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Charles Kelliher

Faculty Member	Champlain College 365体育官网
Pronouns	He/Him/His
Education	Brandeis University, Master of Science; Bentley University, Bachelor of Science in Computer; Bentley University, Bachelor of Science
Areas of Expertise	Cybersecurity IT Project Management SysAdmin & Business Process Improvement
Connect 365体育官网	LinkedIn

Biography

Charles is an IT specialist with experience ranging from Cybersecurity, 365体育官网 Instructor, Project Management, IT Auditing, Business Process Improvement, Service Management, System Administration, Systems Analyst, and Programming. The scope of this experience includes Distributed Systems, Midrange, and Mainframe technologies. Professional strengths include:

• Managing the development, implementation, and updating of security policies, standards, and procedures.
• Providing leadership in the areas of IT Security expertise and experience including Internet Access points, Remote Access Security, Host Based Intrusion Prevention Systems, Wireless Security, Encryption, Virus protection, and Vulnerabilities.
• Conducting Risk and Vulnerability assessments to ensure the company’s security framework remains in compliance with applicable regulations and guidelines including PCI, SOX, HIPPA, COBIT, and personal information privacy regulations.
• Interfacing and collaborating with team members, all levels of management, various IT departments, business units, and vendors to design and deliver cost effective IT security solutions that are aligned with business objectives and customer needs.
• Providing IT Security consulting, in a clear and concise format, to both technical and non-technical personnel.

Competencies

PCI Data Security Guidelines, ISO 27001 & 27002/17799, SOX, HIPPA, HITRUST, States Privacy Regulations, Encryption, Computer Forensics, IDS, IPS, Firewalls, Two Factor Authentication, COBIT, BPM, ITIL, Traditional Waterfall and Agile Project Methodologies, Use Cases, User Stories, JAD, SDLC, Mercury Quality Center, Archer eGRC, ??HP Demand Management, HP Project and Portfolio Management Center, PMBOK, WBS, Summit-D, Prince 2, MS Project, SQL, UNIX, RACF, CA-Top Secret, AS400, Citrix MetaFrame, and Microsoft Office

Recommended Reading, Listening & Viewing

• Never Eat Alone, And the Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time, by Keith Ferrazzi and Tahl Raz
• Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions, by John P. Kotter and Holger Rathgeber
• The Leadership Lessons of the U.S. Navy SEALS by Jeff Cannon and Jon Cannon

Favorite Quote

“When One Door Closes Another Opens.”

—Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone

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Michael Kelly

Faculty Member	Core Division  General Education  Integrative Professional Studies Degree  Office of Academic Affairs
Pronouns	He/Him/His
Education	University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Doctor of Philosophy; University of Nebraska at Omaha, Master of Arts; University of Iowa, Bachelor of Arts
Areas of Expertise	Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning Rhetoric of Institutions Sport and Society
Contact	Aiken 209 Email Me

Biography

Mike Kelly is Rhetoric professor turned Interdisciplinary Studies expert whose classroom teaching style aims to serve as a bastion of respectful inquiry and relationship-building amidst a global backdrop of bad-faith discursive practices and people being otherwise horrible to one another. As a Lyman Professor award-winner in 2022-23, Mike is a lead faculty in Champlain’s Degree Design Lab and teaches an assortment of courses in the Core Division as well.

While the subject matter of Mike’s courses range from horror movies to the rhetoric of professionalism, they all offer students a variety of academic experiences that sit on the edge of disciplinary boundaries that prepare students to be adaptable thinkers who can move fluidly across a variety of academic and professional contexts.

Outside the classroom, Mike has held a series of leadership positions at Champlain, including Faculty Senate President, academic program review committee chair and NECHE accreditation specialist. He lives in South 365体育官网 with his wife Jamie, three teenage sons and two rescue mutts.

