FACULTY
RESOURCES
Michael J. Ginzberg
Ph.D. Management Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, MA
Dissertation
Topic: A Process Approach to Management Science
Implementation
Master of Business Administration: Economic Analysis, Iona College, New
Rochelle, NY
Bachelor of Science: Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, MA
Research Focus: Information systems strategy and management;
management of technical personnel
Courses Taught: Change management; decision support systems
Scott Jones
Ph.D.
Accounting and Statistics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Dissertation Topic: The Detection Risk Properties of Analytical
Procedures That Use Orthogonal Polynomial Regressions
Master
of Business Administration: Shippensburg
University, Shippensburg, PA
Bachelor
of Science: Accounting, Shippensburg
University, Shippensburg, PA
Research Focus:
Cost modeling of composite materials and processes
Courses taught:
Management control systems, cost accounting, entrepreneurship
Christine T. Kydd
Ph.D. Decision Sciences, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA
Dissertation Topic:
Analysis of organizational decision making regarding the decision to remain
with the current firm or leave to join another firm based on signals received
from the current firm.
Masters in Business Administration: Drexel University, Philadelphia., PA;
Bachelor of Arts: Mathematics, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
Research Focus: Use of various electronic communication media in
the workplace
Courses Taught:
Problem Structuring and the Analysis of Decision Making (graduate); High Tech
Business Issues and Decision Making (undergraduate); Decision Support Systems
(graduate and undergraduate)
Clinton E. White, Jr.
DBA: Accounting &
Management Information Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Dissertation
Topic: "An Evaluation of the Decision Making Effects of
The Aggregation of Accounting Numbers in Management Accounting Reports: A Field
Experiment"
Master of Business Administration: Finance & Economics, University of
Louisville, Louisville, KY
Bachelor of Arts: History & Government, Western Kentucky University,
Bowling Green, KY
Research Focus: Internet-based business models, Internet-based business
education, Advanced Internet-based educational models, XML-based technologies,
IS audit and control, ERP in business curriculums
Courses Taught: Current Issues in MIS, Strategic Accounting
& Information Systems Auditing in an IT Environment
John Wragge
Ph.D. Accounting & Management Information Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX
Dissertation Topic: Comprehensive Simulation Modeling in Higher Education.
Master
of Arts: Accounting,
University of Missouri‑Columbia, Columbia, MO.
Bachelor of Science: Business Administration,
University of Nebraska‑Lincoln, Lincoln, NE.
Research Focus: Technology supported learning.
Courses Taught: Management Control Systems (Graduate), Information Management: i.e., database, strategic IT
Dan Freeman
Ph.D. Management (Marketing),
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Dissertation
Topic: Social Information Processing
Master of Arts: Communication,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Bachelor of Arts: Economics,
Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA
Research Focus: Assessing the potential of digital gaming
environments to enhance brand equity.
Courses Taught:
Information Technology Applications in Marketing
Guido L. Geerts
Ph.D. Accounting Information
Systems, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
Dissertation
Topic: Toward a new Paradigm in Structuring and Processing
Accounting Data
Bachelor of Science:
Economics, Free University of Brussels, Brussels,Belgium
Research Focus:
Enterprise Ontology, Interactive Internet Learning
Courses Taught:
Accounting Information Systems, Object-Oriented Analysis and Design
Thomas J. Hofferd
Ph.D. Accounting and MIS,
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Dissertation
Topic: An Empirical Comparison of Neural Networks and
Traditional Statistical Techniques in Forecasting General Ledger Accounting
Balances In The Auditing Domain
Master of Sciences: Taxation,
Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA
Bachelor of Science:
Accounting, California State University, Bakersfield, CA
Research Focus:
Internet Security and Control, Web Enable Education
Courses Taught: Accounting Information Systems, Management
Information Systems, Database Design and Development, Auditing and Control
Systems, Traditional Auditing -- Undergraduate and Graduate, Rigos CPA Review
Course in Auditing, Financial Accounting
Hermant Kher
Ph.D.
Production & Operations Management, University of South Carolina, Columbia,
SC
Dissertation
Topic: Strategic workforce management in dual resource
constrained job shops under conditions of learning and forgetting
Master of Arts:
Industrial Administration, Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA
Bachelor of Science: Physics,
Bombay University, Bombay, India
Research Focus: Assessing the effects human learning/forgetting
on shop floor management, and, evaluating effectiveness of group technology
layouts
Courses Taught: Quality Management and Data
Analysis and Quality Management
Mark A. Serva
Ph.D. Management Information Sciences, University of Texas - Austin,
Austin, TX
Dissertation
Topic: Effective Compensation Strategies for MIS Employees
Working in Advanced Technologies
Master of Business Administration: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Bachelor of Science: Business Administration and Computer Science,
Mansfield University, Mansfield, PA
Research Focus: Formation of Trust and Social Capital in MIS
Development Projects, Outsourcing and its alternatives
Courses Taught: Systems Analysis and Implementation (graduate
and undergraduate), Database (graduate and undergraduate), Programming (C++,
Visual Basic), and MIS Strategy (graduate)
Claudio P. Spiguel
Ph.D. Computer & Communication Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, MI
Dissertation
Topic: Computer-aided Modeling: An Application to Decision
Support in Business Environments
Master of Science: Computer & Communication Sciences, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Engineer: Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering, University of Sao
Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Research Focus: Strategic IT Management
Courses Taught: Technological Problem Solving, Problem Solving
Project Management, Systems Analysis & Implementation
Tony Townsend
Ph.D. Organizational Behavior, R.
B. Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University, Blacksburg, Virginia.
Dissertation Topic: The Antecedents of Goal
Commitment in an Industrial Workforce.
Master of Science:
Organizational Behavior, R.B. Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia.
Bachelor of Arts: English,
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.
Research Focus: Virtual work, and IT &
Organizational Policy
Courses Taught: Management of Information Technology (graduate
and undergraduate)
Joseph A. Brady
Ph.D. Education, University of
Delaware, Newark, DE
Dissertation
Topic: Neural network that learned to read and spell
Master of Science: Computer Science, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Thesis:
Expert system for industrial credit analysis
Master of Business
Administration: Drexel, Philadelphia, PA
Bachelor of Science: Clarkson
College, Potsdam NY
Research Focus: N/A
Courses Taught: MIS principles; Business programming (VB,
desktop packages); Systems Analysis and Design
Ellen Fischer Monk
Masters in Business
Administration: University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Bachelor of Science: Chemical
Engineering, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Research Focus:
Enterprise Resource Planning
Courses Taught: Business software, Decision support, databases,
database design, E-Commerce, Security, ERP, General computer literacy, Web
programming
Spring W. Davidson
Masters in Business Administration: Information Technology, Dec 2002,
University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Bachelor of Science: Computer Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore
County, Catonsville, MD
Research Focus: N/A
Courses Taught:
Introductory IT Literacy, Intermediate IT Literacy