Teaching/Research Interests

Education

Work Experience

Courses Taught

Publications

Conference Presentations

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PRIMARY TEACHING/RESEARCH INTEREST

1. Management of Information Systems/ Information Systems Strategy

SPECIFIC RESEARCH INTERESTS

1. Organizational Impacts of Information Systems (IS Infrastructure Design, Knowledge Management Systems)
2. Ecommerce (Economics of Trust; Virtual Reality; Technology Commitment)
3. Information Systems (particularly Health Informatics) in Developing Countries.

OTHER TEACHING INTERESTS

1. Database Management and IS Assurance
2. Systems Analysis and Design/ Project Management
3. Ecommerce and Data Communications and Networking

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EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy ( Information Systems and Decision Sciences) Louisiana State University. 2001-2003. GPA: 3.84/4.00
Dissertation Title: "Where have all the Flowers Gone?" A Modular Systems Perspective of IT Infrastructure Design and Productivity. Click Here for an Abstract.

Master of Science (Information Systems and Decision Sciences) Louisiana State University. 2001-2003. GPA: 3.88/4.00
Master of Business Administration ( MIS Emphasis). University of South Alabama. 1997-1999. GPA: 3.96/4.00
Bachelor of Arts (English and Economics- First Class Honors) University of Calcutta. 1989-1993. GPA: 3.82/4.00

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WORK EXPERIENCE

2003-present: Presentations, Training, and Consulting (2003-2005): Web Application Strategy Consultant: ComDoc Inc., Ohio; IBM Global Services (Presentation: IT Infrastructure and Performance: Summer 2004), Ann Taylor (KM Consulting and Presentation: Knowledge Management for Innovation, Summer 2005); Gritman Medical Center (Training: Data Analysis and Mining, Spring 2005); Technical Consultant for Washington State University Innovation Assessment Center (2005-current)

2002-2003: SAP Administration: SAP University Alliance

2003: Portal Design and Development: Joint Project with NASA/JPL

2001-2003: Research Assistant: Information Systems and Decision Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

1999-2000: Business Owner, PiaDura: Web Design and Business Technology Consulting, New York, NY

1997-1999: Graduate Assistant: Mitchell College of Business, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL

1994-1997: Shop Manager: Mobus Engineering, Perth, WA; Australia

1990-1993: Information Liaison Officer: Mining, Geological, & Metallurgical Association of India (MGMI), India (with Metcham Canada and Price Waterhouse Cooper)

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Databases: DBAse III+, Foxpro, Oracle, MS Access, MySQL
SAP Modules: APO, MRP, MRP II, FICO
Statistical Software: SPSS (including multivariate), Lisrel, PLS, Minitab
Programming Languages: C, Visual Basic, Java, and VBA.
Planning, Modeling, Collaboration: Visio, MS Project, Lotus Notes 

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COURSES TAUGHT (Evaluations on a 4.00 scale unless otherwise noted)

Management Information Systems (MBA)
            Fall 2007                       (4.77 / 5.00)

Information Systems Security (MBA)
            Fall 2007                       (4.70 / 5.00)

Graduate Executive Road-Show Talk
            Fall 2005                       (4.23 / 5.00)

Management of Information Systems (MIS 580: Core MBA Course):
            Fall 2005                       (3.54)
            Spring 2005                   (3.26)
            Fall 2004                       (3.26)

Electronic Commerce (Undergraduate Elective crosslisted as Entrepreneurship 375):
            Spring 2007                   (3.71)
            Fall 2006 (Sec. 1&2)      (3.41 & 3.61)
            Spring 2006                   (3.42)
            Fall 2005                       (3.28)
            Spring 2005                   (3.70)
            Summer 2005                (3.36)

Emergent Technologies (Undergraduate Elective): (Fall 2003 – Fall 2004)
            Fall 2004                       (3.87)
            Summer 2004                (3.01)

Advanced Business Programming using Visual Basic (Summer, 2002) (Louisiana State University)

Systems Analysis & Design (Spring, 2003) (Louisiana State University)

Teaching Assistant Roles:

