Jean French - Coastal Carolina University
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Jean French

Professor, Computing Sciences and Department Chair

Contact Jean French
843-234-3430 jennis@coastal.edu

Penny Hall (PENN) Room 232

 

Student/Office Hours 

See syllabus.

Biography

Before transitioning full-time to academia, Jean French held multiple positions in the information systems & technology field including web manager for the University. French is highly-trained in assessment is an ABET IDEAL Scholar and an ABET-CAC program evaluator for both information systems and information technology.  She is a member of Upsilon Pi Epsilon, the academic honor society of the Association for Computer Machinery. 

Current Appointments

Professor, Computing Sciences, Coastal Carolina University: 2018 to present
Department Chair, Computing Sciences, Coastal Carolina University: 2018 to present                               

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Information Systems, 2011, Nova Southeastern University
Graduate Certificate, Information Assurance: Administration, Nova Southeastern University
M.B.A, 2000, University of Massachusetts/Boston
B.S. in Environmental Geosciences, 1995, Boston College

Teaching/Research Interests

Assessment, women in STEM, multimedia, web systems, affective information retrieval