Faculty In Review

Computer Networking & Information Technology Department

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Elise J. Bell

Computer Networking & Information Technology Department

B.A., University of California, Davis

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Janet Ruth Bohan

Computer Networking & Information Technology Department

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Abigail J. Bornstein

Computer Networking & Information Technology Department

Network+, A+, MCAS, MOS, IC3 Certified
M.B.A., California State University - Hayward
B.S., Indiana University.

Professor Bornstein has been teaching at CCSF since 2004.

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Samuel F Bowne

Computer Networking & Information Technology Department

B.S. in Physics, Edinboro University of PA
Ph.D. in Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
Industry Certifications: Microsoft Certified Professional, Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician, Network , Certified Fiber Optic Technician


Professor Bowne has been teaching at CCSF since 2000.

For office hours, detailed information about his classes, and student comments about them, see my Web page: samsclass.info

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Courtney Anthony Brown

Computer Networking & Information Technology Department

B.Sc. Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
M.Sc. Computer Science, Stevens Institute of Technology

Professor Brown has been teaching at CCSF since 2008.

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Carlos M Colom

Computer Networking & Information Technology Department

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Maura J Devlin-Clancy

Computer Networking & Information Technology Department

B.A., San Francisco State University
M.A., Instructional Technologies, San Francisco State University

Professor Devlin-Clancy has been teaching at CCSF since 2006.

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Claudia Ferreira Da Silva

Computer Networking & Information Technology Department

B.A. Electronic Engineering (Computer Science) - CEFET - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
M.A. Adult Learning/Distance Education - University of Phoenix, Walnut Creek

Professor Ferreira Da Silva has been teaching at CCSF since 2007.

She believes that computer skills are part of our daily lives, so her philosophy is based on using daily routines/tasks to teach computer skills - the students will then be able to rapidly connect the concept to their reality.

Professor Ferreira Da Silva has been teaching part-time at City College and Las Positas College. She has also been teaching robotics and intro to computers to K-5 kids in an after school program.
She is part of some online volunteer organizations that help non-profits build and/or maintain their websites. She also works as a consultant to document systems, training employees and/or preparing training materials to be used at companies.

Professor Ferreira Da Silva enjoys reading, exercising (running, biking, hiking) and movies.

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Miao-Chuan Ho

Computer Networking & Information Technology Department

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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William Hong

Computer Networking & Information Technology Department

BA, Math/Statistics, University of California, Berkeley;
MBA, Quantitative Analysis, San Francisco State University

Professor Hong has been teaching at CCSF since Fall 2001, while concurrently taking computer, business, accounting, and other classes. In addition to earning CNIT and business certificates, he has also taken and passed the CompTIA's A+ Certification. He enjoys teaching and being a perpetual student.

Professor Hong believes that effective learning must not only be educational and be of the mind, but it should engage the heart and be enjoyable.

He is an active member of American Management Association (AMA), Association of Government Accountants (AGA), National Assocation of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO).

Professor Hong enjoys computers, photography, traveling, spending quality time with friends and family.

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John W Jones

Computer Networking & Information Technology Department

B.A., San Francisco State University

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Hon-Chung Kwok

Computer Networking & Information Technology Department

B.A., San Francisco State University; M.A., University of California, Davis

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Carmen Lamha

Chair, Computer Networking & Information Technology Department

B.S., Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brazil
M.A., Instructional Technologies, San Francisco State University


Professor Lamha has been teaching at CCSF since 1993. She joined the Computer Industry in 1981.

Department Chair, Computer Networking and Information Technology.
Spring 2009 Academic Senate Executive Council member.
Committees: Teaching, Learning, and Technology Roundtables (TLTR), Diversity, Discrimination and Harassment Prevention Subcommittee.
JSPAC: California Special Populations
NSF Co-PI: IWITTS and MPICT.
Special Assignment: Year Up

Professor Lamha is a Citizen Advisor at the Brazilian Consulate in San Francisco.

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Sufyaan A Mateen

Computer Networking & Information Technology Department

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Stephen R Rubin

Computer Networking & Information Technology Department

B.A.-University of Maryland; M.A.-University of Miami

Teaching at CCSF since: 1980

My instructional philosophy is to communicate concepts as clearly as I can, and to be very responsive and timely to student questions. My instructional goal is to continually improve my course material relevant to the rapidly changing technology.

