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2021

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Girard, J., Thomason, L. & Tsavatewa, C. (2021). Computing faculty internationalization perceptions: The impact of country and COVID-19. Issues in Information Systems. 22(1). 199-20.

Girard, J., Thomason, L. & Tsavatewa, C. (2021). Toward an understanding of computing faculty internationalization perceptions. Issues in Information Systems. 22(1). 84-91.

Jenkins, J. (2021) Toward Remaking Software Development to Secure It. The Journal of the Southern Association for Information Systems.

Kim, C., Kim, J., Kim, K. H., Lee, S. K., Kim, K., Shah, S., & Goo, Y. H. (2021). ScienceIoT: Evolution of the Wireless Infrastructure of KREONET. Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 21(17), 5852.

Koohang, A., Nord, J. (2021).Critical components of data analytics in organizations: A research model.  Expert System with Application, 166, 114118. Available online from

Koohang, A., Nord, J., Sandoval, Z. V., Paliszkiewicz, J. (2021). Reliability, Validity, and Strength of a Unified Model for Information Security Policy Compliance,  Journal of Computer Information Systems.  Available online from

Koohang, A. Floyd, K., Yerby, J, & Paliszkiewicz, J. (2021). . Issues in Information Systems, 22 (2), 133-145.

Koohang, A. Nord, J., Sandoval, V., & Munoz, A. (2021). . Issues in Information Systems, 22 (2), 106-118.

Book Chapter

Madra-Sawicka, M., Paliszkiewicz, J., Koohang, A., Horn Nord, J., Gebska, M. (2021). Internet of Things Development in Polish Enterprises, In: S. Kumar Sharma, Bharat, B. Unhelkar (eds.) Security and Trust Issues in Internet of Things, (pp. 24-55) Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group

Presentations

IACIS 2021 Conference - Virtual. . (Authored & Presented by Koohang, A. Floyd, K., Yerby, J, & Paliszkiewicz, J.)

IACIS 2021 Conference - Virtual. . (Authored & presented by Koohang, A. Nord, J., Sandoval, V., & Munoz, A.)

Girard, J., Thomason, L. & Tsavatewa, C. (2021). Toward an Understanding of 51¶¯Âþ Faculty Internationalization.  Virtual 2020 GERA Annual Conference. 2 October 2021.

Girard, J., Thomason, L. & Tsavatewa, C. (2021). Computing faculty internationalization perceptions: The impact of country and COVID-19. Virtual IACIS Annual Conference. 7 October 2021.

Girard, J., Thomason, L. & Tsavatewa, C. (2021). Toward an understanding of computing faculty internationalization perceptions. Virtual IACIS Conference Europe. 14 June 2021.

Lingelbach, K. (2021). Factors of engaging females in cybersecurity. [Speaker, Presentation] ISC2 Middle 51¶¯Âþ Chapter. Warner Robins, GA.

Hueca, A., Westney, Z., & Lingelbach, K. (2021, July 2). Security Breach? Do I care enough to share information [Conference presentation]. KM conference 2021, Leipzig, Germany.

Lingelbach, K. (2021). Student perceptions of a cybersecurity service-learning project [Presentation]. Proceedings of 61st IACIS Annual Conference.

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles and Conference Proceeding Article

Hueca, A., Westney, Z., & Lingelbach, K. (2021, June). Security Breach? Do I care enough to share information [Research-In-Progress]. Proceedings of International Institute of Applied Knowledge Management, 28. Abstracts.pdf

Lingelbach, K (2021). A Study of female cybersecurity professionals. Research in progress.

Lingelbach, K. (2021). Student perceptions of a cybersecurity service-learning project. Issues in Information Systems. 22(1).

