thin Client SEU - He received the Adjunct Faculty of the year 2001award for extraordinary support of the students’ academic development and demonstrated devotion to the university beyond the classroom setting, 2001.

 

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Name: Dr. Hussein Ali
Department: CIS
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Name: Vincente’ Alvarez
Department: CIS
Description: Professor Vincente’ Alvarez has 24+ years experience in IT/Engineering Industry. He has also managed multi-million dollar Global IT, SCM, MRP and RUP projects in the Defense, International Telecommunications, and Federal Industry and is currently employed with Sprint Nextel as an IT Project Manager in Information Technology Network Systems.

Professor Alvarez has a vast work experience in the field of IT and has worked for Raytheon 17 yrs (Melpar (Principal Software Engineer), ERA System (Technical Program Manager), E-Systems (Senior Engineer), HRB System (Advance Engineer)), GlobalOne-Equant (Senior Manager -IT Project Manager), FAI (Senior Manager- Software Project Manager) - Dept. Treasury-IRS, PEC Solutions (Principal Project Manager) - USPTO and STS International (Senior Manager - Software and System Engineering) - US-Army. He is very experienced in CMMI, CMM, PMI Certified PMP and IBM Rational Certified Consultant on IBM Rational Unified Process (RUP).

Professor Alvarez obtained his Masters degree in Engineering Science with Computer Design emphasis and Business Administration and Bachelor Science in Industrial Engineering from Pennsylvania State University. Currently he is an Engineering Technology Management part-time graduate student at George Washington University with 24 credits semester.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Dr. Benjamin Beroukhim
Department: CIS
Description: Dr. Benjamin Beroukhim graduated from University of Massachusetts with BS and MS in Computer Systems Engineering. He received his PhD in Computer Science from George Washington University specializing in Databases and information Retrieval Systems.

Dr. Beroukhim began his career as Staff Engineer with IBM Research in Yorktown Heights, NY specializing in Large Information Retrieval Systems. He left IBM research in 1993 and joined AWS Convergence Technologies as Chief Scientist and director of Research. At AWS, he has played a key role in building the largest weather and environmental tracking station network in the world consisting of 8,000 tracking stations in the United States.

Dr. Beroukhim brings 25 years of experience in software engineering and information systems to Stratford University as an adjunct professor. He has taught at George Washington University and Western New England College.

 

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Name: Dr. Godson Chukwama
Department: CIS
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Faculty Overview

Name: Dr. Leon Delchambre
Department: CIS
Description: Professor Leon Delchambre attended the Free University of Brussels (Belgium) where he earned a BS degree in Physics, a BS and MS degree in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (combined degree) and a PhD in Telecommunications and Electronics. He has had a career in communications, mostly in the areas of Space and Defense, being associated successively with the Belgian National Broadcasting Institute, NATO’s SHAPE Technical Center in The Hague, Computer Sciences Corp., The MITRE Corp., TRW, and the Institute for Defense Analyses. After starting and managing his own electronics business for 13 years, he turned to the education field. He comes to Stratford University from ITT Technical Institute in Chantilly, Virginia, where he was the Chair of the School of Electronics and Computer Technology.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Dr. Albert Dominic
Department: CIS
Description: Professor Albert Dominic graduated from Southern University with a BS in Electrical Engineering and MS in Information Systems from Strayer University. He holds a PhD in Advanced Management and Decision Systems/Information Systems Management from Walden University.

Professor Dominic is an accomplished Electrical Engineer. He has worked with several of the Washington D.C. area leading IT companies, including SAIC, EDS, and Northrop Grumman. He has a passion for knowledge management, which is the new frontier in information processing.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Dr. Hussein Fateh
Department: CIS
Description: Hussein Fateh is a professor of Management Science and Information Systems and teaches courses at the graduate level at Stratford University. He has a Master’s Degree in Operations Research from George Washington University and a Ph.D in Information Technology from George Mason University. He has worked as a Senior Consultant for several years and has taught at several universities in the Washington DC area. His research interest is the application of optimization techniques in operations management, finance and networking.

 

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Name: Rashid Haq
Department: CIS
Description: Rashid Haq is a Sr. Software Engineer at Northrop Grumman Corp. Previously Mr. Haq served various State Government and Commercial clients including Marriott International, Affiliated Computer Services, McNeil Pharmaceuticals etc., as Application development and System Engineering resource. He earned his Masters of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University with successful research on Improvement of Quality of Service of video transmission over the DiffServ networks. He is currently associated with ACM (Association for Computing Machinery).

 

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Name: Prem Jadhwani
Department: CIS
Description: Prem Jadhwani (CISSP, CISM) is a Group Product Manager in the Networking & Security Solutions Group at GTSI Corp., a Systems Integrator based in Chantilly, VA. Prem possesses 12+ years experience working in the enterprise IT space with both commercial and Federal customers. He has a strong blend of technology, marketing and management consulting background and has worked with a number of reputable firms, including Motorola, TIBCO Software, SeeBeyond Technology Corporation (acquired by SUN Microsystems), and Infogix Systems Inc. He has a well-rounded product management experience and has a proven track record of successfully taking products from concept to launch. Prem is a prominent speaker at various tradeshows and conferences and has taught numerous graduate-level business and IT courses at various universities. Prem holds a B.S. in Engineering from MS University (India), M.S in Computer Science from Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT, Chicago, IL), MBA (Marketing & Strategy) from Stuart School of Business (IIT, Chicago, IL). He is currently pursuing his PhD in Information Security at George Mason University (Fairfax, VA). Prem holds a number of professional certifications including CISSP, CISM, CCNA, SCSP, SCTA, PMC, and CSE.

 

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Name: Dr. Naren Kodali
Department: CIS
Description: Dr.Naren Kodali has over ten years of experience in teaching at the graduate and doctoral levels in various fields of Information Technology. He is an avid researcher and has many published journals and conference papers in the field of Information Security, Multimedia and Surveillance which are still his current interests.

Dr.Kodali is a member of ACM, IEEE, IFIP and ISACA and NAFSA. He is currently the CTO and Training Principal of NTRAIN Inc and is actively involved in academic/corporate Training at various local universities and industries in both the public and private sector. Dr. Kodali holds a PhD in Information Security and MS in Computer Science, both from George Mason University. In the past Dr. Kodali served as a Project Manager or a Security Architect at American Red Cross, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and Sun Microsystems.

 

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Name: Dr. James McCray
Department: CIS
Description: Professor James McCray brings more than 15 years of university teaching experience to Stratford University. He also served for 15 years with the Department of the Navy , most as a Program Analyst. He has also professionally managed or supervised personnel from 25 different countries in areas of health care administration, business administration, government and academic.

He received his doctorate in Public Management from Nova Southeastern University , a Master of Science in Information Systems from Strayer University, a Master of Business and Public Administration from Southeastern University, and a BS in Management from City University of New York. Dr. McCray was recipient of the Outstanding Faculty Award from Strayer University in 2003.

 

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Name: Thomas Musa
Department: CIS
Description: Professor Thomas M Musa has served Stratford University as an Adjunct professor since 2001. He graduated from St. John’s University in Minnesota with a Bachelor of Science degree and received his Master’s degree in computer security and information assurance from Capitol College, Laurel, Maryland. He has also taken classes from Harvard Extension School.

Professor Thomas is certified as a CISSP, MCSE, CNE, CNA, A+, CCNA and MCP. He worked on IT projects outside the US for a Defense Database, Police Database, Air Force Inventory, immigration database and consulted with Mobil Oil East Africa.

Professor Thomas is a member of IEEE, and Computer Society USA. He received "Instructor of the Year" award at Gibbs College in 2007.

