BOONE—Dawn Medlin has been named chairperson of the Department of Computer Information Systems in Appalachian State University’s Walker College of Business. She had served as interim chair of the department since July 2007.

“Dawn Medlin has done an excellent job as interim chair in the Department of Computer Information Systems,” said Dr. Randy Edwards, dean of the Walker College of Business. “I am confident that she will continue to do an excellent job as chair in that department.”

An associate professor in the department, Medlin has an Ed.D. from Virginia Tech and a master’s and bachelor’s degree from Appalachian.

She has worked at Appalachian since 1988, first as a lecturer in the Walker College of Business, then as director of multimedia services, assistant professor and associate professor in the Department of Computer and Information Systems.

Medlin’s teaching, research, and consulting activities have primarily been in the areas of security, health care information systems, Web page development and design, and the interaction between computers and people.

She has published her research in journals such as the Journal of Computer Information Systems, International Journal of Information Security and Privacy, Journal of Information Technology Research and Journal of Information Privacy and Security, as well as other national and international publications.

Medlin has served on the college’s undergraduate curriculum committee, assessment committee and honors advisory committee.

###