Information Systems Concentration
Placements
2021
Deepti Singh, California State University, Long Beach
Impact of Health IT on Practice of Medicine
Advisors: Shivendu Shivendu (Co Major Professor), Manish Agrawal (Co Major Professor),
Kellas Cameron, Padmaja Ayyagari, Sajeev Varki
Naif Alawi, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
The IS Social Continuance Model: Using Conversational Agents to Support Co-creation
in Teams
Advisors: Gert Jan de Vreede (Co Major Professor), Triparna de Vreede (Co Major Professor),
Dezhi Yin, Dirk Libaers, Balaji Padmanabhan, Grandon Gill
Avijit Sengupta, UQ Business School, Brisbane
Designing a Health Coach-Augmented mHealth System for the Secondary Prevention of
Coronary Heart Disease
Advisors: Kaushik Dutta (Major Professor), Alan Hevner, Balaji Padmanabhan, Shivendu
Shivendu, Theresa Beckie
Kimia Keshanian, University of Tampa
Designing Targeted Mobile Advertising Campaigns
Advisors: Kaushik Dutta (Major Professor), Balaji Padmanabhan, Manish Agrawal, He
Zhang, Nasir Ghani
2020
Saurav Chakraborty, University of Louisville
Developing Agent-Based Models to Study Financial Markets
Advisors: Don Berndt (Co-Major Professor), Balaji Padmanabhan (Co-Major Professor), Wolfgang Jank, Sagar Samtani, Jianping Qi
Gaurav Jetley, Colorado State University
Complexities of Data, Tasks and Workflows in Health IT Management
Advisors: He Zhang (Co-Major Professor), Shivendu Shivendu (Co-Major Professor), Balaji Padmanabhan, Jared Williams
Agnieszka Onuchowska, Private Sector
Analysis of Malicious Behavior on Social Media Platforms Using Agent-Based Modeling
Advisors: Don Berndt (Co-Major Professor), Alan Hevner (Co-Major Professor), Wolfgang Jank, Sagar Samtani, Georg Burruss
2019
Vivek Singh, University of Missouri- St. Louis
Essays on Cloud Computing Analytics
Advisors: Kaushik Dutta (Chair), Jared Williams, Balaji Padmanabhan, Shivendu Shivendu
2018
Onkar Malgonde, Northern Illinois University
An Effectual Approach for the Development of Novel Applications on Digital Platforms
Advisors: Alan Hevner (Chair), Balaji Padmanabhan, Rick Will
Utkarsh Shrivastava, Western Michigan University
Analytics for Novel Consumer Insights (A Three Essay Dissertation)
Advisors: Wolfgang Jank (Chair), Daniel Zantedeschi, Balaji Padmanabhan, Dipayan Biswas, Kaushik Dutta
2017
Onochie Fan-Osuala, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin
Essays on Crowdfunding: Exploring the Funding and Post-funding Phases and Outcomes
Advisors: Wolfgang Jank (chair), Balaji Padmanabhan, He Zhang, Terry L. Sincich
2016
Hasan Nuseibeh, Private Industry
An Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) Decision Framework
for Building an Information Economy in Developing Countries: The Case of Palestine
Advisors: Alan Hevner (chair), Rosann Collins, Donald Berndt, Jamil Jreisat
Raneem Saqr, Initial Appointment: King Abdulaziz University
Blind and Visually Impaired Users Adaptation to Web Environments: A Qualitative Study
Advisors: Anol Bhattacherjee (chair), Rosann Collins, Alan Hevner, Balaji Padmanabhan
2015
Lina Bouayad, Assistant Professor, Florida International University
Analytics and Healthcare Costs (A Three Essay Dissertation)
Advisors: Balaji Padmanabhan (chair), Kaushal Chari (co-chair), Terry L. Sincich, Wolfgang Jank
Daphne Simmonds, Professor, Metropolitan State University
Information Technology & Sustainability: An Empirical Study of the Value of the Building Automation System
Advisors: Anol Bhattacherjee (chair), Norman Johnson (co-chair), Walter Nord, James Ellis Blanton
Arash Barfar, Assistant Professor, University of Nevada at Reno
Predictive Analytics of Organizational Decisions and the Role of Rationality
Advisors: Balaji Padmanabhan (chair), Alan Hevner (co-chair), Terry L. Sincich, Wolfgang Jank
2014
Amy Connolly, Assistant Professor, James Madison University
The Use and Effectiveness of Online Social Media in Volunteer Organizations
Advisors: Anol Bhattacherjee (chair), Joni L. Jones (co-chair)
Matthew Mullarkey, Director of DBA program, University of South Florida
Inter-Organizational Social Network Information Systems: Diagnosing and Design
Advisor: Alan Hevner
William Murphy, Private Industry
Informing Systems, Interventions, and Innovations
Advisors: T. Grandon Gill (chair), Richard Will (co-chair), Donald Berndt, Harvey Hyman, Jerry W. Koehler
2013
Shankar Prawesh, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology
Applications of Agent Based Approaches in Business: A Three Essay Dissertation
Advisors: Balaji Padmanabhan (chair), Kaushal Chari (co-chair)
2012
Khalid Alhayyan, Assistant Professor, Institute of Public Administration
Economic Culture and Trading Behaviors in Information Markets
Advisors: Rosann Collins (chair), Donald Berndt (co-chair)
Devon Finch, Health Research Science, James A. Haley Veteran's Hospital
TagLine: Information Extraction for Semi-Structured Text Elements In Medical Progress
Notes
Advisor: Donald Berndt
Harvey Hyman, University of South Florida, Tampa
Learning and Relevance in Information Retrieval: A Study in the Application of Exploration
and User Knowledge to Enhance Performance
Advisors: Richard Will (chair), Manish Agrawal (co-chair)
2011
Jay Jarman, Courseware Developer, Atlassian, Adjunct Professor, East Tennessee State University
Combining Natural Language Processing and Statistical Text Mining: A Study of Specialized Versus Common Languages
Advisor: Donald Berndt
