Education
Ph.D., University of Texas Arlington
Areas of Expertise
Database Design, Object-Oriented
Systems,
E-commerce, Data Communications,
Information Systems Security
Background
On the Faculty at UMB since 1994.
Previously taught at Salisbury State University, Maryland.
Involved with Information Systems since 1978.
Courses Taught
Database Design, Systems Analysis
and Design, Business Data Telecommunications, E-Commerce.
Research Interests
Modern systems development methodologies,
security, and performance
Selected Publications
E-Business and E-commerce Infrastructure:
technologies supporting the e-business initiative,
New York: McGraw-Hill/Irwin 2002.With Abhijit Chaudhury
“Information Systems Redesign in a State Social Services
Agency” with Noushin Ashrafi. Annals
of Cases on Information Technology
(ACIT), Volume 3/2001, pp.305-319.
“Software Process and Product Improvement: an Empirical
Assessment,” With Noushin Ashrafi, Information
and Software Technology,
Vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 27-34, January 2000.
“Software Process Improvement Deployment: An Empirical
Perspective,” with Noushin Ashrafi. Journal
of Information Technology Management,
Volume X, Number 3-4, pp. 35-48, Fall 1999.
"A Collaborative Model for Training non-IT Workers,"
with Noushin Ashrafi, Vivion Vinson, ACM
- Computers and Society,
vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 23-27, June 1999.
"Accounting Student Acceptance of Tax Preparation Software,"
with Thomas Dillon, Michael Garner, Joseph Quinn, Journal
of Accounting and Computers,
vol. 13, pp. 17-31, Fall 1998
"Market Segmentation of Information Systems Academic
Programs Based on Job Placement: A Model and Pilot Study,”
with Choong C. Lee, William J. Kettinger,
Journal of Information Systems Education,
vol. 9, no. 1, 1997.
"Expert system reliability: a life-cycle approach,"
Information and Management,
Vol. 28, pp. 405-414, 1995, with Noushin Ashrafi and Janet
Wagner.
Professional Activities
Member of ACM and the IEEE Computer
Society
Member of the IBM Scholars Program
Honors
Dean’s Award for Distinguished
Research, 2000-2001
Joan Moon Undergraduate Teaching Award, 1999-2000
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