 

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Name: Dr. Jamal Nouh Shajaiah
Department: CIS
Description: Professor Jamal Nouh graduated in 1990 from Western Michigan University with MA and PhD in Graph Theory and Computer Science. He finished his BA in Math at Birzeit University /Jordan. In 1995 he became the vice president of Al-Quds Open University and in1999, he became the executive IT director at the Central Bank/Jordan, leading the IT projects funded by the World Bank and the USAID. He later became the executive IT director for the Banking Service Company at West Bank of Jordan.For the last three years Dr. Nouh has served Stratford University as an adjunct professor. He also is an adjunct at Strayer University.

 

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Name: Dr. Mehdi Rashidian
Department: CIS
Description: Professor Mehdi rashidian graduated from Wichita State University with a BSEE in Electrical Enginerring and Computer Science. He obtained an MS in Electrical Engineering from the George Washington University and a Doctor of science from the George Washington University.

Dr. Rashidian worked for the National Library of medicine at the National Institutes of Health as Communication Engineer and conducted research in Biomedical Engineering. He left to start Microland Inc. While serving as presidant of Microland, he acquired Hi-Tech Corporation, a publicly held corporation specializing in Tempest desing and manufacturing.

Dr. Rashidian has an extensive background in business operations including contract management, administration, and negotiations. Dr. Rashidian has served as member of VAR advisory committee at IBM Corporation. Dr.Rashidian has been teaching Advance Technology and Principles of Modern Management for past 15 years.

 

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Name: Dr. John Solomond
Department: CIS
Description: Dr. John P. Solomond is a local engineering consultant and has been teaching with Stratford since 2007. He is a licensed professional engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and previously taught engineering at The George Washington University and the Defense Systems Management College. At Stratford he has been teaching software Engineering courses, as well as Wireless Telecommunications. In the future he expects to be teaching Voice over IP, and Satellite Communications, as well as the software related courses.

He was previously the Director of the Ada Joint Program Office, within the office of the Secretary of Defense and was instrumental in getting the international Standard, Ada95, published. He has consulted with the Department of Defense in the areas of Battle Command, Software Engineering, and Logistics analysis.

He is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa, with a B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering and received his Ph.D. in engineering from Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.

 

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Name: Hashem Tabrizi
Department: CIS
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Name: Hussein Besharatian
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Name: Wendy Achilles
Department: BUS
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Name: Lin Lu
Department: BUS
Description: Professor Lin Lu is an academic and professional cross-cultural instructor with experiences in business, finance, accounting, international commercial banking operations, retail and online e-commerce. She joined Stratford University with multilingual and fluent communication skills in Mandarin-Chinese and American English. Professor Lu earned her Master of Science Professional Accounting at Strayer University in 2006; and her Bachelor of Finance Accounting at Henan Normal University in Henan Province, China 1999. She is an effective Online course designer using WEBCT, Moodle,and open source technology and has conducted research in the area of accounting interest. She has also conducted Internet e-Commerce Advertising, Retail Sales, Business Accounting Services and Cross-Cultural Small Business Training. She was a Department of Banking and Personal Finance service professional, and the International Department Foreign Exchange Manager, 1993 - 2001 at Bank of China, with 'Employee of the Year' Awards (1998, 1999 and 2000).
 

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Name: Emilia Butu
Department: BUS
Description: Professor Butu has had almost 20 years of experience in education, research, and software design. She is specialized in the development and project management of software and web-based learning applications. She has extensive experience in adult education, using web-based learning systems, educational gaming and simulation techniques. She has been an Assistant Professor at Southeastern University since 2008, the fields of Business Management and Computer Science and Information Systems. Professor Butu is a PhD candidate in Computer Science at George Mason University, and an MBA and an MS in Computer Science from Southeastern University.

 

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Name: Janel Berghauser
Department: BUS
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Name: Lisa Hazell
Department: BUS
Description: Professor Hazell brings business, communication and marketing experience from both public and private sectors. She is an advocate for women in politics and is an active participant in political campaigns. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from George Mason University, a Master of Science Degree, Master of Business Administration and a Graduate Certificate in Public Relations from University of Maryland University College. Professor Hazell also earned a Diploma in Special Events from Stratford University.

 

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Name: Dr. Meena Issar
Department: BUS
Description: Dr Meena Issar has worked as a Consultant and Project Manager at NCR. She received her MBA degree from Carnegie Mellon University at Pittsburgh. She has a Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology. She got Total Quality Management training while at Carnegie Mellon. Dr. Issar has been teaching Finance, Small Business Management and International Management at Strayer University. Her areas of expertise include Financial Management, Investments, International Management as well as International Finance and Banking. Her expertise in Economic Value Added (EVA) financial management system provides her with extensive experience and tools to analyze corporate strategies and risk of capital in today’s environment.

She has provided quality education through online programs by innovating new tools and procedures. She has developed many online courses at Strayer for MBA classes. Dr Issar believes that online education is the future for education in this well-connected world of today. The quality management will guide how we can provide online education effectively. She has been mentoring online professors for quality management for last few years. Her administrative experience includes managing and delivering projects with cross-functional teams at NCR. She also works as a consultant for small to mid size companies for business planning and dealing with tough financial issues. Her work experience includes Retail Industry and a Biotech startup where she helped raise funds from investors and did financial planning.

 

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Name: Tariq Shafi
Department: BUS
Description: Prof Shafi, is one of your newest members to join our faculty. He has had over 30 years of work experience as a Certified and Chartered Accountant in the US and England. He has had accounting, tax, audit and managerial dealings with clients from a wide variety of industries and professions. In 1995 he started his own CPA company in Falls Church, VA. Professor Shafi is a member of the National Society of Tax Professionals, a CPA by the Commonwealth of Virginia Board of Accountancy as well as by the DC Board of Accountancy.

 

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Name: Mark Carter
Department: BUS
Description: Mr. Carter is an accomplished executive and entrepreneur with broad experience in finance, accounting, audit, investigations and internal controls. He has served as a Chief Financial Officer in both large and small companies. He was a founder and Chief Financial and Operations Officer of CoreFacts, LLC, a high technology investigations and litigation support company. He developed and implemented all financial and operational support systems and guided CoreFacts through its sale to a public company.

Prior to his venture with CoreFacts, Mr. Carter spent eleven years with Bell Atlantic Corporation. His tenure at Bell Atlantic began in internal auditing where he eventually headed a group responsible for assessing risks, developing plans, and executing audits of all financial and operational aspects of telephone company operations. Later, as the head of worldwide security, he established programs to investigate and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse and served as a key participant in establishing a corporate ethics and compliance program. Also, selected for a Fellowship for The Brookings Institution, Mr. Carter spent a year as a Legislative Assistant to Congressman Scott Klug, (R, WI) where he oversaw the Congressman's participation in programs for the privatization of government functions and the auditing and financial reorganization of Capitol Hill operations. His other experience includes four years as a Special Agent Accountant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation investigating white collar crime.

Mr. Carter has developed and presented classes on financial fraud and computer forensics; he has testified in federal court both as an accounting expert and as a computer forensics expert; and, he has appeared on the Fox News television show, "Burden of Proof" as an expert in white collar crime. His education includes a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and a Master of Business Administration from Troy University and he is licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in Virginia.

 

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Name: Samuel Garwon
Department: BUS
Description: Professor Samuel A. Garwon is an ABD and is currently writing his dissertation in the School of Business and Organizational Leadership at Argosy University, Washington DC Campus, expected to graduate with concentration in Management and Organizational Leadership. He holds an M.B.A. degree from Strayer University with concentration in Management and a BSC degree in Economics from the University of Liberia. Additionally, Professor Garwon is almost completing another Master degree in Public Administration and Government at Capella University. Professor Garwon currently is an adjunct professor at Bowie State University, Bowie, Maryland where he teaches courses in Economics and Business Administration.Prior to teaching at Bowie State University, Professor Garwon began his teaching career as an teacher's assistant, a researcher in the areas of Business Management and Organizational Leadership at Argosy University, Washington DC, campus.

