Dean Jensen
Dr. Jensen has extensive experience in the design, development, and hosting of web and mobile applications. He first began as an intern in 1996 at the Elmhurst based company Synergistic Networks, Inc., taking a full-time position with the company upon his graduation from Elmhurst College in 2000, eventually ending his time as Vice President for Technology in 2010 when the company was sold. During that time, he was responsible for the management of multiple project teams dedicated to the creation of client-focused web applications, as well as overseeing the operation of the company’s internet data center.
He then transitioned to the Office of Information Services (OIS) at Elmhurst University in 2010 where he first served as a Web Application and Information Specialist tasked with creating internally focused web-based applications to include the first Campus Portal, an online Admission application, a Field Experience Logging Tool for the Education Department, among several others. He also oversaw the School for Professional Studies’ Online Learning Environment (Desire2Learn), and eventually ended his time in OIS as the Director of Infrastructure and Web Applications when he transitioned to the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems as a full-time professional track faculty member in 2017 after having spent 15 years as an adjunct in the Department.
His research has focused on the use of web and mobile technologies to form virtual communities in higher education, starting with his dissertation in 2010 titled “Assessing the Impact of Social Technologies and the Viability of Creating a Virtual Community within the Creative Sectors of Chicago” and most recently in the design and development of the Persist mobile app for Olivet Nazarene University (ONU) which was designed to help online students at ONU develop healthy habits and form virtual connections with their peers through the use of mobile and social technologies.
Dr. Jensen received the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2022.
- ACC 565 Information Systems for Management Decisions
- CGE 303 Computer Game Design
- CGE 477 Computer Game and Entertainment Project Development
- CS 220 Computer Science I
- CS 315 Web Design and Programming
- CS 405 Cryptography
- CS 409 Computer Security and Risk Management
- CS 440 Web Based Applications
- CS 501 Windows Application Programming
- CS 530 Database Systems and Programming
- CS 547 Wide-Area Network Programming
- CS 550 Web Development
- GIS 100 GIS Programming
- GIS 200 Implementing Geodatabases
- IT 212 Computer Fundamentals and Logic
- IT 228 Introduction to Computer Hardware
- IT 312 Fundamentals of Networking
- IT 323 Principles of Internetworking
- MBA 509 IT Project Management
- MDS 523 Data Warehousing