Computer Science Faculty & Staff
The Computer Science faculty members are dedicated to providing quality education for our students. We care about each of our students on an individual basis, providing a personalized education for every individual in our department.
Our faculty lead by example and have a diverse set of interests and skill sets. The full-time faculty members have broad experience in Computer Science with specialties from algorithm design and analysis, networking, compiler design, cryptography and computer security, database and information systems, robotics and artificial intelligence.
Computer Science Faculty
Sara Atwood, Ph.D.
Dean of the School of Engineering and Computer Science
Professor of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering, Biomaterials
Office: Esbenshade 285
Phone: 717-361-1434
Email: atwoods@etown.edu
Dr. Sara Atwood earned her B.A. and M.S. in Engineering Sciences from Dartmouth College and her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. She is committed to helping students use their engineering and computing skills to solve real-world problems, build meaningful careers, and make a difference in their communities. As dean, Dr. Atwood champions hands-on learning, mastery-based approaches, and a vision of technical education that connects people, systems, and society.
Atwood has been recognized as a thought-leader in mastery-based engineering pedagogy, co-authoring a book chapter in the Mechanical Engineering Education Handbook and giving workshops at a variety of institutions and conferences. Atwood has been highly engaged in the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) throughout her career and is the recipient of the Mara Washburn Early Engineering Educator Grant from the Women in Engineering Division as well as co-authoring the Best Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Paper in 2018. She has also won multiple awards at Elizabethtown College including the Center for Civic and Community Engagement Faculty Award.
Atwood serves as an ABET program evaluator, has published in the Journal of Engineering Education, and has received over $2 million in engineering education funding from the NSF including her current project exploring the impact of internship experiences on the engineering identity of first-generation low-income engineering students.
Thomas R. Leap, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Office: Esbenshade 284A
Phone: 717-361-1299
Email: leap@etown.edu
- Ph.D., Computer Science, Lehigh University
- M.S., Computer Science, Lehigh University
- B.S., Physics, Elizabethtown College
Peilong Li, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Office: Esbenshade 284B
Phone: 717-361-4761
Email: lip@etown.edu
- Ph.D., Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell
- B.S., Electrical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology
Nancy Reddig
Assistant Teaching Professor of Information Systems
Office: Esbenshade 284C
Phone: 717-361-1316
Email: reddign@etown.edu
- M.S., Computer Science, Penn State
- B.A., Mathematics, Bryan College
- Software Developer
Jingwen (Jessica) Wang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Office: Esbenshade 284D
Phone: 717-361-4760
Email: wangjingwen@etown.edu
- Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell
- M.S., Computer Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell
- B.S., Computer Science, Tianjin University of Science and Technology (Tianjin, China)
Joseph T. Wunderlich, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Engineering and Computer Science
Architectural Studies Minor Program Director
Office: Esbenshade 284E
Phone: 717-361-1295
Email: wunderjt@etown.edu
- Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Delaware
- M.Eng., Engineering Science/Computer Design, Penn State University
- B.S., Architectural Engineering, University of Texas
Computer Science Staff
Jennifer McFadden
Administrative Assistant for The School of Engineering and Computer Science
Office: Esbenshade 287
Phone: 717-361-1392
Email: mcfaddenj@etown.edu
Stephanie Zegers
Assistant Director for The School of ECS/STEM Relationship Development
Office: Esbenshade 161D
Phone: 717-361-4744
Email: zegerss@etown.edu