Distinctions & Awards

2022 Edward Phelps Lyman Professor, Champlain College, $5000
2017 Perry Innovation Fellow, Champlain College, $5000

Recommended Reading, Listening & Viewing

• The Wire – This show works because it forces the viewer to understand Baltimore’s civic problems as inherently interconnected. People who appreciate this show tend to do well in my courses because they are able to see how pieces of an interdisciplinary puzzle fit together.
• The National – this band’s songs illustrate the unique complications of what it means to be human in original ways.

Curriculum Vitae

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Mariam Khader

Faculty Member	Digital Forensics Degree  Leahy Center for Digital Forensics & Cybersecurity
Areas of Expertise	Digital Forensics with specializations in Windows Forensics and Mobile Forensics
Connect 365体育官网	LinkedIn X
Contact	S.D. Ireland Global Center

Biography

Mariam Khader is an Assistant Professor at Champlain College, USA, who is highly recognized for her expertise in Computer Science, IT Security, and Digital Criminology. She has earned her PhD and MSc in the respective fields and is currently a researcher at the Leahy Center, where she focuses on Mobile and Operating System Forensics. Her research has been published in numerous international journals and presented at various conferences. In addition to working as a course author and speaker, Mariam has also worked as a freelance instructor, providing technical instruction to government and private firms as well as other organizations. She has obtained many professional certifications, such as CHFI, ECIH, CCNA, CCME, CCO, CMFF, CCPA, AIM, and OCF. And currently serves as a member of SWGDE.

As a professor at Champlain College, Mariam have embraced the Learning by Doing approach. By assigning students tasks that require students to learn how and why to do the task as they complete it, the tasks become more engaging and memorable, thus helping them develop essential success skills.

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Kathleen Kingsbury

Faculty Member	Champlain College 365体育官网

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Vance Kiviranna

Faculty Member	Graphic Design BA Degree  Graphic Design?& Visual Communication BFA Degree
Pronouns	He/Him/His
Areas of Expertise	Branding, Advertising, Art Direction, Illustration Web/Digital UX and UI Design
Connect 365体育官网	LinkedIn Personal Website
Contact	Communication and Creative Media

Biography

Having taught at Champlain from 2010-2012, Vance returns to Champlain college with 25 years experience in branding, advertising and design. Having worked in various advertising agencies, promotional agencies, small firms, client-side and freelance, he brings a wealth of knowledge in various disciplines of design across a multitude of industries.

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Benjamin Kohler

Faculty Member	Champlain College 365体育官网
Education	University of Vermont, Master of Business Administration; Champlain College, Bachelor of Science

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Leslye Kornegay

Faculty Member	Champlain College 365体育官网
Pronouns	She/Her/Hers
Education	University of Vermont, Doctor of Education; Central Michigan University, Master of Science; Mount Olive College, Bachelor of Business Admin
Areas of Expertise	Business Management Leadership Organization Development
Connect 365体育官网	Personal Website LinkedIn

Biography

Dr. Leslye Kornegay is an inspiring Executive Leader, Educator, and Author who is currently making a significant impact at Duke University as the Executive Director of Facilities Management University Environmental Services. After her tenure at the University of Vermont, she chose Duke to broaden her work in facilities management and services. Her commitment to improving the lives of the university’s service employees, many of whom face challenges, is a true testament to her passion. At Duke, she skillfully manages a $28 million budget, engages in strategic planning, and leads a dedicated team of 300 employees who serve the university community and oversee waste management efforts.

Publications & Abstracts

Leading to Change the World

 

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Nicholas Kornek

Faculty Member	Game Design Degree
Pronouns	He/Him/His
Areas of Expertise	Game Design Game Programming
Connect 365体育官网	LinkedIn Personal Website

Distinctions & Awards

Innovation Award – MIGF 2015, Official Selection – Alt.Ctrl.GDC 2015, Official Selection – TIFF Nuit Blanche 2015, Finalist Best Interactive Experience – NUMIX 2017

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Fred Kosnitsky

Faculty Member	Core Division  General Education
Pronouns	He/Him/His
Areas of Expertise	Ecology, Environmental Science Climate Change, Sustainability

Biography

Fred’s academic background is in the biological/ecological sciences and the environmental studies realm. He has an undergraduate degree in Biology from Williams College, has studied Ecology at the graduate level at Dartmouth College, and has a Masters degree in environmental law and policy from the Environmental Law Center of Vermont Law School.