25th CISSE (25th Colloquium) program committee & peer reviewer(2021)

Peer Reviewed Conference Proceedings Articles in 2021

Abhilash Kancharla, Jongho Seol, Hyeyoung Kim, Nohpill Park, “Distributed Decentralized Chain (DDC) and Queue Variable Bulk Arrival and Static Bulk Service model”, The Third ACM International Symposium on Blockchain and Secure Critical Infrastructure (BSCI 2021), 7 – 11 June, 2021, Hong Kong, China 

Abhilash Kancharla, Jongho Seol, Nohpill Park, Tao Feng, “A Hybrid Chain and A Double-Tuple Variable Bulk Arrival and Static Bulk Service Model”, Short paper track of the 2021 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC) (ICBC 2021) 

2020

Girard, J., Thomason, L. & Tsavatewa, C. (2020). Computing faculty internationalization perceptions: An exploratory data analysis using R. Issues in Information Systems. 21(1). 239-248.

Kim, C., Kim, J., Kwak, J., Kim, K., & Seok, W. (2020). Occupancy-balancing downlink transmission for enhancing scalability of LoRa networks.  International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks,  16(12), 1550147720979279.

Jenkins, J., & Beasley, S. (2020, September). The Formation of Information Security Practitioner Ethics. In  Proceedings of the Southern Association for Information Systems Conference (p. 1).

Jenkins, J. (2020, April). An Access Abstraction Model for Mitigating the Insider Threat. In  Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Southeast Conference (pp. 320-321).

Kim, S., Kim, K., Kim, C., & Kim, J. (2020). Interference cancellation to enhance transmission reliability in LPWAN. The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences, Vol. 45, No. 03, pp. 482-491.

Koohang, A., Nord, J.H., Sandoval Z.V., Paliszkiewicz, J. (2020). Reliability, validity, and strength of a unified model for information security policy compliance. Journal of Computer Information Systems.

Sandoval, Z.V., & Floyd, K. (2020). The Internet of things in higher education. International Association for Computer Information Systems Conference. Virtual presentation.

Spangler, S.C. (2020). Graduate students’ perceptions of embedded librarians. Issues in Information Systems. 21(4), 73-80.

Spangler, S.C., Casper, D. & Stanfield, D. (2020). Online students’ perceptions of embedded librarians. Issues in Information Systems. 21(1), 167-176.

St. Clair, N., & Girard, J. (2020). Are cybersecurity professionals satisfied with recent cybersecurity graduates? Journal of The Colloquium for Information System Security Education. 7(1). 1-7.

St. Clair, N., & Girard, J. (2020). Judging competencies in recent cybersecurity graduates. Journal of The Colloquium for Information System Security Education. 8(1). 9-18.

St. Clair, N., & Girard, J. (2020). Personal effectiveness competencies of recent cybersecurity graduates. Issues in Information Systems. 21(2). 270-278.

Stines, A. (2020). Faculty perceptions of open educational resources in cyber curriculum: A pilot study. Doctoral Dissertation.  

Wang, Y., Xu, B., Kwak, M., & Zeng, X. (2020). A noise injection strategy for graph autoencoder training.  Neural Computing and Applications, 1-8.  

2019

Journal Publications

Beasley, Shannon. (2019). Appropriate sample for technology adoption studies in technical education.  Issues in Information Systems, 20(1), 32-39.

Floyd, K. and Lingelbach, K. (2019). Perceptions of cloud storage privacy among university students. Issues in Information Systems, 20( 4).

Kirk, Sarah; Foreman, Daniel; Lee, Cody; and  Beasley, Shannon W. (2019) Sit back, relax, and tell me all your secrets.  Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice: Vol. 2019 : No. 2 , Article 4.

Koohang, A., Anderson, J., Nord, J. H., & Paliszkiewicz, J. (2019). Building an awareness-centered information security policy compliance model.  Industrial Management & Data Systems. 120(1), pp. 231-247

Koohang, A., Paliszkiewicz, J., Nord, J., Paullet, K., & Underwood, T. (2019). Predictors of success in security and data protection awareness of mobile devices: trust and privacy.  Issues in Information Systems. 20(1), 1-11.

Kwak, Myungjae., Kang, K., &  Wang,  Yingfeng. (2019). Methods of metabolite identification using MS/MS data.  Journal of Computer Information Systems, 1-7.

Köseoglu, M, Yildiz, M; &  Girard, J. (2019). Big data studies: A systematic review. Issues in Information Systems. 20(1), 70-79

Nord, J., Koohang, A., Paliszkiewicz, J. (2019). The Internet of Things: Review and theoretical framework.  Expert Systems with Applications, 131(1), 97-108.

