Dr. Moland has over 10 years of academic experience as both faculty and Chair. Additionally she is a PMP certified Project Manager with over 20 years of extensive software development and project management experience. Project implementations range in staff size from three resources to 23 resources and budgets ranging from $300K to $5M.

 

Education and Background

 

Project Management Professional (PMP)

PhD, Information Systems,Nova Southeastern University

MS, Computer Science, Southern University

BS, Sociology, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

 

Employer History Livingstone College September 2009 - present

Associate Professor/Chair, Computer Information Systems (CIS) Department

Salisbury, NC

 

Teach CIS upper and lower level course to include systems analysis and design, database, senior capstone courses; Academic advisor to CIS majors. Propose curriculum updates and new courses; responsible for SACS compliance, five CIS faculty and 50 CIS majors. Project manager for grant/funding writing teams (STARS Alliance, CISE, HBCU-UP, Xerox Foundation, NCWIT/Microsoft Seed Fund Round 9). Report the annual departmental data (enrollees and graduates) to the Institutional Advancement Office at the close of the academic year. Recruit and identify CIS faculty candidates as necessary and perform annual reviews for five CIS faculty; collaborate across academic divisions and departments as part of grant proposal development and academic curriculum changes.

 

Course/Classroom technologies include Blackboard and Smartboard technology.Courses taught: Project Management, COBOL, Systems Analysis and Design, Database Design and Concepts, Management Information Systems, Senior Capstone Course

 

Awards:General Education Requirements Committee – 2011

Computer Information Systems Curriculum Improvements - 2011

Student Advisor - 2010

 

Student Activities:Faculty Advisor, Livingstone College Chapter of Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA); Chartered Livingstone College BDPA Chapter, 2009

 

Other:Project Manager, CIS Computer Lab responsible for identifying the hardware, software, and sever requirements for a new computer lab. Developed scope and budget ($80K); received scope and budget approval from the VPAA.