For the past four decades he has been involved in the environmental arena as a Board member of groups such as Vermont Earth Institute, the Vermont Public Interest Research Group, 350vermont.org, and the Voice of the Potash Brook Watershed. He has written columns on nature and the environment for the Vermont Times, The Other Paper in South 365体育官网, and the Saint Albans Messenger. He is currently a member of the South 365体育官网 Energy Committee. Fred has taught at Community College of Vermont since 1983, and has joined Champlain College as an adjunct in 2023.

Recommended Reading, Listening & Viewing

• Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
• Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
• The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson

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Jalil Laalami Ouali

Faculty Member	Game Business & Publishing Degree  Game Production Management Degree
Pronouns	He/Him/His
Areas of Expertise	Production management AGILE principles

Biography

Jalil has been working in the game industry for over 15 years on three continents. After working on AAA content and coordinating QA teams on massive projects, Jalil went back to smaller teams where he had a stronger influence on company culture and direction. Indie life allowed him to explore AR, VR, playable ads, event installations and his personal favorite: procedural content generation. With a contagious smile and a talent for doing more with less, Jalil is currently coaching emerging indies on production management, Agile principles and happiness at work.

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Michael Lange

Faculty Member	Core Division  General Education
Education	University of Wisconsin-Madison, Doctor of Philosophy; University of Pittsburgh, Bachelor of Arts; University of Wisconsin-Madison, Master of Arts
Areas of Expertise	Interdisciplinarity The Culture of Higher Education Food, Narrative, and Cultural Identity
Contact	Aiken 209

Biography

Michael Lange is an anthropologist and folklorist, specializing in narrative, food, and identity. He has done ethnographic fieldwork in Scotland, Morocco, Norway, the US, and Canada. His books include Norwegian Scots and Many Meanings of Maple.

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Al Larsen

Additional Roles	Professor
Faculty Member	Creative Media Degree  User Experience & Interaction Design Degree
Pronouns	He/Him/His
Education	University at Buffalo, Master of Fine Arts; University of Oregon, Bachelor of Arts
Areas of Expertise	interactive media sonic arts (audio production and performance) mixed media and intermedia artworks
Contact	CCM 402(M) Email Me

Biography

Al Larsen is a media artist and writer whose work engages with ideas of public space and populist uses of media technologies. He works in and across multiple media and processes including programmable technologies, textiles, performance, audio production and printmaking. His work has shown in festivals in the US and internationally and his writing on popular culture, art and performance has appeared in P-Queue, Careless Talk Costs Lives, Plan B and The Squealer. He directs toe Creative Media BFA program at Champlain College.

Distinctions & Awards

Residencies:
– Center for Machine Arts, Peekskill, NY
– 365体育官网 City Arts, 365体育官网, VT
– Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center, Buffalo, NY
– International Artist Exchange Residency, City of Glasgow, Scotland

Favorite Quote

“Find a place you trust and then try trusting it for a while.”

—Corita Kent

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Dean Lawson

Faculty Member	Game Design Degree  Game Programming Degree
Pronouns	He/Him/His
Education	University of Massachusetts Amherst, Master of Education; Union College-New York, Bachelor of Science
Areas of Expertise	Game Programming Game Design
Contact	West Hall Email Me

Biography

Dean Lawson has worked in the Games Industry for nearly 30 years, primarily as a Programmer but also as a Designer, Project Lead, and Director of Programming.

He has worked on 14+ shipped titles, including SimCity Societies, Caesar IV, Majesty, Risk: Global Domination, a number of online board game conversions for Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast, and World of Zoo and Club Penguin: EPF: Herbert’s Revenge on the Nintendo DS for THQ and Disney Interactive, respectively. Throughout his career, Dean has focused on game AI and how it helps shape the player experience.