Sandoval, Z. V. (2019). Digital citizenship in higher education students.  Issues in Information Systems, 20(4), pp/ 93-103.  

Spangler, S.C. (2019). Integrating information literacy in IT courses: Information technology students’ perceptions of embedded librarians. Online Journal of Applied Knowledge Management, 7(2), 172-182.

Spangler, S.C. (2019). Privacy and security in the digital culture. Issues in Information Systems, 20(2), 206-215.

Stines, A. A., & Kettani, H. (2019). Exploring Open Educational Resources in Cyber Training . International Journal of Culture and History, 5(3), 10–13. 

Yerby,  Johnathan,  Koohang, Alex., & Paliszkiewicz, J. (2019). Social media privacy concerns and risk beliefs.  Online Journal of Applied Knowledge Management,  7(1).

Conference Proceedings and Presentations

St. Clair, N., &  Girard, John. (2019).  Employer Perceptions of Recent Cybersecurity Graduates. 23rd Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education, Las Vegas, NV, 10 June 2019. 

Spangler, S.C. (2019). Social Media Privacy and Safety Tribulations in the Digital Native Culture. 31st Annual Ethnographic & Qualitative Research Conference (EQRC), Las Vegas, Nevada. 

Tsai, M.H.,  Wang, Yingfeng, Kwak, Myungjae, & Rigole, Neil. (2019)  Machine learning based strategy for election result prediction. Paper presented at the Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI) . Las Vegas, NV.

Wang, Yingfeng, Biyun Xu,  Kwak, Myungjae, and Xiaoqin Zeng. (2019)  A Simple Training Strategy for Graph Autoencoder. International Conference on Machine Learning and Computing(ICMLC). 

Williams, T. & Spangler, S.C. (2019). Sustainable Management: Minimizing employee turnover in IT. Presentation at International Association of Computer Information Systems, Clearwater, Florida.

Williams, E. and  Yerby, Johnathan. (2019). Google and Facebook data retention and location tracking through forensic cloud analysis.  Proceedings of the 22 ^nd Annual Southern Association for Information Systems Conference , St. Simons, GA.

Book Chapters

Rigole, Neil. (2019)Level up: Using digital badges and gamification strategies to increase student engagement and achievement. In   Engaged Student Learning: Essays on Best Practices in the University System of 51¶¯Âþ (pp. 29 – 31). Atlanta, GA: University System of 51¶¯Âþ

Presentations

IACIS - International Association for Computer Information Systems, 2019, Clearwater, Florida. “Predictors of success in security and data protection awareness of mobile devices: trust and privacy. “(Authored by Koohang, A., Paliszkiewicz, J., Nord, J., Paullet, K., & Underwood, T. – Presented by Koohang, A., Paliszkiewicz, J., Nord, J., & Paullet, K.).

Lingelbach, K. (2019). Incident Response and Cybersecurity Academic Programs. [Speaker, Presentation]. Robins Air Force Base Technology Expo & Cyber Forum. Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, GA.

Knowledge Management 2019, Warsaw, Poland.  “Social media privacy concerns and risk beliefs.” (Authored by Yerby, J., Koohang, A., & Paliszkiewicz, J. Presented by Koohang, A., & Paliszkiewicz, J.).  

Rigole, Neil. , Clayton, L. , Miller, M. & Casper, D. (2019).  Fostering a growth mindset and discovering the hidden curriculum in graduate education. Presented at the 51¶¯Âþ Council of Graduate Schools Conference. Atlanta, GA.

2018

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Calandra, B., Brantley-Dias, L., Yerby, J., & Demir, K. (2018). Examining the quality of preservice science teachers’ written reflections when using video recordings, audio recordings, and memories of a teaching event.  Contemporary Issues in Technology & Teacher Education, 18(1).

Kang, K., Kwak, M, & Shin, S. (2018). A Calculus of Virtual Community Knowledge Intentions: Anonymity, Perceived Network-Structure, Journal of Computer Information Systems, 58(2), 110-121.