  1. Database Management (2001-2002) (Graduate Level Teaching Assistant for Dr. Suzanne Pawlowski, Louisiana State University)
  2. Web Application Development using TCL (Summer, 2001) (Undergraduate Teaching Assistant for Dr. Ken Walsh, Louisiana State University)
  3. Data Communications and Networking (2001-2002) (Graduate Level Teaching Assistant for Dr. Ken Walsh, Louisiana State University)

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PUBLICATIONS

  1. Datta, P. & Chatterjee, S. (2008), The Economics and Psychology of Consumer Trust in Intermediaries in Electronic Markets: the EM-Trust Framework, European Journal of Information Systems, Vol. (17), 1, pp.12-28.
  2. Harrison, M. & Datta, P. (2007) An Empirical Assessment of User Perceptions of Feature versus Application Level Usage, Communications of the AIS, Vol. 20(21), pp. 1-40.
  3. Datta, P. (2007) "An Agent Mediated Knowledge-in-Motion (KiM) Model," Journal of the Association of Information Systems (JAIS), Vol. 8 (5), pp. 1-26.
  4. Datta, P. & Mbarika, V. (2006) “A Global Investigation of Granger Causality between Information Infrastructure Investment and Service-Sector Growth” The Information Society, Vol. 22 (3).
  5. Kifle, M., Mbarika, V. & Datta, P. (2006). ”Securing a Telemedicine Future in Sub-Saharan Africa- A Cost Benefit Framework. Information Systems Frontiers Vol. 8 (3).
  6. Schneider, C. & Datta, P. (2006). “Adoption of WLAN’s in the Hotel Industry: A Theoretical Costs-Analytic Framework” Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Vol. 13 (2).
  7. Mbarika, V., Okoli, C., Byrd, T., & Datta, P. (2005) “An Information Ecology for Sub-Saharan Africa”, Journal of the Association of Information Systems (JAIS), Vol. 6 (5).
  8. Meso, P., Datta, P., Mbarika, V. (2005) “Moderating Information Infrastructure’s Effects on National Development with Good Governance: A Study of Developing Countries” Journal of the American Society of Information Science and Technology (JASIST), Vol. 57(2) pp.169-186.
  9. Kifle, M., Mbarika, V. & Datta, P. “Telemedicine in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Tele-Ophthalmology andEye Care in Ethiopia” Journal of the American Society of Information Science and Technology (JASIST) (Forthcoming).
  10. Pawlowski, S., Datta, P., and Houston, A. (2005) “Working for the State: The (Gradually) Changing Face of State IT Jobs” Communications of the ACM, Vol. 48 (5), pp. 87-91.
  11. Pal, A., Mbarika, V., Payton, F., Datta, P. (2005) “Telemedicine in India: A Case Study Perspective” IEEE Transactions of IT in Biomedicine, Vol. 9 (1), pp. 59-66.
  12. Datta, P., Walsh, K. & Terrel, D. (2002). “The Impact of Demographics on the Choice of Survey Modes: Demographic Distinctiveness between Web-based and Telephone-based Survey Respondents.”  Communications of the AIS (Association for Information Systems). Vol. 9 (22), October, pp. 223-240.

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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