My interests include writing letters to the editors of various newspapers, playing bridge on the Internet, and watching SF Giants baseball games.

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Darian R Taha

Computer Networking & Information Technology Department

B.A., Menlo College, Atherton, California

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Richard R Taha

Computer Networking & Information Technology Department

B.S., College of Aeronautical Engineering, London; M.B.A., California Western University

Richard R. Taha MBA has over 18 years of experience in the Information Technology (IT) area. Richard is a graduate Aeronautical Engineer from the Chelsea College of Aeronautical Engineering in Chelsea, London, England. Richard has held positions as programmer, systems analyst, project manager, instructor and department manager at various Bay Area and international organizations in Europe and the United States. Richard has been an instructor at several colleges such as University of California, Heald College and the City College of San Francisco. Richard is the author of Focus Made Easy a Fourth Generation and Prototyping language published by Prentice Hall. Richard has co-authored other books. Richard has worked extensively in the IT field for companies such as IBM, Computer Sciences, American Presidents Line, Wells Fargo and FTA Computer Consultants Inc., a provider of IT services and technologies to middle market and international companies. Other than activities related to Information Technology and teaching, Richard is very keenly involved in history and photography. He specializes in the history of the Middle Ages. Richard is currently writing a book about that period. His photographs have been exhibited in California.

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Pierre S Thiry

Computer Networking & Information Technology Department

Ingenieur (Mecanique & Electricite), University of Louvain, Belgium
M.S. Applied Mechanics, University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D. Engineering Science, University of California, Berkeley



Dr. Thiry has been a full-time instructor at CCSF since 1984.

He truly enjoys the challenge offered to him by the City College environment. He began teaching in the Engineering Department and transferred to the CIS Department in 1998. In 2002, he became the first chair of the recently formed Computer Networking and Information Technology (CNIT) Department where he is a full-time Instructor. He is the main contact for the Cisco Regional Networking Academy at CCSF. Since September 2008, he is released 60% of his teaching duty to act as the Principal Investigator of MPICT a 4-year Regional Center funded by the National Science Foundation Advanced Technology Education (NSF-ATE) Division.

Keeping abreast of the new technologies and making them available to CCSF students is a real passion of his.

Dr. Thiry is a member of the CCSF Curriculum and Career Technical Education Committees.
He is the Faculty advisor of the IEEE Student Club and Chapter.

He is co-author of a textbook in Mechanical Machines Theory and has written over thirty articles, mostly pertaining to Bioengineering. He is a registered Mechanical Engineer in California and holds CCNA, CCAI and Network+ Certifications. He has also been Coordinator of Environmental Technology and Director of the Regional Environmental Business and Assistance Center.from 1994 to 1998. He was the PTA president of the Longfellow Middle School in Berkeley in 2004-2005..
He holds membership in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Communications Society.

Dr. Thiry enjoys listening to classical music, and keeping fit by visiting the Berkeley YMCA almost daily, running occasionally a half marathon and riding his bicycle in the East Bay hills.

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Sachin Vasudeva

Computer Networking & Information Technology Department

Biography is unavailable at this time.

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Peter M Wood

Computer Networking & Information Technology Department

B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., Sonoma State University

Prof. Wood has been teaching at CCSF since 1994.

Past advisor to CCSF Linux and Cisco Student Clubs.

Professional & Technical Associations: ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), Usenix (Unix Users Group), SAGE (System Administrators Guild), CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility, and EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation). Professional Certifications: Network , CCNA, CCAI. Community Groups: Buddhist Peace Fellowship, ACLU, Sierra Club, Amnesty International, Oxfam America.

Hobbies and other activities include: hiking, driving long distances, meditating, and helping build a long term meditation retreat center near Portland Oregon.

Office Hours: mostly online, and the hour after face-to-face classes in the classroom. That is usually in Cloud 218 on some Saturdays 4-5 p.m., some Fridays 2-3 p.m., and by arrangement. Email is the best way to reach me to setup a meeting. Meetings by phone or webcam are also possible.

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Hans C Yip

Computer Networking & Information Technology Department

B.S., California State University, Hayward; M.S., Golden Gate University

Biography is unavailable at this time.


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