Koohang, A .,   Floyd, K. ,   Rigole, N.   & Paliszkiewicz, J. (2018). Security policy and data protection awareness of mobile devices in relation to employees’ trusting beliefs.  Online Journal of Applied Knowledge management , 6(2), 7-22.

Koohang, A., Paliszkiewicz, J., & Goluchowski, J. (2018). Social media privacy concerns: trusting beliefs and risk beliefs. Industrial Management & Data Systems, 118(6), 1209-1228.

Koohang, A., Paliszkiewicz, J. & Nord, J. (2018). Social media privacy concerns among college students. Issues in Information Systems, 19(1), 11-19.

Sandoval, Z.V. (2018). Design and implementation of a chatbot in online higher education settings. Issues in Information Systems, 19(4), pp. 44-52.

Yerby, J., Floyd, K., (2018). Faculty and Staff Information Security Awareness and Behaviors. Journal for the Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education CISSE, 6(1).

Lingelbach, K. K. (2018). Perceptions of female cybersecurity professionals toward factors that encourage females to the cybersecurity field (Doctoral dissertation, Nova Southeastern University).   

Peer Reviewed Conference Proceedings Articles

Andrade, P. and Wang, Y. (in press, 2018) "A Graphical User Interface for Designing Graph Grammars", Proceedings of Southern Association for Information Systems.

Kharbat, F. and Girard, J. (2018). Knowledge Creation, Productivity, and Collaboration: An Exploratory Examination of University Faculty and Staff. In Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Internet and e-Business (ICIEB '18). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 242-245. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3230348.3230366

Koohang, A., Yerby, J. (2018). The role of social media privacy concerns in predicting users’ risk beliefs. Proceedings of Southern Association for Information Systems.

Kwak, M., Koohang, A., Floyd, K., Choi, A. (2018).  An Educational Adventure Game for Teaching Information Literacy and Student Engagement, Proceedings of the 51st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.

Rigole, N., Yerby, J., Kwak, M., and Riepe, M. (2018, April). Strategies and Opportunities for Preparing Graduate Students to Conduct Graduate Level Research. Presentation at 51¶¯Âþ Council of Graduate Schools Spring 2018 Conference, Macon, GA.

Yerby, J. (2018). Secure Web Applications Practices and Reminders. USG WebTech Conference, Macon, GA.

Zeng, X., Liu, Y., Shi, Z., Wang, Y., Zou, Y., Kong, J., and Kang, Z. (2018). An edge-based graph grammar formalism and its support system. In International DMS Conference on Visualization and Visual Languages 101–108. Redwood City. https://doi.org/10.18293/DMSVIVA2018-015 

Books (Authored/Co-authored or Edited)

Floyd, Kevin S., Kwak, Myungjae, Stines, A. (2018). HTML Tutorial. University System of 51¶¯Âþ: Affordable Learning 51¶¯Âþ.

Floyd, Kevin S., Kwak, Myungjae, Stines, A. (2018). XML Tutorial. University System of 51¶¯Âþ: Affordable Learning 51¶¯Âþ.

Floyd, Kevin S., Kwak, Myungjae, Stines, A. (2018). PHP Tutorial. University System of 51¶¯Âþ: Affordable Learning 51¶¯Âþ.

Floyd, Kevin S., Kwak, Myungjae, Stines, A. (2018). Javascript Tutorial. University System of 51¶¯Âþ: Affordable Learning 51¶¯Âþ.

Book Chapters

Koohang A ., Paliszkiewicz, J., Gołuchowski J. (2017). Trust, Knowledge Management, and Organizational Performance: Predictors of Success in Leadership. In Liebowitz, J., & Paliszkiewicz, J. (2017), Intuition, Trust, and Analytics . CRC Press - Taylor & Francis Publishing Company.

Presentations

Girard, J. (2018). Is Big Data the New Knowledge Management? (Keynote). 4th International Conference on Knowledge and Software Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey, 24 March, 2018.

Knowledge Management 2018, Pisa, Italy. “Security policy and data protection awareness of mobile devices in relation to employees’ trusting beliefs.” (Authored by Koohang, Floyd, Rigole, & Paliszkiewicz – Presented by Koohang & Paliszkiewicz).