  1. Wang, Y. & Datta, P. (2006) Understanding IS Continuance: A Technology Commitment Perspective, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Milwaukee, WI, 10-13 December.
  2. Mbarika, V., Sankar, C., Datta, P., & Schipps, B. (2006) Use of Multimedia Case Studies to Teach Technical Subjects — A Multiple Experimental Study, Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Acapulco, Mexico, Aug. 4-6th.
  3. Chatterjee, S. & Datta, P. (2006), Antecedents and Contingencies affecting Uncertainty in Electronic Markets, European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Goteburg, Sweden, May 9-13th (Nominee: Best Paper Award).
  4. Wang, K. & Datta, P. (2005), Online Decision-Making in VR Application Environments, Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Nebraska, August 5th.
  5. Datta, P. (2005), Intermediaries as Value Moderators in Electronic Marketplaces, European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Regensberg, Germany, May 20-23rd.
  6. Schneider, C. & Datta, P. (2005), Adoption of Wireless LANs in the Hospitality Industry: A Cost-Theoretical Approach, European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Regensberg, Germany, May 20-23rd.
  7. Datta, P. & Mbarika, V. W. (2003). Are We There Yet? An Exploratory Relationship between National Information Infrastructure Expenditures, Infrastructure Development, and Service-Sector Productivity” Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS). Hawaii.
  8. Datta, P. & Mbarika, V. (2003). The Lagged Evidence of Information Infrastructure Productivity, Global Information Technology Conference, Calgary, Canada.
  9. Datta, P. (2002). A Modular Systems Perspective on the Relationship between IT Infrastructure and Productivity, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). Barcelona, Spain.
  10. Datta, P. & Gopalakrishnan, S. (2001). Antecedents to Innovation in the Drug-Delivery Industry: A Multilevel Perspective. Eastern Academy of Management Conference. New York, NY.
  11. Pawlowski, S. & Datta, P. (2001). Organizational Responses to the Shortage of IT Professionals: A Resource Dependence Theory Framework. Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS). Boston.
  12. Datta, P. & Beatty, W. (1999). Towards a Framework for Evaluating Webpages. International Conference on Industry, Engineering and Management Systems. Cocoa Beach, FL.

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PAPERS UNDER REVIEW

  1. Datta, P. & Wang, Y. Understanding IS Commitment, Under review at the Information Systems Journal.
  2. Datta, P. and Pawlowski, S. A Systems Perspective of IT Infrastructure. Journal of Strategic Information Systems.
  3. Datta, P. E-Commerce Technology Adoption in Developing Countries. Information Resource Management Journal.
  4. Datta, P. & Chatterjee, S. Customer Uncertainty in Ecommerce. Communications of the AIS, 2nd round of review.
  5. Chatterjee, S. & Datta, P. An Empirical Investigation of Intermediation in Electronic Markets, Journal of the AIS, 1st round of review.
  6. Chatterjee, S. & Datta, P. Unravelling Consumer Uncertainty in Electronic Markets, Decision Support Systems, 1st round of review.
  7. Okoli, C., Datta, P., & Mbarika, V. A Research Agenda for IS in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Information Society, 1st round of review.

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SERVICES, AWARDS, and HONORS

  1. Co-Chair: CIS Marketing Committee, Kent State University.
  2. The Smithsonian Magazine: Photography Contributor (2006)
  3. Ph.D. Dissertation Committee Member: Shilei Yang, Operations Research, Washington State University (Expected Defense: 05-2007).
  4. M.S. Thesis Defense Committee Member: Amrita Pal, Information Systems, Louisiana State University, 2004.
  5. Participant: Microsoft Sponsored IS Security Symposium (2005); JAIS Theory Development Workshop (2002)
  6. Beta Gamma Sigma, National Honor Society of Business, 1999: Member and Speaker
  7. Travel Grant Recipient (2004): International Business Institute.
  8. Teaching Innovation Grant Recipient (2004): Washington State University.
  9. Reviewer: MISQe Workshop, International Conference on Information Systems, Americas Conference on Information Systems, Hawaii International Conference on Information Systems, Academy of Management.
  10. Publicity Chair: International Conference on Information Systems: Seattle.
  11. Exhibitor and Award Winner: International Library of Photography.
  12. Member: Graduate Program Policy Committee (2005-current)
  13. Member: MBA Portfolio Committee (2003-current)
  14. Member: Association of Information Systems
  15. External Volunteering: Athletic Mentor: Washington State University;
          Supervisor: Data Communications: SEAFAIR, Seattle, August 5-7;
          Instructor: Immigrant Language and Skills Workshop: Newark (1999-2000)
          Volunteer: Polio Clinic, Calcutta (1988-1993)
          Instructor: Adult Education Initiative: Rotary Club, Calcutta (1990-1993)
          Instructor: Union Public Service Commission Examinations (1991)
  16. Ex-President of Rotaract Club (1985)
  17. Ex-Officio: The Kings’ School (1981-83)

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