One of the primary reasons Penn State is recognized around the globe as a distinguished university is the sterling caliber of its faculty. As a World Campus student, you will enjoy the opportunity to learn from the same instructors who teach traditional face-to-face classes on Penn State's 24 campuses across Pennsylvania.

Brian Cameron, PhD

Brian Cameron is professor of practice and director of the Enterprise Architecture (EA) Initiative in the College of IST at Penn State. Cameron received both his doctorate and MBA in finance and management information systems from Penn State, and his bachelor's in computer science from Shippensburg University. Through his academic work, he has consulted with a wide portfolio of organizations, including AT&T Wireless, Oracle, U.S. Marine Corps, The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, and many others, in areas ranging from systems integration projects to enterprise architecture planning and design.

His primary research and consulting interests include enterprise architecture, enterprise systems integration, information management and storage, and the use of simulations and gaming in education. The main focus areas for his teaching efforts are on senior-level capstone enterprise integration, enterprise architecture, and information technology consulting and storage architecture courses.

Dr. Cameron is currently developing new curricular materials for enterprise integration through funding from National Science Foundation (NSF), including a textbook to be published by Wiley & Sons, Inc. He has also designed and taught executive education sessions for senior IT executives on topics such as service-oriented architecture (SOA), business process management (BPM), strategic alignment of IT and business strategies, IT governance, and IT portfolio management.

Shawn Clark, PhD

Dr. Shawn Clark is a professor of practice in Penn State's College of Information Sciences and Technology and serves as executive director of the college's Institute for Global Prescience. He teaches courses in enterprise architecture, systems design and development, IT project management, professional services theory and practice, business process management, and global prescience. Clark’s research focuses on anticipatory socio-technical clue detection engines, enterprise process architecture visualization and alignment, and sensemaking via functional hierarchies. Clark has consulted with organizations such as IBM, Ford Motor Company, U.S. Marine Corps, Chubb Insurance, Providence Gas, Brooklyn Union, and others. He has also worked as an executive education professional at Penn State, providing training on the alignment of IT and business strategies and architectures.

Rosalie J. Ocker, PhD

Rosalie J. Ocker is a professor of practice in the College of IST at Penn State. She received her doctorate from Rutgers University in management and information systems. Prior to academia, Dr. Ocker was a consultant at Arthur Anderson (now Accenture) and a business analyst at Morgan Stanley, Inc. Dr. Ocker's teaching interests include analysis and design, information and organizations, strategic alignment, computer-mediated communication, and teaming across distances.

Her research interests include globally distributed teams and group creativity and innovation. Most recently her research has been centered on the impacts of geographic, temporal, and cultural distance on partially distributed teams. Supported by research grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), she is conducting studies of global student teams collaborating on requirements determination. Dr. Ocker's research focuses on both technical and socio-emotional enhancers of and inhibitors to the effectiveness of distributed teams.

Dr. Ocker was the recipient of the George McMurtry Excellence in Teaching and Learning Award for 2007–08 academic year.

Alan R. Peslak, PhD

Alan R. Peslak, associate professor of IST at Penn State Worthington Scranton, joined the faculty in 2001 after 25 years of diverse manufacturing and service industry experience. He received his doctorate in information systems from Nova Southeastern University in Florida. Dr. Peslak's research areas include social, ethical, and economic IT issues, enterprise resource planning, information privacy, and information technology pedagogy.

Dr. Peslak has published articles in the Communications of the AC; Information Resources Management Journal; Journal of Business Ethics; Journal of Computer Information Systems; Journal of Information Systems Education; Team Performance Management; Industrial Management & Data Systems; Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations; Information Research; and First Monday. He also serves on the editorial boards of numerous journals. Dr. Peslak currently serves as executive vice president for the Education Special Interest Group of the Association of Information Technology Professionals (EDSIG-AITP).