Dissertation Topic: Linking Corporate Social Responsibilty initiatives to Corporate Financial Performance
Papers in progress:
Samuel A. Garwon - Business Organizations, their role for Corporate Social Responsibility
Samuel A. Garwon - Leadership in Global Multicultural Organizations Passion.

Providing a high level of academic excellence with research skills and leadership in the classroom, within institutions of higher education by combining my experience as a Management Consultant, an entrepreneur, a Professor with extensive Business knowledge and professional experience.

 

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Name:Benjamin Abalos
Department: BUS
Description: Benjamin Abalos started with Stratford University in October 2009. He has been licensed as an attorney and certified public accountant.
After graduating with a bachelor of business administration (BBA) degree from Temple University, he worked in public accounting. After having passed the CPA exam, he went on to Temple University School of Law; where he received his Juris Doctor (JD) degree. After passing the bar examination, he served in various capacities, including service as a judge advocate with the Department of the Navy and in local government taxation.

 

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Name: Dr. Joseph Cox
Department: BUS
Description: Professor Cox's career spans 40 plus years and three career paths. Upon graduation with a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Masters of Science in Business Administration (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1965, 1966 respectively) he entered the U. S. Air Force. During the ensuing 21 years he was stationed in Europe, Asia, and various areas within the United States. Upon retirement in 1987, he began a civilian career as a consultant to the Federal Aviation Administration which was followed by a 10 years as a program manager for Unisys Corporation until his retirement from Unisys in 2008. He has over 15 year's program management experience.

In addition to the aforementioned, he began teaching at San Antonio College in 1968 as an adjunct economics professor. His adjunct teaching continued at University of Maryland University College in the Far East, Europe, and Washington, DC. He has taught graduate and undergraduate Marketing, Economics, Personnel Management, Management, and other business courses at St. Leo College, Golden Gate University, Christopher Newport University, William and Mary, and Capital College.

 

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Name: Andrea Foster
Department: BUS
Description: Professor Foster is a graduate of University of Maryland and holds a Master of Science in Computer Systems Management with a specialization in Information Resources Management and a Master of Science in International Management. A former diplomat, Professor Foster has also worked in information technology, education, the legal field and international development.

Professor Foster frequently consults for several domestic and international companies on IT and business projects. She also consults for several major publishers on textbook development and new educational technology and serves on several focus groups relating to the development of new instructional materials.

Professor Foster teaches in one of three disciplines: international business, information technology and business management. She has taught at both two year and four year colleges. In addition to consulting, Professor Foster also teaches at John Tyler Community College, and Central Texas College. She is currently working on a number of articles for publication in the field of international business and management. She is a member of the Board of Computer CORE and a member of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business.

 

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Name: Dr. Paul Jaikaran
Department: BUS
Description: Professor Paul Jaikaran is currently a Project Manager with Verizon Communications involved with the FiOS project in Virginia. He has been with the communications industry for the past 26 years serving in various positions. He holds a Bachelors degree in Information Systems and a Masters Degree in Communications Technology as well as a Doctorate in Education, majoring in Organizational Leadership with an emphasis on Conflict Resolution.

In addition to his work at Verizon, Professor Jaikaran also works as an adjunct professor at Gibbs College, Strayer University and Nova Southeastern University working with doctoral students completing their thesis.

 

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Name: Barbara Johnson
Department: BUS
Description: Professor Barbara Johnson has been an Adjunct Professor with Stratford University since January 2007 teaching business-related courses. Her previous teaching assignments include working as an Adjunct Professor at the Bryant & Stratton College in Richmond for four years and as a military instructor teaching personnel and finance classes for about eleven years.

Her current full-time position is working for the Federal Government as an Information Technology Specialist--performing mostly portfolio management, information technology governance and enterprise architecture tasks. She is also a retired Army Reservist with over 30 years of federal government service (both military and civil service).

Ms. Johnson has completed a Master of Science in Administration (concentrating in Information Resource Management) from the Central Michigan University in 2004. In addition, she has completed a Bachelor in Business in 1987 (concentrating heavily in Accounting); become a member of the Army Acquisition Corps; and received Acquisition Certification in Information Technology, Project Management, and Logistics Management. Ms. Johnson recently began working on a Master of Science in Accounting program in October 2008 with Liberty University. She is also working on two graduate certificates at the National Defense University in Enterprise Architecture and as a Chief Information Officer; the expected completion date for both programs is by June 2010.

 

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Name: Monica Phillis
Department: BUS
Description: Monica Phillis currently reside in eastern North Carolina with her husband and 2 dogs. A graduate from North Carolina Wesleyan College with a dual BS in Accounting and Business Administration, Prof. Phillis went on to pursue a Masters of Accounting from Devry. She is currently working on obtaining a CPA license in North Carolina.

She began her career as a staff accountant with a fund administrator and quickly realized that she preferred public accounting. She then transitioned to public accounting where she spent several years in personal and corporate tax, performing duties such as tax compliance, personal and corporate tax returns, and performed audits on school systems and not for profit organizations.

While working in public accounting Prof. Phillis decided to pursue a career in academics as well. A few years ago she decided to also pursue a teaching career where she has taught several years of traditional face to face accounting courses, hybrids, and online.

 

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Name: David Samadani-McQuirk
Department: BUS
Description: David Samadani-McQuirk received an MBA and a BS in business and speech communications from the University of Minnesota. He has extensive experience from working level to leadership in accounting, finance, banking and IT. David has worked closely with bankers, fund managers, software providers and compliance officials throughout the US, Europe and the Middle East. He managed investments, cash flow and banking operations, led full life-cycle Oracle implementations and developed training courses and documentation for professional accounting and finance staff.

David currently is a consultant providing financial and IT expertise to various organizations. Also, he teaches business courses at Stratford University. Previously, he was the Deputy Treasurer at the Baha'i World Centre, a large non-government organization headquartered in Israel with over 700 multi-national staff and branches in 170 countries.

 

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Name: Denise Miller
Department: BUS
Description: Professor Denise Miller received [summa cum laude] her BS in Accounting, and MBA in Human Resource Management from Strayer University in Alexandria, Virginia. She has also completed many graduated level accounting courses, and currently studying for her PhD in Applied Management and Decision Sciences with a Specialization in Accounting at Walden University.

Professor Denise Miller worked for the government for 23 years. She began her career in the United States Army and later worked as a lead auditor for a government inspector general agency. As an auditor, Professor Denise Miller was responsible for leading team members to the completion of nationwide complex audits. She has also been an active member of the Institute of Internal Auditors since 2006.

In 2009, Professor Denise Miller decided to pursue a career in her passion, academia teaching. Her love for teaching finds her lecturing in business and accounting courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. She joined Stratford University in March 2009.
 

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Name: Dr. Jimi Peters
Department: BUS
Description: Dr Peters has his college education in the United Kingdom. He earned his Bachelors degree from Hull University and his Masters and Doctorate degrees from King's College, University of London. He has 28 years research and teaching experience. He has published extensively in scholarly journals. He has also published a book and co-edited several others.

 

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Name: Stephen Rafe
Department: BUS
Description: Stephen C. Rafe holds a B.S. degree in business from Monmouth University, an M.S. degree in organizational leadership from Marymount University, and has completed approximately 2/3 of his degree requirements for a doctorate in this field from the University of Phoenix. He has served as counsel and coach to numerous organizations in all aspects of behavior-based communication (writing, presenting, interviewing, and non-verbals) for more than 25 years. One of his clients was Johnson & Johnson for the Tylenol crisis. He has been a guest lecturer at more than a dozen universities, a keynote speaker and seminar leader at numerous national and international conferences (including the World Economic Forum (in Davos), and has taught extensively at the graduate and undergraduate levels for various universities. HarperBusiness has published three of his books on communication subjects.

