John C. Wiginton, Ph.D.
Instructor - Information Technology
Phone: 941-359-4258
Fax: 941-359-4489
Office: Viking 107
Email:
wiginton@sar.usf.edu
Dr. John Wiginton is an Instructor of Information Technology at the University
of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee. Dr. Wiginton joined the Information
Technology Department at USF Sarasota-Manatee in 2002, and has since been a
driving force behind improving and enhancing the IT program. Dr. Wiginton has
been responsible for revising the entire curriculum, focusing it on important
contemporary issues in Information Technology. Over the past several years,
responding to current market and industry needs, the program has been further
expanded to include Baccalaureate Specializations and Certificates in
Information Security as well as Web Design and Implementation. (more...)Other
Specializations are currently under development.
Since joining USF, Dr. Wiginton has also taught courses for the College of
Business Administration and the College of Engineering at USF.
Dr. Wiginton is Professor Emeritus of Industrial Engineering from Lehigh
University in Bethlehem, Pa. During his tenure at Lehigh University, Dr.
Wiginton implemented a completely revised curriculum in Industrial Systems for
both the undergraduate (B.S.) and graduate programs (M.S. and Ph.D) in
Industrial Engineering. In support of those programs, he created a series of
laboratories that offered state-of-the-art computing facilities for teaching and
research in the Industrial Engineering Department. He was assisted in this
effort by substantial financial support from both alumni and corporations. Dr.
Wiginton also supervised the research of many graduate students at both the
Masters and Doctoral level, while obtaining funding in excess of $500,000 in
support of that research.
Previously, Dr. Wiginton was an Associate Professor of Finance (and MIS) in the
School of Business at Queen’s University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada, where he
taught in both the undergraduate and MBA programs. During that same time period,
Dr. Wiginton co-authored two texts on Economic Theory of Finance (G. David
Quirin and John C. Wiginton, Analyzing Capital Expenditures: Private and Public
Perspectives) and Financial Management (Edwin H. Neave, Financial Management:
Theory and Strategies). In addition to his contributions in the Finance area,
Dr. Wiginton created and taught the first courses in MIS at both the
undergraduate and graduate levels.
Further, in recognition of his interests in matters relating to computing and
computers systems, Dr. Wiginton was cross-appointed to the Department of
Computing and Information Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences. His
major contributions there were in the supervision of graduate research, and in
the creation of a Transitional Program to assist students with baccalaureate
degrees in other disciplines to enter the M.Sc. Program in Computing Science.
This program was instrumental in maintaining and growing the enrollments in that
graduate program, and it continues to operate to this day.
Dr. Wiginton is a graduate of the University of British Columbia with
both a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Chemical Engineering and an MBA. He
subsequently completed both Masters and Doctoral degrees in Economics and
Statistics at the Graduate School of Industrial Administration (now the Tepper
School of Management) at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Dr. Wiginton’s current research interests include software tools for Web 2.0
development, advanced concepts in Database Systems, Web Services, and Service-
Oriented Architectures.(hide...)
Curriculum Vitae
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Teaching
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Courses for Summer 2012
Ref # 57399 COP 2030 Sec: 522
Programming Concepts I, 100% online
Courses meet Summer C: May 14 - July 20
Courses for Spring 2012
Ref # 26443
CGS 3847 Sec: 591 e-Commerce II M 6:00pm-8:50pm 100%
Online
Ref # 26589
CGS 3850 Sec: 591 Web Development: JavaScript, R 6:00pm-8:50pm 100%
Online
Ref # 26551
CIS 4932 Sec: 521 Intermediate Web Design (HTML5) Info 100% Online
Courses for Fall 2011
All Classes 100% Online via Elluminate
Ref # 91930
CGS 4855 Sec: 591 Intermediate Web
Development
Ref # 91783
COP 3931 Sec: 521 Programming Concepts
II
Ref # 87665
COP 4834 Sec: 591 Data-Driven Web Sites
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