Alan R. Dennis

Teaching

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I began teaching in 1984 as a Lecturer at the Queen's University School of Business in Dunning Hall (now the Smith School of Business, across the street). I spent three years at Queen's, before starting my PhD at the University of Arizona. I spent nine years in the Terry College of Busines at the Universiy of Georgia before moving to IU in 2000. 

Over the years, I've taught more than 7,000 students. I've taught a variety of courses such as introduction to information systems, computer networking, systems analysis and design, project management, and programming. I've had the pleasure of mentoring more than 60 PhD students in their research and have chaired 16 dissertations. I've won 10 teaching awards.

I currently teach at all three levels. At the undergraduate level, I teach S305 Network Infrastructure. At the Masters level, I teach the IT Architecture module in the MSIS core. At the PhD level, I have taught the Kelley school course on how to teach that is required of all Kelley PhD students, as well as research courses on collaboration technology, and theory development.

I've written four textbooks, three of which are still in print. One is the leading textbook on computer networking and infrastructure. The other two are on systems analysis and design (one using structured methods and one using UML).

I am part of a start-up that publishes educational games to improve student learning. One of our games is designed to teach business analytics. Another game teaches cybersecurity.

Dunning Hall at Queen's University

Brooks Hall at The University of Georgia

Hodge Hall at Indiana University