 

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Name: Dr. Chandra Ranade
Department: BUS
Description: Dr. Ranade has a long experience in economic development, project analysis and management, econometrics and planning, and mathematics. He did Master of Statistics (in Econometrics and Planning in 1969) from the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India; Ph.D. from Cornell University in international agricultural development (in 1977); and Master of Arts in Teaching from Johns Hopkins University (in 2005). He has published numerous articles on various topics in international development, mathematical economics and vertically integrated organizations. During his professorship at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad he was involved in teaching courses and doing consultancy in managerial economics, marketing organizations, cooperative organizations and international finance (World Bank).

During his long tenure at the World Bank Dr. Ranade worked on several countries in Sub Saharan Africa, Transition Economies of the Former Soviet Union, Middle East, Nepal, Vietnam and the Philippines. In the World Bank he was involved in preparing, appraising and supervising numerous Bank financed projects, in preparing sector reports and in organizing training programs for trainers and policy makers.

 

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Name: Zia Rawish
Department: BUS
Description: Professor A. Zia Rawish received his BA in economics from Kabul University, Kabul-Afghanistan. He has also completed many undergraduate classes in Accounting, Finance, and Statistics. Since Prof Rawish graduated first not only in his classes but in six departments, he was able to become faculty member at Kabul University. He accepted teaching career partly to avoid military service in Afghanistan not to fight against his own countrymen and partly because of love for teaching and learning.

He taught at Kabul University Economics, Finance, and Mathematics classes for more than 5 years. While teaching there, he completed all course work towards his MA/MBA in National Economic Planning and Business Administration concentrated in Finance.Since the condition of living got worse in Afghanistan, like many other Afghans, he got to flee Afghanistan.

In Peshawar, Pakistan, he worked with the United Nations Demining Head Quarters as a Finance Officer. In July of 1991, Prof Rawish was awarded the Weber Scholarship (formerly known as Fulbright) so he left United Nations to come to the United States to study economics at the University of Missouri in Kansas City where he received his MA in Economics. Since 1995, he has been teaching at Strayer University Economics, Mathematics, and Finance classes. He has been teaching at Stratford University since 2000. Prof Rawish has worked in economics, finance, and investment related fields. He has a consulting business license in Virginia and since 1997 has been researching global financial markets. His research interests consist of investment in foreign currencies and stocks. He is also interested in global poverty reduction or elimination.

 

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Name: Robert Thompson
Department: BUS
Description: Professor Thompson graduated from Bethune-Cookman University in 1998 with a Bachelor's in Political Science. He obtained an MBA in 2004 from the University of Phoenix. He is currently working on his PhD in Public Policy and Public Administration from Walden University. Professor Thompson served in the US Air Force until 1992 when he was Honorably Discharged. Aside from teaching at Stratford and attempting to complete his PhD, Professor Thompson is also the Deputy Chief of the Assessment Service Division for the D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue.

 

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Name: Benjamin Yorke-Arthur
Department: BUS
Description: Benjamin Yorke-Arthur earned a Bachelor in mathematics form the University of Cape Coast: and Master of Science in accounting from Strayer University.

Professor Arthur has extensive experience with both public accounting firms and private companies. He is also co-owner of a small business. He has served as adjunct professor at Nova Community College and teaching assistant to the accounting department at Strayer University.

 

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Name: Dr. Ali Mehrabi
Department: CIS
Description: Dr. Mehrabi has B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees all in Electrical Engineering. He has over 35 years of hands-on industrial electronics design, development, and manufacturing experience including over 25 years of technical management. He also has over 25 years of academic and teaching experience at many major schools across the United States. He teaches in the areas of Electronics, Engineering, Math, Science, Telecommunications, Data Communications, and E-Commerce. He has been teaching at Stratford University since 2003.

 

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Name: Gideon Nwatu
Department: CIS
Description: Professor Nwatu joined the faculty at Stratford University in February 2008. He is a PhD candidate at Walden University in Applied Management and Decision Sciences (AMDS) - a mix of Management, Information Technology, Network Security, e-commerce, and Decision Science. Professor Nwatu earned his MBA in Management and Accounting from University of District of Columbia and BS in Business Administration from West Virginia University. He is also certified in several Microsoft Technologies.

Professor Nwatu has over fifteen years of combined experience in business and information technology. He has worked in various professional/technical capabilities at The Analysis Corporation (TAC), Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), DynCorp, and Validity, a Division of Titan Corporation. Currently, Professor Nwatu is a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer at Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems. Furthermore, he is a Professor in the Computer Information Systems Department of Strayer University since August 2000.

 

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Name: Monochehr Amiri
Department: CIS
Description: Currently Professor Wilmot N. Adekoya holding Master of Science, in Communication Technology, and Bachelor of Science in Computer Networking, is working as Adjunct Professor in School of Information technology Stratford University, teaching Microsoft ® Window 2003 Server design, Network infrastructure, develop test procedures, implement and manage a Windows Server 2003 network. Teaches introduction to Network Security, Introduction to Data Communication and Advance Data Communication. Other courses include Wireless Network, Fixed Wireless Network design and Implementation, Cisco Network Devices troubleshooting, E-Commerce, E-Business and assist in open house activities. Assessments, computer security incidents and other computer security related issues. Working knowledge of Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Firewalls, Public Key Encryption (PKE), TCP, and Ethereal.

Professor Wilmot Adekoya has progressively worked in governmental agencies as a Senior Project Engineer (DRS Technical Services) Contractor (Pentagon, DOD) and DRS/Radian Inc. (Pentagon Force Protection Agency, PFPA in charge of designing security systems within the pentagon, National Capital Region Buildings, and High Profile presidential Appointees’ offices, and Residences. Implements Intrusion Detection System and Access Control Systems for 24x7 protection across the broad. Provides designs for Sensitive Compartmental Information Facility (SCIF) to completion.

He is very dedicated and knowledgeable in Computer Information System area and very popular among students Shool of Information Technology is proud of having Mr. Wilmot as a faculty members.

 

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Name: Wilmot Adekoya
Department: CIS
Description: Russ Brown received his BFA in Communication Arts & Design from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1979. He is currently pursuing his master’s degree in Graphic Design from Savannah College of Art and Design. He has worked for 25 years in the graphic design field. Mr. Brown was the art director for ExxonMobil’s Domestic Racing Program (NASCAR) and handled many of Mobil 1’s marketing efforts. He has been teaching for six years, while continuing to work as a freelance designer.

 

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Name: Russ Brown
Department: CIS
Description: Tony DeCarlo is a Senior Designer and owner of DeCarlo Studios. His studio creates digital and print media to communicate the message of business and connect them with clients. Currently, Tony is an Adobe Certified Instructor in Photoshop and teaches digital design at Stratford University. In his 5 years as an instructor he has taught over 1,500 students. He graduated from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh in 1987 and is a 21 year veteran of the visual communications field.

 

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Name: Tony DeCarlo
Department: CIS
Description: Tony DeCarlo is a Senior Designer and owner of DeCarlo Studios. His studio creates digital and print media to communicate the message of business and connect them with clients. Currently, Tony is an Adobe Certified Instructor in Photoshop and teaches digital design at Stratford University. In his 5 years as an instructor he has taught over 1,500 students. He graduated from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh in 1987 and is a 21 year veteran of the visual communications field.

 

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Name: Mohammad Espahrom
Department: CIS
Description: Mohammad Espahrom studied computer and management information systems in Washington DC, where he received his Master degree in MIS in 1990.

From 1990 till 2001, he engaged in training and teaching computer network courses in different schools and he appointed as director of education in a computer networking company called Netinterlink. He also worked in Georgetown University as an Operating Systems Analyst dealing with doctors databases and assisted as a network administrator for doctor referral services.

From 2001-2003 he worked as an active network security faculty at ECPI college.

In January 2004, he joined the School of Information Technology at Stratford University as Lead Faculty and Student Advisor.

He manages faculty and academic affairs at the Woodbridge Campus. He has also established multiple student clubs such as the Information Technology Club, Certification Club, and Sports Club.

He created a newsletter for IT Students which is published quarterly. He conducted many presentations in IT Club meetings.

