Regina Hartley

Regina D. Hartley is a retired Dean with the North Carolina Community College System. She received her Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership in Education from Regent University, a MA in Higher Education and BT in Business Technology both from Appalachian State University. She also has two certificates at the Master's degree level from East Carolina University, one in Information Assurance and the other in Computer Network Professional.

Prior to coming to Haywood Community College, Dr. Hartley spent 4 years at Appalachian State University teaching Computer Information Systems. Previously, she spent 21 years with the community college system holding positions of Instructor, Coordinator, Director, and Department Chair. During those years, Dr. Hartley taught a wide variety of computer information systems courses and computer programming courses. Her research interests include ethical hacking, computer ethics policies, and social media.