No matter where the work of adjunct professor Jami Carroll takes him, his class is rarely far behind.

The students in Carroll's online, graduate-level network security and computer science courses can continue learning as he teaches from a different state or on another continent. Like most of Capitol's adjunct faculty, Carroll works full time, which means his students benefit by learning from a working professional.

“I do enough business travel but it seldom impacts me in my teaching ability,” says Carroll, a security professional for Mitre Corp., who lives in Derry, N.H. “Especially since here in the states, most places give broadband access for free. And I taught from Austria and Germany while on vacation.”

Carroll visited Europe this past winter after being named a speaker at an international conference on artificial intelligence applications. At the conference, Carroll presented how to apply artificial intelligence in the fight against terrorism. The presentation stemmed from a paper he wrote while conducting research toward a doctorate in information systems from Nova Southeastern University.

Carroll says it was only natural for him to research and write about the technology and its applications to homeland defense. Much of what he does during his day job – the one at Mitre – involves classified information.

The challenge of secure and safe systems has been much more than a job – it's a pursuit of passion. That's why soon after retiring from the Navy, he began the Capitol College master of science in network security program. He earned the master's degree in 2003.

With his expertise of the industry and enthusiasm for the subject, Carroll was an obvious choice to add to the college's faculty.

“After two years of retirement from the Navy, I wanted to see what the civilian world does with information assurance,” Carroll says. “A lot of the security work I have done has been more like a hobby. And if you can have fun with what you're doing, then it's great and doesn't feel like just a job.”

» View Professor Carroll's paper (PDF)