Furthermore he teaches computer information systems, and network security management courses in Windows Environment in associate and bachelor level. He has 20 years experience in teaching and training in the computer field. Mohammad Espahrom can be reached by email: mespahrom@stratford.edu or by phone 703-897-1982.

 

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Name: Jeff Fiore
Department: CIS
Description: Jeff Fiore graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design with a Master’s Degree in Interactive Design and Game Development. He also has a Degree in Design Graphics and Computer Animation from East Tennessee State University. Through training and work experience, Mr. Fiore has acquired a vast knowledge in the disciplines of web design, interactive medias, and motion graphics. He brings fresh, inventive thinking and superb creativity to his work.

 

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Name: Joshua Kollin
Department: CIS
Description: Joshua Kollin joined Stratford University in August, 2007. He has been an instructor at several other colleges over the past 7 year, teaching web design, graphic design, layout, and interactive media.

Prior to becoming a teacher, Josh worked for several consulting firms as a web/graphic designer/programmer/manager, and for government branches like The Federal Highway Administration and Indian Health Services. Later, he was an UI Developer and Human Factors designer for a (then) rising "dot com" called Spaceworks.

In college, Josh worked on film/commercial productions at the College of Santa Fe, trained in classical animation at University of Central Florida (UCF), and interned at Maryland Public Television’s (MPT), on the show "Motorweek". During his time in Orlando at UCF, he was a Walt Disney World cast member at EPCOT’s world showcase. During his tenure, he was part of the Animation Celebration test program and International Media Relations department.

 

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Name: Sam Kasraian
Department: CIS
Description: Professor Sam Kasraian, teaching computer courses in School of Information Technology at Stratford University since year 2001, has master degree in Electrical Engineering and has been selected as Faculty of the Year in 2005. Mr Kasraian is expert in his field of hardware and operating systems architecture. He has 16 years experience in instructing computer network courses and consistently he has captured student’s attention due to his dedication and enthusiasm teaching style.

 

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Name: Richard Lanier
Department: CIS
Description: Since 1976, Richard Lanier has earned his living as a professional photographer. His experience includes eleven years as a corporate staff photographer, lab technician and graphic arts photographer. In 1982 he started his own photography business. He has produced marketing and communications photography for companies, including Xerox, Sprint, Marriott, Lockheed Martin and EDS. Mr. Lanier has a BFA degree in Visual Communications with a concentration in Web Design from American Intercontinental University, and an AAS degree in Photography/Studio Specialization from Northern Virginia Community College. He has also attended The Winona School of Professional Photography and participated in workshops with prominent professional photographers.

Mr. Lanier is the lead faculty for the Digital Design Department at Stratford University where he also teaches photography and design classes.

Richard Lanier can be reached at 703-734-5321 or by email at rlanier@stratford.edu.

 

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Name: Thomas Musa
Department: CIS
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Name: Randall Pope
Department: CIS
Description: Randy Pope has 19 years of experience in the design industry. Pope has worked as an art director with a small publishing firm and as a senior designer/art director at two local design studios. He has been involved with directing, creating and producing a variety of magazines, high-end corporate collateral, logos and identity, annual reports, print and online marketing materials and web sites. Randy has many years of experience working with all major design software packages for print and web. Since 2006, he has been an adjunct instructor at Stratford University, where he teaches Adobe Flash and Photoshop.

 

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Name: Errol Alexander
Department: HOS
Description: Errol Alexander Jr is currently Director of Human Resources for the Sheraton National hotel in Arlington Va. Errol has 17 years of hotel experience working in brands such as Hilton, Hyatt, Starwood and, Choice hotels. Errol has been Director of Human Resources the past 13 years and previously worked in various operational positions beginning in Room Service.

Errol has 19 years of human resource and benefits experience also having worked at the Travelers Insurance at their home office in Hartford Ct. Errol is certified as a Senior Professional Human Resources (SPHR) and a member of the Society Human Resource Management.

Errol received his Bachelors Degree in Political Science from Rutgers College Rutgers University and recived a Masters Degree in Human Resource Management from Marymount University. He is currently in a Doctoral program at Virginia Tech pursuing a PHD in Human Resource Development.

He is married to Maria and has three children (Amari, Chloe and Errol III).

 

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Name: Keith Brophy
Department: HOS
Description: Originally from the Finger Lakes region of New York, Keith began his appreciation and understanding of the hospitality industry over 15 years ago, as a dishwasher at the local country club. Since then he has compiled a diverse background in food and beverage management, catering and banquet services, and hotel operations, gaining most of his experience while living in New Orleans. He is a graduate the University of New Orleans, where he earned both a MBA degree and MS in Hospitality and Tourism. Currently working for Kimpton Hotels, in the field of customer relationship and loyalty marketing, Keith lives in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife, two daughters and dog.

 

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Name: Joe Cacciola
Department: CUL
Description: Joe, a native of New England, was influenced by his Mother, Father, and various Italian Aunts and Uncles, to have a deep appreciation of great food. He spent much of his youth cooking for friends and family alike. Joe attended Johnson and Wales University in Providence RI. He graduated in 1993 Magna cum Laude, and was a member of the silver key honor society. After graduating school he worked his way from Sous Chef to Head Chef at Clearwaters Restaurant in Connecticut. After Clearwaters, Joe joined Hay Day Markets/Balducci’s in Westport CT as the Executive Chef, After spending some time in that position, Joe was promoted to Store Manager. He made his way down to Virginia in 2002 and moved to the corporate side of the company, where he became the company Purchasing Agent. Joe has been at Stratford University since January of 2007.

Joe lives in Virginia with his wife Julie, and daughter Nina. He still likes to spend time cooking for friends and family. Joe also studies ancient and medieval history when time permits.

 

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Name: Gordon Carlson
Department: CUL
Description: Chef Carlson is originally from Chicago. He graduated From Kendall College Culinary School with an AAS degree in Culinary arts in June of 1988 and was Valedictorian of his class. He has over 30 years experience in professional kitchens. In Chicago, he was instrumental in opening restaurants for Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises: Gino’s East of Chicago, Scoozi, Umbria (occasionally being sent to The Everest Room), and Coppi. In Virginia; The Inn at Little Washington, opened the restaurant at Prince Michel Vineyard, the Silver Thatch Inn, and helped develop the culinary course at Piedmont Community College. He has been teaching at Stratford University 5 years.

 

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Name: Valisha Chitnis
Department: CUL
Description: Chef Chitnis is originally from India. She graduated from Bombay University (Mumbai University) with a degree in Accounting and Economics. She found her passion for cooking and attending Iowa State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Hotel, Restaurant & Institution Management. She also attended New York Culinary located in New York. She has worked on both coasts; Chutnays in LA, California, Pierce & Dunhill in New York, and Trumpets Jazz Club in Montclair, New Jersey. Chef Chitnis fell in love with teaching culinary and has worked at Kansas State University, Iowa State University and Iowa State Memorial Union. Prior to coming to Stratford University, she worked at Compass group for 8 months. We have been fortunate to have her as part of the Stratford Culinary Instructor team for the pass 5 years.

 

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Name: Jeremy Corn
Department: CUL
Description: Jeremy Corn was born and raised in Austin, Texas where he lived until his graduation from high school. Over the following years he lived in Kentucky, New Mexico and Tennessee before finally settling in Colorado in 1997. He attended culinary school at the Art Institute of Colorado, where he graduated with honors in the Fall of 1999. He finished his Bachelor of Arts in English at the Metropolitan State College of Denver in the Winter of 2004, then enrolled in the Business School at the University of Colorado in 2005. He finished his MBA in the Summer of 2006 after an intensive 11-month program of study that focused on management, leadership and entrepreneurship. Jeremy and his family relocated to Alexandria, Virginia in the summer of 2007 and he joined the faculty at Stratford University that fall.

