Saeed Esmaili Sardari appointed Associate Dean in the Heavin School

Saeed Esmaili Sardari, PhD, was appointed associate dean in the Heavin School of Arts, Sciences, and Technology. In this position, Esmaili Sardari is responsible for organizing, planning and coordinating curriculum development, recruitment, retention, strategy development, along with research and development (R&D) activities for the School. He is charged with leading and directing the development, implementation, continuous improvement and academic review of undergraduate and graduate degree programs and certificates in cybersecurity, computer science and related programs. He also works as a liaison with other Schools, programs, coordinators and administrative offices to facilitate the goals and objectives of the Heavin School.

Esmaili Sardari joined the University from Harrisburg University of Science and Technology in Harrisburg, Pa., where he served as program director for the Information Systems and Information Technology Program as well as an associate professor and program lead for the Computer and Information Sciences Program, the most popular undergraduate program at the university. Earlier in his career, he served as an operations research analyst with Amarex Clinical Research LLC. and, prior to that position, he was a teaching/research assistant at the University of Maryland, College Park, Md.

Esmaili Sardari earned a PhD, MS and BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park.

she served as a nursing and health professions professor at various colleges and universities in eastern Pennsylvania.

Wittmann-Price earned her BSN degree from Felician College in Lodi, N.J., and a MS degree with a specialty in perinatal clinical nursing from Columbia University, N.Y. She completed her PhD in Nursing Science at Widener University, Chester, Pa., with a dissertation that earned her the Dean’s Award for Excellence. She possesses Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS), Clinical Nurse Educator (CNE), Certified Academic Clinical Nurse Educator (CNEcl), Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE), Academy of Nursing Education Fellows (ANEF) and Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN) credentials. She is an editor, co-editor or chapter contributor of more than 70 publications, articles and refereed presentations, and has provided numerous conference keynotes and podium presentations nationally.