IACIS - International Association for Computer Information Systems, 2018, Clearwater, FL. “Social media privacy concerns among college students.” (Authored by Koohang, Riggio, Paliszkiewicz, & Nord - Presented by Koohang, Paliszkiewicz, & Nord).

Sandoval, Z.V. (2018). Instructional approaches to utilizing chatbots. 2018 Rockcliffe University Consortium Conference, San Francisco, CA. November 9-10, 2018.

Sandoval, Z.V. (2018). Design and implementation of a chatbot in online higher education settings. Presentation of full paper accepted at the 58th Annual IACIS International Conference, Clearwater, FL. October 3-6, 2018.

Sandoval, Z.V. (2018). Perspectives of including asynchronous and synchronous sessions in online courses. 2018 Texas Distance Learning Association Annual Conference, Dallas, TX. March 20-23, 2018.

Yerby, J. and Floyd, K. (2018). Changing security behavior through awareness [Presentation]. 58th International Association for Computer Information Systems Conference, Clearwater, FL.

2017

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Floyd, Kevin S., Rigole, N., & Stines, A. (2017). Student perceptions of video conferencing technology. Issues in Information Systems, 18(3), 1-8.

Koohang, A. (2017). Social media sites privacy concerns: Empirical validation of an instrument. Online Journal of Applied Knowledge Management, 5(1), 14-26.

Koohang, A., & Hatch, M. (2017). Leadership Effectiveness in IT-Centered Organizations: Gender and Levels of Management.  Journal of Computer Information Systems,  57(4), 385-391.

Koohang, A., Paliszkiewicz, J., Gołuchowski, (2017). The impact of leadership on trust, knowledge management, and organizational performance: A research model. Industrial Management & Data Systems, 117(3), 521-537.

Koohang, A., Riggio, M., Paliszkiewicz, J., & Nord, J. (2017). Security policies and data protection of mobile devices in the workplace. Issues in Information Systems, 18(1), 11-21.

Rigole, N., Hollingsworth, L., & Ray, J. (2017, March).  Badges and gamification in eLearning: Effects on achievement and engagement. Presented at the Southern Association of Information Systems Conference . St. Simons, GA.

Sandoval, Z.V. (2017). Asynchronous and synchronous sessions in online courses: Graduate students perceptions. Issues in Information Systems, 18(4), pp. 124-134.

Wang, Y., Wang, X., & Zeng, X. (2017). MIDAS-G: a computational platform for investigating fragmentation rules of tandem mass spectrometry in metabolomics.  Metabolomics,  13(10), 116.

Yerby, J. (2017). Examination of community of inquiry model interdependence in a fully online asynchronous mastery-type course.  Twentieth Annual Southern Association for Information Systems Conference. St. Simons, GA.

Presentations

IACIS - International Association for Computer Information Systems, 2017, Philadelphia. “Security policies and data protection of mobile devices in the workplace." (Authored by Koohang, Riggio, Paliszkiewicz, & Nord - Presented by Koohang, Paliszkiewicz, & Nord).

Knowledge Management 2017, Slovenia. “Social media sites privacy concerns: Empirical validation of an instrument." (Authored by Koohang - presented by Koohang).

Sandoval, Z.V. (2017). Asynchronous and synchronous sessions in online courses: Graduate students perspectives. Presentation of full paper accepted at the 57th Annual IACIS International Conference, Philadelphia, PA. October 4-7, 2017.

Sandoval, Z.V. (2017). Redesigning an Instrument to Evaluate Usability in Online Courses. 2017 Texas Distance Learning Association Annual Conference, Galveston, TX. March 28-31, 2017.

2016

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Floyd, K. , Rigole, N. , & Stines, A.  (2016). Faculty perceptions of video conferencing technology.  Issues in Information Systems , 17( 4 ), 158-166.

Girard, J. , Floyd, K. , & Yerby, J. (2016). A comparison of knowledge retention in online and face-to-face capstone experiences. Knowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal.

Girard, J., & Ribière, V. (2016). Mapping the Future of KM through Earl's KM Taxonomy Lens.  Online Journal of Applied Knowledge Management. 4(1), 180-191.