Jeremy has worn many hats during his restaurant career. His kitchen experience includes working as a dishwasher, prep cook, line cook and sous chef. The vast majority of Jeremy’s experience, though, is in the dining room. He has been a busser, host, bar back, food runner, server, bartender, sommelier, bar manager and dining room manager. He has worked in many different types of establishments, from casual dining chain operations to chef-owned fine dining restaurants.

In addition to these experiences Jeremy has been a food writer and photographer, a field operative and communications consultant for state-level elections in Colorado, a writer and producer for a documentary film production company, a copywriter in ecommerce, an instructor of cooking technique and wine knowledge, and an award winning writer of poetry and plays.

Jeremy is a Certified Culinarian by the American Culinary Federation. He is a Certified Wine Sommelier, Chef of Wine Arts and Cellar Master by the International Wine Guild. He studied foie gras production and preparation at l’Ecole Hôtelière du Périgord, management technique at the University of Glasgow, and wine production of the Bordeaux region at the Ecole du Vin.

 

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Name: Carla Skornik
Department: HOS
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Name: Charleen Huebner
Department: CUL
Description: Chef Charleen Huebner is originally from Smithtown, New York. She graduated from Long Island University at C.P. Post with a B.A. in Foreign Language. In 1993 she earned an A.O.S. degree in Culinary Arts from the Culinary Institute of America and returned the same year to obtain a degree in Baking and Pastry. Upon graduation she went to work for the Frenchman’s Reef Hotel in St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. After returning to the States, Chef Huebner moved to Washington D.C. where she worked for Didier Schoner at Café/Patisserie Didier in Georgetown. In 1995 she went to work for the Ritz Carlton at Pentagon City, working various positions from Garde Manger to Pastry for 6 years. Then, Chef Huebner became the Executive Chef at Splendid Fare Catering Company. She joined forces with her classmate Chef James Sinopoli in a joint venture called Chef of the Hill, a boutique caterer/personal chef business. She is a member of Women for Women International, an organization that helps women survivors of war move from crisis and poverty to self-sufficiency. Chef Huebner has been with Stratford University for the past 4 years.

 

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Name: Rahman Harper
Department: HOS
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Name: Richard King C.E.C., C.C.E.
Department: CUL
Description: Chef Richard King began his career as an art historian, with a Fulbright Fellowship at the University of Cologne in Germany, followed by M.A. and M.Phil. degrees at Columbia University. After two years of post-graduate study in Paris on a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, he taught art history for four years at Rutgers University as an Assistant Professor. In 1983 he returned to Paris to take cooking classes at LaVarenne and Cordon Bleu schools and, at the same time, he apprenticed with Master Chef Pierre Vedel at the restaurant Chez Pierre Vedel.

In 1988 he was graduated from the Philadelphia Restaurant School where he also apprenticed with Chef Jean-Francois Taquet, who had been a student of the world-renowned Chef Freddy Girardet of Crissier, Switzerland.

After restaurant cooking positions with Chef Jeff Tunks at the River Club and Chef Rick Steffan at 1789, Chef King became Executive Chef of Washington Parties Catering Company, where he remained for almost four years. As Executive Chef he supervised numerous major events in the Washington area, including President Bill Clinton’s 1994 birthday party in Oxon Hill, Maryland.

Chef King took a full-time teaching position at Stratford University in the fall of 1996.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Ruth K. Lee CHE
Department: HOS
Description: Ruth Lee graduated from Widener University located in Chester, PA with top honors in her class of 1995. While studying at the university, Ruth started making contacts with industry leaders through memberships in various on campus clubs. Upon graduation, Ruth took a management trainee position with the award winning Four Seasons Hotel in downtown Philadelphia’s Center City. There, she started her career in hotel operations starting at the front desk and left as the Concierge Manager. With a promotion, Ruth headed to beautiful island of Maui (where her family is from). She was the Assistant Manager for the Housekeeping Department at the Four Seasons Wailea Resort. Ruth quickly proved herself and within three years became the Resort Assistant Manager. In charge of all daily operations of the resort including personally handing vacations for stars like Oprah Winfrey, John Travolta, and Eddie Murphy.

Four years ago, Ruth returned to the East Coast. She worked for Congressional Country located in Potomac, Maryland. This elite private golf country club has hosted events like US Senior Open, US Open and recently the Booz Allen Open. Ruth was the Assistant Clubhouse Manager before The historic Mayflower Renaissance Hotel in downtown Washington D.C. recruited her to help manager the $25 million room renovation.

Ruth recently joined the Stratford team full time three years ago and completed her Certified Hospitality Educator’s Certification in 2007.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Susannah Lee
Department: CUL
Description: Chef Susannah Lee graduated from Clark University in Worcester, MA with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology in 1993. After several years of working in the admissions office at NYU School of Medicine, she made the decision to follow her passion for cooking and baking and enrolled at the Academy of Culinary Arts in Mays Landing, NJ in January 2002. She graduated with top honors and earned her Baking and Pastry Certificate in December of 2005. Chef Lee’s experience has been centered on upscale restaurants along the New Jersey shoreline. Chef Lee has been with Stratford University since December of 2006.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Dwannal McGahee
Department: HOS
Description: McGahee spent 16 years working in the hospitality industry, starting entry-level as a bellman and quickly progressing up the ranks to become a Director of Human Resources. A native of Alabama, McGahee received his Bachelor of Science degree in Public Relations from Florida A&M University and his Master of Arts degree in Human Resource Management from Marymount University. He has been affiliated with Fairfax County Public Schools for the past 5 years where he teaches hospitality management, marketing and sports and entertainment marketing.

McGahee is a member of the American Hotel and Lodging Association, Virginia Association of Marketing Educators and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. McGahee is the father of one son Lamar and is the owner of an on-line travel business.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Brian Miller
Department: HOS
Description: Brian has been with Stratford since the fall semester of 2007. He teaches various courses within our Hospitality Management program. Brian began his career in the travel and tourism industry with Pan Am World Airways. Shortly after leaving Pan Am, he began his career with Marriott International within the Front Office of the Dulles Marriott Suites. As a 17 year Marriott leader he has been fortunate to work at diverse types of units in various positions of escalating responsibility. Brian has also worked at the Marco Island Marriott Beach Resort, Golf Club and Spa; Gaithersburg Marriott Washingtonian Center, Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor at Camden Yards; and Dulles Airport Marriott; Dulles Suites Marriott; and the Tysons Corner Marriott. He has held many different positions during his tenure from Director of Room Operations, Director of Event Planning and Operations, to his current role as Business Analyst at the corporate headquarters.

Brian is magna cum laude graduate from Northern Virginia Community College with an Associate Degree in Liberal Arts. He has also graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Old Dominion University. Not stopping there, Brian is currently pursuing his MBA with an anticipated completion date of spring 2010. Brian is active within the local community. He is a current soccer coach within the Ashburn Soccer Club and prior to that with the Sterling Youth Soccer Association.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: James Sinopoli C.E.P.C.
Department: CUL
Description: At an early age it was clear that James Sinopoli was destined to be a chef. As one of seven children who shared household chores, he was the unanimous choice to feed the family come dinner time. Chef James Sinopoli followed his passion serving as apprentice, sous chef and eventually head chef in restaurants, country clubs and private businesses through his late teens and early twenties.

Chef Sinopoli graduated with an A.O.S in Baking and Pastry from the Culinary Institute of America with Honors in 1994. His subsequent experience varies from serving as Chef in prestigious hotels, boutique chocolate shops as well as a castle in Ireland. He owns and operates a high-end catering company on Capitol Hill.

For several years Chef Sinopoli served foreign heads-of-state and US Government officials at The Blair House in Washington DC. The Blair House is home to visitors of The White House.

