Information Systems Department

Dr. James Whitworth

Associate Professor

Education:

  1. Ph.D. Business Administration(Management Information Systems), University of Memphis, 1999
  2. MSEE, George Washington University, 1967
  3. BSEE, University of Tennessee, 1961
  4. AA, Freed-Hardeman College, 1959

Areas of Specialization:

  1. Management of Information Technology
  2. Project Management for Systems Development
  3. Systems Analysis and Design
  4. Global Information Resource Management
  5. Global IT
  6. Knowledge Management

Biography:

Before joining Georgia Southern University in 1998 as an Assistant Professor in the Information Systems department, I worked for over 35 years in various engineering and engineering management positions with: Atlantic Research Corporation, IBM Corporation, Fairfield Areospace, Systematics, General Corporation, and Communication Satellite Corporation. My last 14 years was with Federal Express Corporation (I retired from FedEx in 1998) where I held several technical and management positions and was involved in telecommunications and information systems development project management. At Georgia Southern I have taught class in systems analysis and design, global information resource management, IT management, IS/IT project managment, and computer concepts and applications.

I have been married for 43 + years, and have 3 children. Although we primarily have lived in the Washington DC, Memphis TN, and Statesboro GA areas, we have traveled a lot. We spent 2 years living in the Netherlands (1976-1978), 2 years in Switzerland (while I worked in saudi Arabia, 1979-1981), and a year in England (1991).

Office Location:

  • CIT Room 3136
  • Office Phone: (912) 681-0895
  • Fax: (912) 486-7751

Personal Homepage

E-mail: jewhitwo@georgiasouthern.edu
Contact Information: Dr. Thomas Case, Interim Information Systems Department Chair
P.O. Box 7998, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460-7998
Office: (912)  486-7440  *  Fax: (912)  486-7751