Faculty and Staff

Faculty 

Simon Levy

Simon Levy

Professor of Computer Science and Interim Department Head

Levy teaches courses on artificial intelligence, neural networks, and robotics. His current research involves high-fidelity simulation of autonomous aerial vehicles (drones).

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Sara Sprenkle

Sara Sprenkle

Associate Professor of Computer Science and Department Head

On Leave Winter 2025

Sprenkle teaches courses in programming, software development, and upper-level electives in software engineering. Her research focuses on automatically testing web applications to make sure they are behaving properly.

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Taha Khan

Taha Khan

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Khan teaches Fundamentals of Programming II. His research focuses on computer security, privacy and human-computer interaction, including cybercrime, commercial VPN services privacy, and privacy-centric management of longitudinal data in the personal cloud.

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Kefu Lu

Kefu Lu

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Lu teaches introductory computer science, courses in computer science theory, and upper-level electives in parallel computing and big data analysis from both a data science and computer science perspective. He researches how to best harness the power of complex systems.

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Elizabeth Matthews

Elizabeth Matthews

Associate Professor of Computer Science

Matthews’ research interests include video game design, measuring enjoyment of digital media, and procedural content generation. She teaches courses in programming, software development and video game design.

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William Tolley

Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science

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Emeritus Faculty 

Kenneth Lambert

Kenneth Lambert

Professor Emeritus of Computer Science and Philosophy

Lambert taught courses in programming, software development and mobile application development. He was also a member of the Philosophy Department and taught courses on the philosophy of history and Hegel.

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Tom Whaley

Professor Emeritus of Computer Science

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Staff 

Carolyn Wingrove-Moore

Administrative Assistant

Department Info

  • Department of Computer Science
    Washington and Lee University
    Lexington, Virginia 24450

Simon Levy

Interim Department Head

Carolyn Wingrove-Moore

Administrative Assistant