Chef Sinopoli has been a culinary educator for more than 10 years. He spent six years as Chef Instructor at the Baltimore International Culinary College in Baltimore, Maryland, where he ultimately became the Director of the School of Culinary Arts. In 2000, Chef Sinopoli earned his Certified Executive Pastry Chef certification through the American Culinary Federation. He has been a Chef Instructor at Stratford University in Falls Church, Virginia since 2002. His students rave about his passion, experience and occasionally quirky teaching methods. He is a dedicated innovator, mentor and culinary artist.

Chef Sinopoli often volunteers his services to important causes. He is a regular guest at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington DC, where he has decorated cookies with young patients for special visitors such as Queen Elizabeth II and First Lady Laura Bush. He has cooked for injured war veterans at Walter Reed as well as taking up other causes like our environment. He can be seen frequently marching on Capitol Hill (where he calls home) for one reason or another!

 

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Name: Mitchell Watford C.E.C., C.C.E.
Department: CUL
Description: Chef Mitchell Watford’s background includes apprenticing under American Regional celebrity chef and cookbook author Marcel Desaulnier at The Trellis Restaurant, Williamsburg, Virginia. Chef Watford gained Classical French cooking skills while working for French Master Chef Jean Campagne of Le Bergerie in Alexandria, Virginia and The Bleu Rock Inn, Washington Virginia. Additional culinary experience includes opening Restaurant Chef for The Potomac Grille and Banquet Chef, Lansdowne Resort, Leesburg, Virginia. Chef Watford has also partnered his own restaurant, The Old Post Office, Edisto Island, South Carolina, specializing in Low-Country Cuisine. Chef Watford attended Johnson and Wales University and The University of South Carolina School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism. Chef Watford has been with Stratford University for the past 11 years and recently promoted to Program Coordinator.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Cindy Williams CHE
Department: HOS
Description: Cindy Williams began teaching with Stratford University’s Hospitality Program in November 1995. Cindy brings to Stratford over 15 years of practical experience in the Hotel industry, and held a variety of positions such as, Sales Manager, Director of Sales & Marketing, Director of Training, Director of Human Resources, and Vice President of Corporate Services responsible for Human Resources, Training and Development, Payroll, and Management Information Systems for one of the top 100 Hotel Companies in the United States. She was responsible for 22 hotel properties with over 2,000 employees!

In 2002, Cindy left the campus classroom and pioneered Stratford’s Distance Learning Program, as Faculty and Administrator. She now teaches online in Stratford’s Distance Learning Hospitality Program. Cindy, a vivacious and energetic public speaker and facilitator, has extensive experience in teaching and industry training and development, she’s brought that to the online learning environment. She has the ability to take any topic and make it fun and interesting and more importantly her students can apply what they learn. Her graduates are the proof holding hospitality positions with top companies such as The Palm Restaurants, Ritz Carlton Hotels, Four Seasons Hotels, Hyatt Hotels and others! Cindy teaches with real life experience and examples, not just textbook knowledge. Cindy sincerely cares about each and every student, and the student’s success is proof of that individualized instruction they receive. Cindy’s passion for Hospitality and her students is why she’s an asset to Stratford. Cindy holds a Bachelor’s degree in Hospitality Management and was awarded a Faculty designation by the American Hotel and Lodging Association’s Educational Institute.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Dr. Tadesse Alemayehu Addisu
Department: MED
Description: Dr. Tadesse Alemayehu Addisu started his academic career at Gondar College of Medical Sciences, later becoming a general practitioner with internal medicine, OBGYN, pediatric, public health administration and surgery experience.

He worked as an Assistant Professor at a prosthetic and orthotic training and rehabilitation center and founded a bone and soft tissue tumor registry unit, the first of its kind for research purposes. Dr. Addisu has also worked with the International Red Cross organizing orthopedic trauma units.

Dr. Addisu is a certified Assiut/SICOT fellow and won the CAC scholarship from the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons in 2003. He is also an annual participant in the Orthopedic Pathology Review at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.

 

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Name: Dr. Hamida R. Hussein, M.D, M.B.CH.B
Department: MED
Description: Hamida Rathe Hussein is the acting Dean of Health Sciences at Stratford University. Formerly, she worked as the Director of the Medical Assisting Program and has taught more than 10 different medical courses. Dr. Hamida graduated from Basra University School of Medicine in 2000 and she has seven years of experience as a physician. She has also worked in several hospitals and clinics as a general practitioner and has internal medicine, general surgery, OBGYN, Pediatrics, ENT, Ophthalmology, Psychiatry, Dermatology and Emergency experience.

 

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Name: Nikki Handy, M.S., B.S., CPhT (VA)
Department: MED
Description: Ms. Nikki Handy received her M.S. degree in Organic Chemistry from Howard University under the mentorship of Dr. Oladapo Bakare. She earned her B.S. degree in Chemistry from Howard University in 1994. She has nine years experience as a Pharmacy Technician where she is certified in the state of Virginia.

Ms. Handy joined the Stratford University School of Health Sciences as an Adjunct Professor in 2009.

 

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Name: Dr. Francis Nuwah.MD
Department: MED
Description: Dr. Francis Nuwah graduated from Crimea State Medical University before working as a faculty member in the surgical department of Connaught Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Dr. Nuwah also worked as the Medical Coordinator for the Sierra Leone Red Cross Society and the International Federation of the Red Cross in Sierra Leone. He has published peer-reviewed articles and volunteers at the Washington Hospital Center.

Dr. Nuwah is the lead faculty member of the Health Sciences Department at Stratford University's Woodbridge Campus.

 

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Name: Yared Wondmikun Endailalu M.D., PhD, IFME
Department: MED
Description: Dr. Endailalu received his M.D. from Addis Ababa University. He earned his Ph.D. in human Physiology under Dr. Med Habil G. Asmussen from the University of Leipzig, Germany and completed his International Fellowship in Medical Education (IFME) under Dr. Rick Vari at the University of North Dakota.

He began his academic career at the Gondar College of Medical Sciences in 1995 where he was promoted to physiology professor. Dr. Endailalu served as Dean of the medical school from 2001-2004. His primary research interests are micro-nutrition, HIV/AIDS, and academic medicine. He has published more than 35 peer-reviewed articles and he is the editorial advisor for the Ethiopian Journal of Health and Biomedical Sciences and the Horn of Africa Journal of AIDS.

Dr. Endailalu joined the Stratford University School of Health Sciences in 2008, focusing his teaching methods on patho-physiology, anatomy and medical language.

 

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Name: Mohammed Sabour Nakbeen
Department: MED
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Name: Ahmed Nassr
Department: MED
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Name: Raynell Fletcher-Hebron
Department: MED
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Department: MED
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Name:Terri Crudup
Department: MED
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Name:Erkeny Abliz
Department: MED
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Name:Absro Solomon
Department: MED
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Name: Tony Richardson
Department: MED
Description: Tony Richardson is the Assistant Laboratory Director for Stratford University’s Allied Health Department, Mr. Richardson’s degrees include a Bachelors degree of Business Administration with a Health Care Management Concentration from American Intercontinental University and an Associates Degree in Allied Health Science from the Community College of the Air Force. Mr. Richardson gained his clinical and Healthcare adminstrative knowledge and skills during eleven years of military service in the United States Air Force Medical Corps. He has served as the Medical Assisting Program Director for Sanford Brown Institute and as Director of Allied Health Programs for Sanz School.

 

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Name: Erkany Abliz
Department: MAT/SCI
Description: Teaching experience: Science/math instruction since 1997. BS in Pysics, Xinjiang Normal University
M.A in Physics, City College of New York
PhD in Biomedical Engineering, Expected Graduation date: July, 2010;
Research area: Investigations on novel strategies in activating photodynamic agents for cancer treatment

 

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Name: Dr. Chance Ates
Department:GENED
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Name: Nancy Cawood
Department: SCI & HUM
Description: Mrs. Cawood joined Stratford University as a part-time faculty member in 2004. She currently serves as tutoring liaison for Stratford; she also enjoys teaching General Science, Microbiology, and other science courses at the university. She also has a private tutoring practice that serves special needs students.