Koohang, A., Paliszkiewicz, J., Gołuchowski, J., & Nord, J. H. (2016). Active Learning for Knowledge Construction in E-Learning: A Replication Study. Journal of Computer Information Systems, 56(3), 238-243.

Koohang, A., Paliszkiewicz, J., Klein, D., & Nord, J. (2016). The importance of active learning elements in the design of online courses. The Online Journal of Applied Knowledge Management, 4(2), 17-28.

Koohang, A., & Paliszkiewicz, J. (2016). E-Learning Courseware Usability: Building a Theoretical Model. Journal of Computer Information Systems, 56(1), 55-61.

Kwak, M. &  Girard, J. (2016). Electronic Health Record Usage in Southern US States.  Issues in Information Systems. 17(1), 1-8.

Nord, J.,  Koohang A., & Paliszkiewicz, J. (2016). A report on the state of mobile technologies within organizations.  Issues in Information Systems, 17(1), 70-79.

Sandoval, Z.V. (2016). The re-design process of an instrument to evaluate usability in online courses. Issues in Information Systems, 17(3), pp. 77-88.

Wang, X., & Wang, Y. (2016) Discrete Mathematics Education for Information Technology Students. Computer Education 4 : 16–20.

Peer Reviewed Conference Proceedings Articles

Beasley, S. & Girard, J. (2016). Office-based Physician EHR Adoption and Use in Southern US States. In SAIS 2016 Proceedings. St. Augustine, FL. Retrieved from

Breese, J., Yerby, J., & Tkach, S. (2016). Criminal Court Redundancy Case Study: The Best Defensive is a Good Offense. In SAIS 2016 Proceedings. St. Augustine, FL. Retrieved from

Girard, J., Breeze, J., & Wang, Y. (2016). Hospital Technology Integration in South US States. In SAIS 2016 Proceedings. St. Augustine, FL. Retrieved from

Johnson, A. & Beasley, S. (2016). Harnessing the Expended Labor of Active Learning Exercises. In SAIS 2016 Proceedings. St. Augustine, FL. Retrieved from

Talmage, C., Casper, D., Hollifield, S., Holland, J., Nylund, C., Choi, A., & Kwak, M. (2016). Tesla’s Revenge: A 2D Educational Adventure Game for Information Literacy and Student Engagement. In SAIS 2016 Proceedings. St. Augustine, FL. Retrieved from

Books (Authored/Co-authored or Edited)

Paliszkiewicz, J., Koohang, A. (2016). Social Media and Trust: A Multinational Study of University Students. Informing Science Press: Santa Rosa, California.

Conference Presentations (Regional/National/International)

Nord, Klein, Koohang, & Paliszkiewicz. (2016). The importance of active learning elements in the design of online courses. Knowledge Management 2016, Lisbon, Portugal.

Nord, Koohang, & Paliszkiewicz. (2016). A report on the state of mobile technologies within organizations. IACIS - International Association for Computer Information Systems, 2016, Nashville, TN.

Rigole, N. (2016, April). Level up! Using badges and gamification strategies to increase student engagement in online and blended courses. University System of 51¶¯Âþ Teaching & Learning Conference, Athens, GA.

Sandoval, Z.V. (2016). The re-design process of an instrument to evaluate usability in online courses. Presentation of full paper accepted at the 56th Annual IACIS International Conference, Nashville, TN. October 5-8, 2016.

2015

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Girard, J., Ashford, A., & Colon, P. (2015). Measuring learners’ subject specific knowledge. Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society. 11 (3), 183-191.

Girard, J.P., & Girard, J.L. (2015). Defining knowledge management: Toward an applied compendium. Online Journal of Applied Knowledge Management. 3(1), 1-20.

Kang, K.,  Kwak, M, & Shin, S. (Forthcoming) A Calculus of Virtual Community Knowledge Intentions: Anonymity, Perceived Network-Structure.  Journal of Computer Information Systems.

Koohang, A., Paliszkiewicz, J., & Nord, J. H. (2015). Predictors of success in e-learning courseware usability design. Issues in Information Systems, 16(2), 116-122.

Paliszkiewicz, J., Gołuchowski, J., & Koohang, A. (2015). Leadership, trust, and knowledge management in relation to organizational performance: Developing an instrument. Online Journal of Applied Knowledge Management, 3 (2), 19-35.

