Faculty & Staff
The Department of Information Systems has 11 faculty and staff with a variety of professional and research experiences.
Dr. Susantha Herath
Department Chair
Professor of Information Systems
Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Centennial Hall 444 – (320) 308-2189
sherath@stcloudstate.edu
http://web.stcloudstate.edu/sherath
Area of Teaching
IS 340 |
Management Information System |
Dr. Jim Chen
Professor of Information Systems
Ph.D. in Management Information Systems
Centennial Hall 367F – (320) 308-4882
jchen@stcloudstate.edu
http://web.stcloudstate.edu/qjchen
Area of Teaching
IS 250 |
Application Development I (VB.NET) |
Dr. Michael D. Ernst
Associate Professor of Information Systems
Ph.D. in Statistical Science
Centennial Hall 310 – (320) 308-2175
mdernst@stcloudstate.edu
http://web.stcloudstate.edu/mdernst
Area of Teaching
IS 242 |
Business Statistics |
Dr. Dennis Guster
Professor of Information Systems
Ed.D. in Education, Research Design/Statistics
Centennial Hall 367C – (320) 308-4961
dcguster@stcloudstate.edu
http://www.bcrl.stcloudstate.edu
Area of Teaching
IS 251 |
JAVA Programming |
Dr. Dien D. Phan
Professor of Information Systems
Ph.D. in Management Information System
Centennial Hall 329 – (320) 308-3890
phan@stcloudstate.edu
http://web.stcloudstate.edu/ddphan
Area of Teaching
IS 340 |
Management Information Systems |
Dr. Paul Safonov
Professor of Information Systems
Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics
Centennial Hall 434 – (320) 308-4990
safonov@stcloudstate.edu
http://web.stcloudstate.edu/pisafonov
Area of Teaching
IS 250 |
Applications Program Development I |
Dr. Mark B. Schmidt
Professor of Information Systems
Interim Director of Center of Academic Excellence
Ph.D. in Business Information Systems
Centennial Hall 311 – (320) 308-4988
mark@stcloudstate.edu
http://web.stcloudstate.edu/mbschmidt
Area of Teaching
IS 340 |
Management Information |
Dr. Changsoo Sohn
Associate Professor of Information Systems
Ph.D. in Management Information Systems
Centennial Hall 334 – (320) 308-4881
csohn@stcloudstate.edu
Area of Teaching
IS 340 |
Management Information Systems |
Dr. Jae H. Song
Professor of Information Systems
Ph.D. in Information and Decision Science
Centennial Hall 367H – (320) 308-3282
jhsong@stcloudstate.edu
Area of Teaching
IS 242 |
Business Statistics |
Dr. Renat A. Sultanov
Associate Professor of Information Systems
Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics & Elementary Particles
Centennial Hall 367B – (320) 308-5756
rasultanov@stcloudstate.edu
http://www.bcrl.stcloudstate.edu
Area of Research
BCRL-HPCL |
Molecular modeling |
Dr. Richard Sundheim
Professor of Information Systems
Ph.D. in Statistics
Centennial Hall 338 – (320) 308-2239
rasundheim@stcloudstate.edu
Area of Teaching
IS 242 |
Business Statistics |