Nancy P. Cawood earned her B.S. in Zoology from Ohio University, and her Master’s Degree in Radiation Biology from the University of Tennessee. She has participated in human genetics research at University of Tennessee Research Center, taught and done course development for Northern Virginia Community College, and taught in the Fairfax County public school system. She as taken numerous post-graduate education courses at University of Virginia and has earned professional certifications in special education, science, math, and biology.

 

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Name: Dr. Margarita Colon
Department: GENED
Description: Dr Margarita Colon possesses a Ph.D. in clinical Psychology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico. She graduated with a GPA of 3.92 after completing her dissertation: The Prevalence of Specific Psychiatric Disorders in a Sample of Veterans with a History of Substance Abuse, and a one-year internship at the VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System, an APA-accredited internship. Her primary research interest has been the study of dually diagnosed population and cultural diversity issues. She has been involved in Clinical Research since 2003. On September 2008 she joined the Center of Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans as a Post-Doctoral Fellow. She has also been involved in community mental health crisis unit team, forensic team, and inpatient acute psychiatry for adolescents, adults, and geriatric unit. She is currently part of the Arlington County Forensic Team where she performs as Bilingual Therapist II for the Drinking in Public Diversion Program. She joined Stratford University School of Business on January 4, 2010 as a social science professor. She is current teaching Psychology 320 Human Growth and Development and hopes to continue to teach and contribute to the new generation of professionals that trusted our University with their education. In a personal note she is a mother and a grandmother of two beautiful girls to whom she dedicates her work and her quality of time. In her free time she enjoys reading, writing, and cooking.
 

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Name: Mary Ellen Cooper
Department: PSY
Description: Dr. Cooper has a BA in Music, BA in Psychology, MA in Counseling, MBA in Leadership Development and PhD in Human Services with a specialization in Counseling. Dr. Cooper teaches online courses at Stratford University. She has herself earned her MBA from Brenau Online University and understands the needs of the online learner. Dr. Cooper has been teaching at the college level since 1993. Her first published inspirational novel "The Greeter" debuted in April, 2005. Paula Deen, the famous Southern cook, did the foreward!
 

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Name: Dr. Mark Dreisonstok
Department: HUM/ENG
Description: Mark Dreisonstok holds a Ph.D. degree from Georgetown University, an M.A. from the University of Freiburg, Germany, and a B.A. from Eckerd College, Saint Petersburg, Florida. Prior to becoming the lead instructor in English and Humanities at Stratford University, Dr. Dreisonstok taught courses at Georgetown University, George Washington University, George Mason University, and Marymount University. His teaching positions abroad have included instruction at language institutes in Japan and Hong Kong. In addition to his role as professor, Dr. Dreisonstok has served as a language translator for Dutch and German, translating everything from current export licenses to medieval medical books. His articles have appeared in Monatshefte, The Scottish Rite Journal, and Annapolis Outlook.

Dr. Dreisonstok is currently co-editing a book of essays on the Heliand, a medieval epic poem. He is also in the process of publishing his dissertation research comparing Beowulf and the Heliand. Courses he teaches for Stratford University include College Composition, Advanced Composition and Research, the American Experience, World Literature, Understanding World Cultures, and Principles of Ethics.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Roz Fuller
Department: WB
Description: Roz Fuller received her Master’s of Counseling and Personnel Services at the University of Maryland Asian Division on Okinawa, Japan, in 1991. From 1985 through 1999 she worked as a crisis and academic counselor for the Department of Defense Education Activity on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. She is responsible for developing the personal counseling model for Department of Defense Schools overseas. Since returning to the United States she worked for four years at SEED Public Charter School in Washington, DC as Director of Student Services. She currently serves as the Director of Housing and Family Services with Community of Hope in Washington, DC.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Dr. Sharron Guillett
Department:PSY
Description: Dr. Guillett's career in health care spans over 35 years. During this time she has held numerous leadership positions in acute care ambulatory care, academic, association and research settings. Her experience includes teaching in hospitals and universities, directing care delivery programs, managing research grant programs, delivering direct health care and conducting and evaluating research in the area of policy and advocacy for persons with disabilities. She is the author of an award winning textbook, has published in numerous books and peer reviewed journals and presented to a wide variety of audiences across the United States. She is active in community and nursing organizations including Easter Seals, American Nurses Association, and Sigma Theta Tau.
 

Faculty Overview

Name: Ali Hootkany
Department:MAT
Description: Professor Hootkany has been an instructor at Stratford since 2004. His educational background includes a Bachelor's in Materials Engineering from the University of Kentucky as well as a Biosystems Agricultural Engineering from the University of Kentucky as well. Prof Hootkany has also been a Research / Teaching Assistant at the University of Kentucky, the Environmental Protection Cabinet for the State Government of Kentucky, and at ICE & T in New Mexico.
 

Faculty Overview

Name: Hasan Karaburk
Department:MAT
Description: Prof Karaburk received his Bachelor's of Science in Chemistry in 1993 from the Middle East Technical University, located in Ankara, Turkey. In 2002 he received his Master's in Business Administration at the Virginia International University where he also holds the position of Vice President for University Affairs. He has been an employee of the VIU since 1999. Prof Karaburk has had about 10 years of experience in the field of Higher Education.
 

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Name: Hamid Keshavarznia
Department:MAT
Description: Prof Keshavarznia has been a professor with Stratford since 1983. His strengths are in the fields of Computers and Mathematics. Prof Keshavarznia has a Bachelor's in Physics from Concordia University in Montreal, a Master's degree in Computer Information Technology from Strayer and a second Master's in Mechanical Engineering from Universite Leval in Quebec City. Prof Keshavarznia also has a PhD (A.B.D.) in Mechanical Engineering from McGill University in Montreal. He has had extensive work experience with computer hardware, software, operating systems, and with LAN and WAN networks.
 

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Name: Roblyn Lewter
Department: PSY
Description: Roblyn P. Lewter holds a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology from Bowie State University, and a dual Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and Mass Communications (with a specialty in Addictions Treatment) from Virginia Commonwealth University. She also holds certifications as a Substance Abuse Clinician and as a Rehabilitation Service Provider.

Ms. Lewter brings a unique and diverse background in the areas of Psychology, Human Service, Program Management, Marketing and Operations/Business Development to Stratford University. She has over 10 years of counseling experience, with expertise in strategic planning, transformational change, training, marketing, treating substance abuse, workforce development, women’s issues, and child and family therapy. Ms. Lewter is also highly skilled in the federal government contracting arena, where she has developed programs and proposals, negotiated contracts, managed projects, and provided fiscal management. Ms. Lewter has authored and co-authored numerous technical reports and professional papers, and has served as a motivational speaker at many conferences.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Dr. Mary Pringle
Department: ENG & HUM
Description: Dr Mary Pringle earned a bachelor of arts degree in French from the University of Manitoba, and a master of arts in linguistics and Ph.D. in English literature from the University of North Dakota. The typical lifelong learner, she will finish a Master of Science degree in instructional design and technology from UND in August 2007. Dr Pringle joined Stratford University as a part-time faculty member in October of 2005. She has 20 years of experience as a writer, editor, and educator, more recently specializing in online learning. In additions to teaching in Stratford’s online program, she is an instructional designer for Athabasca University. Teaching for Stratford helps her in stay touch with the needs of online learners.

 

Faculty Overview

Name: Eve Speer
Department: HUM
Description: Eve Speer is an adjunct professor at Stratford University. She holds a Master of Letters and a Master of Fine Arts in Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature in Performance, with an emphasis in acting, from Mary Baldwin College. She studied Theatre and Media Arts at Brigham Young University. Her Master of Letters research dealt specifically with audience interaction in Shakespearian plays and, more broadly, the relationship between the player and the hearer in Renaissance dramatic literature. She currently serves on the Humanities Board of Virginia’s Junebug Center, and continues to work as an actor, director, and producer for various regional theatre companies.