Research Area – Information Security / Information Privacy

Current Ph.D. Students and Research:

• Love Adedayo, Ph.D. Candidate
  Dissertation Title: “Smart Privacy for IoT: Privacy Embedded Design for Home Automation Systems”
• James Furstenberg, Ph.D. Candidate
  Dissertation title: “An Investigation of the Factors that Contribute to the Perceived Likelihood of Compliance with the HIPAA Security Rule among Healthcare Covered Entities and Business Associates“
• Ramon Hurlockdick, Ph.D. Candidate
  Dissertation title: “How Non-Compliance Impacts Security Incidents: A Public Sector Case Study of Application Security and Proper Data Governance“
• Robert Jones, Ph.D. Candidate
  Dissertation title: “An Assessment of Social Media Inputs and Court Case Information with the Impacts to Mitigate Insider Threats“
• Nils Lau, Ph.D. Candidate
  Dissertation title: “The Influence of Cognitive Factors and Personality Traits on Mobile Device User’s Information Security Behavior“
• Tyler Pieron, Ph.D. Candidate
  Dissertation title: “The Influence of Perceived Risk on the Use of Personally Owned Internet Devices by U.S. Intelligence Community Analysts Conducting Open Source Research”
• Andrew Ramos, Ph.D. Candidate
  Dissertation title: “The Nutrition Label Approach: Satiating U.S. Consumer Concerns for Information Privacy (CFIP) with Privacy Home Automation Assessment Scorecards (PHAATS)“

Alumni and Past Research:

• Iqbal Amiri, Ph.D.
  Dissertation title (2017): “The Efficacy of Big Data Security, Trust, Leadership, Information Sensitivity, Privacy Concern and Job Reward on Disclosing Personal Security Information Online”
• Linda Betz, Ph.D.
  Dissertation title (2016): “An Analysis of the Relationship between Security Information Technology Enhancements and Computer Security Breaches and Incidents”
• Vivienne Forrester, Ph.D.
  Dissertation title (2019): “User Information Security Behavior in Professional Virtual Communities: A Technology Threat Avoidance Approach”
• Anthony Giwah, Ph.D.
  Dissertation title (2019): “Empirical Assessment of Mobile Device Users’ Information Security Behavior towards Data Breach: Leveraging Protection Motivation Theory”
• Mark Rosenbaum, Ph.D.
  Dissertation title (2015): “Identifying Unethical Personally Identifiable Information (PII) Privacy Violations Committed by IS/IT Practitioners: A Comparison to Computing Moral Exemplars”
• Stanie Waddell, Ph.D.
  Dissertation title (2013): “A Study of the Effect of Information Security Policies on Information Security Breaches in Higher Education Institutions”

Research Area – Information Systems

Current Ph.D. Students and Research:

• Ahmed Alattas, Ph.D. Candidate
  Dissertation Title: “The Influence of Information Availability, Emotional Reviews, and Social Capital (Bridging and Bonding) on Trust in Social Commerce”
• Ayman Alfahid, Ph.D. Candidate
  Dissertation Title: “Perspectives of Online Instructors Towards Distance Learning Technologies at the Saudi Electronic University (SEU)”
• Nawwaf Altalhi, Ph.D. Candidate
  Dissertation Title: “Enhancing Students’ Academic Performance in Blended Learning by Reducing SNS Misuse”
• May Bantan, Ph.D. Candidate
  Dissertation Title: “Assessing Learner’s Privacy Behaviors through the Lens of Gender Egalitarianism Cultural Factor in a Blended-Learning Context: Student’s Perspective at Saudi Electronic University”
• Garry Blackstock, Ph.D. Candidate
  Dissertation Title: “Organizational Culture and Knowledge Transfer in Enterprise Social Media”
• Nisha Patel, Ph.D. Candidate
  Dissertation Title: “Empirical Assessment of Users’ Information Security Protection Behavior towards Social Engineering Breaches: Leveraging Protection Motivation Theory”
• Arisaphat Suttidee, Ph.D. Candidate
  Dissertation Title: “Usability of Portable EEG for Monitoring Students’ Attention in Online Learning”
• Zulma Westney, Ph.D. Candidate
  Dissertation Title: “The Social Media Machines: An Investigation of the Effect of Misinformation and Disinformation and Their Critical Impact on Decision Making”

Alumni and Past Research:

• Mohammed Alatawi, Ph.D.
  Dissertation title (2019): “Examining the Impact of Learning Management Systems in Computer Programming Courses”
• Betsy Baugess, Ph.D.
  Dissertation title (2015): “Examining Social Network Site Usage by Older Adults: A Phenomenological Approach”
• Barbara Boksz, Ph.D.
  Dissertation title (2012): “An Examination of Teachers’ Integration of Web 2.0 Technologies in Secondary Classrooms: A Phenomenological Research Study”
• Carlton Cunningham, Ph.D.
  Dissertation title (2011): “Using Learner Controlled Progress-Based Rewards to Promote Motivation and Achievement of At-Risk Students in Managed Online Learning Environments”
• Noraida Domínguez Flores, Ph.D.
  Dissertation title (2010): “Online Learning Communities: Enhancing the Acquisition of Information Skills by Undergraduate Students of the University of Puerto Rico at Carolina”
• Huei-Min Hsu, Ph.D.
  Dissertation title (2014): “An Examination of the Influences of Organizational Context on Knowledge Sharing”
• James Jaurez, Ph.D.
  Dissertation title (2013): “Development of a Media Driven Online Assessment System: Improving Quality, Frequency, and Deployment of Grades and Feedback in Higher Education”
• Ya-chen Kao, Ph.D.
  Dissertation title (2011): “A Study of Teacher-Student Collaboration on Course Design with Technology at Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages in Taiwan”
• Donna Lane, Ph.D.
  Dissertation title (2006): “Evaluating E-textbooks in a Business Curriculum”
• Wayne Madhlangobe, Ph.D.
  Dissertation title (2018): “Assessment of Factors Influencing Intent-to-Use Big Data Analytics in an Organization: A Survey Study”
• Jennifer Merritt, Ph.D.
  Dissertation title (2017): “Individualized Instruction as a Faculty Training Strategy for Technology Integration”
• Chiou Moh, Ph.D.
  Dissertation title (2013): “Development and Assessment of Mobile Device Support for Certification Exam Preparation”
• Farnaz Sharifrazi, Ph.D.
  Dissertation title (2012): “The Investigation of a Synchronous Engagement System (SES) to Alleviate Anxiety Among eLearning Students in an MBA Program”
• Larry Snyder, Ph.D.
  Dissertation title (2013): “The Effectiveness of Virtual Learning Tools for Millennial Generation Students in a Community College Criminal Justice Degree Program”
• James Spruill, Ph.D.
  Dissertation title (2014): “A Study of the 8^th Grade Technology Literacy of a Michigan Charter School”
• Dongqing Yuan, Ph.D.
  Dissertation title (2011): “Developing and Evaluating an Open Source Network Laboratory and Curriculum”