Sandoval, Z.V. (2015). The development of a usability instrument for e-learning in educational settings. Issues in Information Systems, 16(3), pp. 148-155.

St. Clair, N., & Girard, J. (2015). Do online and face-to-face students exhibit the same information analysis skills? Issues in Information Systems. 16(2), 74-80.

Wang, Y., Malmberg, R.L., & Cai, L. (2015). A Novel Structural Measure Separating Non-Coding RNAs from Genomic Backgrounds, Tsinghua Science and Technology. 20(5), pp. 474-483.

Girard, J. (2015). Beyond Conversation, Management Issues, March 18, Online Column:

Peer Reviewed Conference Proceedings Articles

Spangler, S., Breese, J., & Borkovich, D. J., (2015) Case Study: Can Interpersonal-Cultural Communication Sustain Another Innovation? Proceedings of the Conference on Information Systems Applied Research, Wilmington, NC, ISSN: 2167-1508, v8 n3668

Books (Authored/Co-authored or Edited)

Girard, J., Klein, D., & Berg, K. (Eds.) (2015). Strategic data-based wisdom in the big data era. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Book Chapters

Koohang, A. (2015). Positioning Your Paper for Publication in a Journal: Where Do Authors Go Wrong? In J. Liebowitz, A Guide to Publishing for Academics: Inside the Publish or Perish Phenomenon, CRC Press: Taylor and Francis Group: Florida.

Conference Presentations (Regional/National/International)

IACIS - International Association for Computer Information Systems, 2015, Clearwater, Florida. “Active learning in online courses." (Authored by Deanna Klein, Alex Koohang & Joanna Paliszkiewicz - Presented by All).

IACIS - International Association for Computer Information Systems, 2015, Clearwater, Florida. "Predictors of success in e-learning courseware usability design." (Authored by Alex Koohang, Joanna Paliszkiewicz, & Jeretta Horn Nord - Presented by All).

Knowledge Management 2015, Katowice, Poland. “Leadership, trust, and knowledge management in relation to organizational performance: Developing an instrument." (Authored by Paliszkiewicz, J., Gołuchowski, J., & Koohang, A. - Presented by All).

Kwak, M., & Yerby, J. (2015, June). Demonstration of digital forensics using python and raspberry pi. Community College Cyber Summit. National Science Foundation & Advanced Cyberforensics Education Consortium, Las Vegas, NV.

Sandoval, Z.V. (2015). The development of a usability instrument for e-learning in educational settings. Presentation of full paper accepted at the 55th Annual IACIS International Conference, Clearwater Beach, FL. October 7-10, 2015.

Sandoval, Z.V. (2015). A critical incident within the classroom analyzed through Bourdieu’s idea of cultural capital and equity. 16th Annual Curriculum and Pedagogy Conference, Cleveland, OH. November 5-6, 2015.

Lu, M.P., Wu, C.J., & Sandoval, Z.V. (2015). The effect of 3D avatar animation videos on Chinese character learning. 57th Annual American Association of Chinese Studies Conference, Houston, TX. October 9-11, 2015.

Yerby, J., Jennings, K., & Tkach, S. (2015, July). Cyber forensics meets big data. 55TH Annual International Association for Computer Information Systems Conference, Las Vegas, NV.

2014

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Floyd, K., & Yerby, J. (2014). Information Systems Faculty Perceptions of Ethical Work Climate and Job Satisfaction.  Journal of the Southern Association for Information Systems,  2(1), 1-24. DOI:

Grayson, M., Kwak, M., & Choi, A. (2014). Automated Platform for Aggregation and Topical Sentiment Analysis of News Articles, Blogs, and Other Online Materials. Issues in Information Systems, 15(2), p. 350-358.

