Shannon W. Beasley
Campus Address
Professional Sciences Center Office 308
100 college Station Dr.
Macon, Ga. 31206
(478) 757-2582
shannon.beasley@mga.edu
EDUCATION
Northcentral University, Prescott Valley, Arizona
Doctoral Student (2010 – present; completed all but dissertation for Doctor of Philosophy in
Business Administration; projected graduation in 2014/15)
Dissertation: Adoption and diffusion of technology in technical education
Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, Georgia
Master of Management Information Systems, 2005
GPA: 4.0/4.0
Georgia College, Milledgeville, Georgia
Bachelor of Science, Biology, 1993
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Middle Georgia State College, Macon, Georgia
Assistant Professor, School of Information Technology (2012 – present), full time
Central Georgia Technical College, Macon, Georgia
Program Chair / Instructor, Computer Information Systems Department (2002-2012), full time
Central Georgia Technical College, Macon, Georgia
Adjunct Instructor, Computer Information Systems Department (2001-2002), part time
CERTIFICATIONS
• Comptia A+,
• Comptia Network+
• Comptia Server+
• Comptia Linux+
• Microsoft MCSE (Windows Server 2000)
HONORS / AWARDS
Best pedagogical paper award for submitting to International Association of Information
Systems 2013 Annual conference - Low-cost, holistic approach to active learning in information
technology by Beasley and Floyd.
SERVICE ACTIVITIES
• Sponsor / Advisor for MGSC’s Association of Information Technology Students club.
• Assist local church (Pleasant Hill Baptist Church) in resolving networking issues and
software maintenance.
• Begin a student project to create software for local elementary school students. An initial
pod of 5 students were used to develop a framework that will extend into a project
serving the county.
• Expanded the PSC 250 networking lab by adding three routers to implement site-to-site
simulation and demonstrate hierarchical network design.
PUBLICATIONS / PRESENTATIONS
• Present IP addressing seminar – 4 part sequence lasting 8 hours for students
• Present router configuration and infrastructure security workshop for students - 4 part
sequence lasting 8 hours for students
• Low-cost, holistic approach to active learning in information technology. By Shannon
Beasley and Kevin Floyd.
• Stakeholder involvement in projects supporting K-12 systems: does leadership matter?
By Kirill Yurov, Shannon Beasley, and Myungae Kwak.
• An initial study of educational game applications supporting the STEM education in K-12
systems. By Kirill Yurov, Shannon Beasley, Kevin Floyd, and Myungae Kwak.
• The evolution of a networking lab to support undergraduate networking and information
assurance curriculum in a baccalaureate degree program: a case study. By Shannon
Beasley and Kevin Floyd.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
• Participating and completing classes in security and computer forensics through Daytona
State College: classes included Linux and Computer Forensics.
• Doctoral classes at Northcentral University completing dissertation and degree.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Adoption and diffusion of technology
• Active learning – software development
• Transformational leadership
• Low-cost information technology solutions