Dr. J. D. Chase is a Professor in the Department of Information Technology at Radford University. Dr. Chase has served in a variety of capacities within the University including Director of Information Technology, Chair of the Department of Information Technology, Dean of the College of Information Science and Technology, and Dean of the College of Science and Technology. Dr. Chase received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Virginia Tech in 1994 with a specialty in Human-Computer Interaction. Professor Chase's current areas of specialization include Computer Science Education, Cyber-Security Education, Software Engineering, and Human-Computer Interaction. He regularly teaches courses in Data Structures and Analysis of Algorithms as well as Game Development. Professor Chase is an author of multiple textbooks with Addison-Wesley/Pearson Publishing, is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE), Phi Kappa Phi (PKP), Gamma Beta Phi (GBP), and Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK). He is also active in the ACM Special Interest Group for Computer Science Education (SIGCSE).