Information Technology and Administrative Management Department

College of Education and Professional Studies
Shaw-Smyser Hall, Second Floor - IT Management Division, room 223
509-963-2611
Mail Stop 7488
www.cwu.edu/it-management
See website for how this program may be used for educational and career purposes.

Faculty and Staff
Chair
Robert A. Lupton, PhD

Graduate Program Coordinator
Laura Portolese, DBA, administrative management

Professors
Lori A. Braunstein, PhD, information technology
Robert A. Lupton, PhD, retail management and technology

Associate Professors
Chester Claar, PhD, information technology, cybersecurity
Natalie Lupton, PhD, retail management and technology, administrative management
Hideki Takei, DBA, administrative management
Fen Wang, PhD, information technology
Robert Trumpy, EdD, LMHC, LCSW, administrative management

Assistant Professors
Laura Portolese, DBA, administrative management
Terry Alkire, PhD, administrative management, retail management and technology
Martin Bagaya, PhD, information technology, cybersecurity
Julie Bonner, DB, administrative management, information technology
Jaclyn Krause, PhD, information technology
Jackson Muhirwe, PhD, information technology, cybersecurity
Nathan White, PhD, information technology, cybersecurity

Lecturers
Cathy Anderson, PhD, retail management and technology
Andreas Bohman, MS, CISSP, cybersecurity
Elizabeth Fountain, PhD, administrative management
Terry Linkletter, MS, administrative management, information technology
Susan Rivera, PhD, administrative management
Raymond Spencer, PhD, information technology, cybersecurity
Lori Thompson, PhD, administrative management
Angela Unruh, MBA, information technology
Phil Upperman, EdD, administrative management

Staff
Elizabeth Henry, program manager
Ellen Bjorge, communication consultant
Libby Gibson, secretary supervisor
Susie Johnson, program assistant

Programs

• Cybersecurity Management Graduate Certificate
• IT Leadership Graduate Certificate
• IT Management Graduate Certificate

• ITAM MS, Administrative Management Specialization
• ITAM MS, Cybersecurity Management Specialization
• ITAM MS, Information Technology Specialization
• ITAM MS, Structures of Data Analytics for IT Managers Specialization

Courses

• ADMG 501 - ITAM Boot Camp
• ADMG 525 - Global Managerial Communications
• ADMG 531 - Financial Analysis in IT and Administrative Management
• ADMG 545 - Research and Statistical Analysis of Data
• ADMG 571 - Global Administrative Policy
• ADMG 572 - Leadership and Supervision
• ADMG 573 - Global Leadership and Supervision
• ADMG 574 - Global Project Management
• ADMG 590 - Cooperative Education
• ADMG 592 - Practicum
• ADMG 596 - Individual Study
• ADMG 598 - Special Topics
• ADMG 631 - Organizational Development
• ADMG 641 - Innovation and Entrepreneurial Growth
• ADMG 654 - Applied Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
• ADMG 689 - Capstone Written Project
• ADMG 700 - Master’s Thesis, Project Study and/or Examination

• IT 647 - Cybersecurity Fundamentals
• IT 667 - Cybersecurity Risk Management
• IT 677 - Operations and Physical Security
• IT 684 - Approaches to Data Mining for IT Managers
• IT 686 - Approaches to Data Analytics for IT Managers
• IT 688 - Reporting Data and Analytics
• IT 700 - Master’s Thesis, Project Study and/or Examination