2010
Varol Kayhan, Associate Professor, University of South Florida St. Petersburg
Contribution to and Use of Online Knowledge Repositories: The Role of Governance Mechanisms
Advisor: Anol Bhattacherjee
Delmer Nagy, Assistant Professor, Tarleton State University
Understanding Organizational Adoption Theories Through the Adoption of a Disruptive Innovation: Five Cases of Open Source Software
Advisors: Rosann Collins (chair), Walter Nord (co-chair), Manish Agrawal, Richard Will, Donald Hardaway
Areej Yassin, Assistant Professor, Yarmouk University
Organizational Information Markets: Conceptual Foundation and an Approach for Software Project Risk Management
Advisors: Alan Hevner (chair), J. Ellis Blanton (co-chair), Terry L. Sincich, Richard Will, Richard Will
2009
James McCart, Research Health Science Specialist, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
Goal Attainment On Long Tail Web Sites: An Information Foraging Approach
Advisors: Donald Berndt (chair), Balaji Padmanabhan (co-chair), Joni L. Jones, Richard Will
2008
Carolyn Holton, Professor, Southeastern University
The Impact of Computer Mediated Communication Systems Monitoring on Organizational Communications Content
Advisors: Rosann Collins (chair), Richard Will (co-chair)
Gary Poe, Department Coordinator and Associate Professor, Grambling State University
Privacy in Database Designs: A Role-based Approach
Advisors: Rosann Collins (chair), Donald Berndt (co-chair)
Johan Perols, Associate Professor, University of San Diego
The Impact of Computer Mediated Communication Systems Monitoring on Organizational Communications Content
Advisors: Kaushal Chari (chair), Jacqueline L. Reck (co-chair), Uday S. Murthy, Manish Agrawal
2007
Monica Tremblay, Associate Professor, College of William & May
Uncertainty in the Information Supply Chain: Integrating Multiple Health Care Data Sources
Advisor: Donald Berndt
2006
Madeline Domino, Associate Professor, Georgia State University
Three Studies of Problem Solving in Collaborative Software Development
Advisor: Alan Hevner
Michael Douglas, Associate Professor, Millersville University
The Impacts of the Handoffs on Software Development: A Cost Estimation Model
Advisor: Alan Hevner
Michael Harris
Using Emergent Outcome Controls to Manage Dynamic Software Development
Advisor: Rosann Collins
Timothy Klaus, Associate Professor, Texas A&M at Corpus Christi
An Examination of User Resistance in Mandatory Adoption of Enterprise Systems
Advisor: James Ellis Blanton
Sandra Newton, Associate Professor, Sonoma State University
The Information Technology Professional's Psychological Contract Viewed Through Their Employment Arrangement and the Relationship to Organizational Behaviors
Advisor: James Ellis Blanton
2003
Cynthia Le Rouge, Assistant Professor, University of Washington
Assessing the Quality of Telemedicine Systems: High Technology Service Encounters
Advisor: Al Hevner
Stephen Wingreen, Associate Professor, University of Canterbury
A Social Cognitive Interpretation of the IT Professional's Person-organization Fit and Its Relationship to Organizational Commitment, With a View Toward the IT Training Climate
Advisor: James Ellis Blanton
2002
John Fisher, Assistant Visiting Professor, University of North Carolina Charlotte
Creating False Memories: Temporal Reconstruction Errors in Data Warehouses
Advisors: Alan Hevner (chair), Donald Berndt (co-chair)
Bruce Hungerford, Assistant Professor, Dalton State College
Formal Technical Reviews of Diagrammatic Artifacts in Software Development: A Cognitive Study
Advisors: Alan Hevner (chair), Rosann Collins (co-chair)
2000
Creggan Gjestland, Professor, Saint Leo University
Applying cognitive skill acquisition theory to the training needs assessment of information technology professionals: An initial study
Kenneth Trimmer
Cross-functional teams, conflict and information systems development
1998
Christopher Conca, Associate Professor, Mount Olive
The Technology Acceptance Model revisited: The potential influence of context and task effects on information technology usage predictions
Gina Green, Associate Professor, Baylor University
Examining the Impacts of Development Involvement and IT Diffusion Environments on
the Diffusion of Software
Development Techniques
Advisor: Alan Hevner
1997
France Belanger, Professor, Virginia Tech
Distributed work arrangements: impacts of advanced information technologies, coordination mechanisms, and communication patterns
1994
Diane Bartlett, Retired
The impact of form of participation, issue importance, and domain competence on users' desire to participate in system development decisions
Dianne Jordan, Private Industry
Information systems development: An investigation of leader behaviors, communication competence, and communicator style as predictors of project leader effectiveness
Thomas Scambach
Maintaining professional competence: An evaluation of factors affecting professional obsolescence of information technology professionals
1993
Geoffrey Hubona, Visiting Associate Professor, Texas A&M International University
Designing user interfaces to knowledge-based systems: An empirical investigation of information presentation and mental representations in human-computer problem-solving
Janette Moody, Associate Dean and Professor, The Citadel
An empirical evaluation of the cognitive interview for elicitation of episodic knowledge during expert systems development
Advisor: James Ellis Blanton