Dean’s other main passion in games is Game Architecture; how to engineer flexible technical frameworks for games. Dean advises at the EMC at Champlain College, as well as working as a contract programmer for a number of game and educational companies. Dean has been teaching at Champlain College since 2010: he previously taught Game Programming and Design at Savannah College of Art and Design.

Dean Lawson earned a BS in Computer Science from Union College in Schenectady, NY and an M.Ed in Secondary School Mathematics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

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Felipe Lega

Faculty Member	Animation Degree
Pronouns	He/Him/His
Areas of Expertise	VFX, 2D Animation, 3D Animation, Character Design and Sculpting, Character Rigging and CFX Modeling and Texturing, Lighting and Rendering, Video Editing, Color Correction, Short films Teaching, Mentoring, Coaching, Curriculum Development
Connect 365体育官网	LinkedIn Artstation Facebook
Contact	Communication and Creative Media Email Me

Biography

Felipe Lega is the Director of the Animation Program at Champlain College and holds an MFA in Fine Arts with a focus on 3D Animation and Special Effects from Lynn University, USA. Felipe has designed educational models for Champlain College and has taught several classes for the animation and video game programs. He is also currently advising the projection mapping project at the Emergent Media Center, which is being developed in collaboration with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra.

His teaching methodology is based on motivation, self-realization, and compassion. His work with students always involves mentorship, fostering the development of individuals with strong human and professional capacities. The success of his method is attributed to his faith and motivation in his students and in understanding them as individuals to support them in achieving their desired results.

He was an associate professor at UDEM – Universidad de Monterrey, where he developed and taught several classes in the master’s program in video games and the bachelor’s program in 3D animation and visual effects. He also participated in significant academic projects for this institution, such as the Experience 360 “Lamentos Encontrados” project developed in collaboration with Breda University in the Netherlands. Additionally, he served as an advisor for several award-winning thesis projects and short films.

Felipe was involved for approximately four years in the design, production, and creative direction of animated content for various projection mapping shows across Europe. Notable projects include: the HCA Hans Christian Andersen Festival show in Haderslev, Denmark; the Taastrup Library projection mapping show in Denmark; and the Christmas show at the Vilnius Cathedral in Lithuania, among others.

During his industry experience, Felipe has worked as a visual effects artist and 3D animator in different areas of TV post-production and production, including Hasbro toy commercials for Avengers, Spider-Man, and Transformers. He also created special effects for Latin American international series such as Kdabra, Sikis, and Mentes en Shock, and developed 3D animations for Nat Geo and Discovery Channel.

In 2014, he was awarded the YCE (Young Creative Entrepreneur) Award by the British Council in the Broadcasting category, representing his visual effects studio, Entertainment & Visual Arts, at the Edinburgh International Television Festival.

Distinctions & Awards

Rising Star Award – Champlain College, YCE – Young Creative Entrepreneur Award, 2014 British Council.

Favorite Quote

“Imagination is Everything, It is the preview of life’s coming Attractions.” – Albert Einstein

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Kathleen Legg

Faculty Member	Education Degree
Pronouns	She/Her/Hers
Areas of Expertise	Middle School Math Education Elementary Math Education

Biography

After graduating with an Economics degree from Harvard University, Kathleen fell into a career of teaching and has never looked back. Kathleen earned her Masters degree in Curriculum and Instruction in Secondary Mathematics from University of Colorado, Boulder. She’s taught mathematics to children since “93 in Colorado, Vermont, and internationally in London and the Hague. She also teaches science and in 2014 was recognized as VASE Science Teacher of the year.

Kathleen moved from teaching children in the classroom into a K-8 coaching role for Champlain Valley School District. This experience renewed her passion for math education and the importance of making mathematics meaningful and accessible for all learners. Kathleen has a passion for supporting teachers to be the best teachers of mathematics that they can be, regardless of their own mathematical journey.

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