Harman, K., Koohang, A. Paliszkiewicz, J. (2014). Scholarly interest in gamification: a citation network analysis.  Industrial Management & Data Systems, 114(9), pp. 1438 – 1452

Justice, N. B., Li, Z., Wang, Y., Spaudling, S. E., Mosier, A. C., Hettich, R. L., Pan, C. and Banfield, J. F. (2014), 15N- and 2H proteomic stable isotope probing links nitrogen flow to archaeal heterotrophic activity. Environmental Microbiology, 16: 3224–3237. DOI:

Koohang, A., Paliszkiewicz, J., (2014). Empirical validation of an learning courseware usability model.  Issues in Information Systems, 15(2), pp. 270-275

Koohang, A., Paliszkiewicz, J., Nord, J., & Ramim, M. (2014). Advancing a theoretical model for knowledge construction in e-learning. The Online Journal of Applied Knowledge Management, 2(2), pp. 12-25.

Li, Z., Wang, Y., Yao, Q., Justice, N. B., Ahn, T.-H., Xu, D., Hettich, R.L., Banfield, J.F., & Pan, C. (2014). Diverse and divergent protein post-translational modifications in two growth stages of a natural microbial community. Nature Communications, 5(4405). DOI:

Nord, J., Paliszkiewicz, J., Koohang, A.  (2014). Using social technologies for competitive advantage: Impact on organizations and higher educations.  Journal of Computer Information Systems, 55(1), pp. 92-104.

Paliszkiewicz, J., Koohang, A., Goluchowski, J., & Nord, J. (2014). Management trust, organizational trust, and organizational performance: Advancing and measuring a theoretical model. Management and Production Engineering Review, 5(1), pp. 32-41.

Paliszkiewicz, J., Koohang, A., & Nord, J. (2014). Management trust, organizational trust, and organizational performance: empirical validation of an instrument. The Online Journal of Applied Knowledge Management, 2(1), pp. 28-39.

Wang, Y., Kora, G., Bowen, B. P., & Pan, C. (2014). MIDAS: A Database-Searching Algorithm for Metabolite Identification in Metabolomics. Analytical Chemistry, 86(19), 9496–9503. DOI:  

Yan, C., Wang, Y. (2014). A graph kernel method for DNA-binding site prediction. BMC Systems Biology, 8(Suppl 4):S10.

Yerby, J. (2014). Independent project based learning: Applying knowledge by creating a low-cost supercomputer. Issues in Information Systems, 15(2), 252-257. DOI:

Yerby, J., Hollifield, S., Kwak, M., & Floyd, K. (2014). Development of serious games for teaching digital forensics. Issues in Information Systems, 15(2), 335-343. DOI:

Yurov, K.M., Yurova Y.V., Kwak M., & Ku, C-H. (2014). The Effect of Psychological and Environmental Factors on Academic Performance of Video Gamers. Issues in Information Systems, 15(2), 393-398.

Yurov, K.M., Beasley S.W., Kwak M., and Floyd, K.S. (2014). An Initial Study of Educational Game Applications Supporting the STEM Education in K-12 Systems. Online Journal of Applied Knowledge Management, 2(1), 169-179.

Books (Authored/Co-authored or Edited)

Gordon, Cindy, Weir, Andrew, & Girard, John P. (2014). Social Roots: Why Social Innovations are Creating the Influence Economy. New York: Business Expert Press.

Conference Presentations (Regional/National/International)

IACIS - International Association for Computer Information Systems, 2014, Las Vegas. "Empirical validation of an e-learning courseware usability model." (Authored by Alex Koohang & Joanna Paliszkiewicz - Presented by All).

Knowledge Management 2014, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. "Management trust, organizational trust, and organizational performance: empirical validation of an instrument." (Authored by Joanna Paliszkiewicz, Alex Koohang, & Jeretta Horn Nord - Presented by All).

Knowledge Management 2014, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. "Advancing a theoretical model for knowledge construction in e-learning." (Authored by Alex Koohang, Joanna Paliszkiewicz, Jeretta Horn Nord, & Michelle Ramim - Presented by All).

Knowledge Management 2014, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. "Writing for publication in refereed journals." (Authored by Jeretta Horn Nord, Daryl Nord, & Alex Koohang - Presented by All).

Quality & Knowledge Conference, 2014, Kazimierz, Poland. Trust-based Knowledge Management Model (Authored by Paliszkiewicz, J., Goluchowski, J., & Koohang, A. - Presented by All).

Coppa, E., Yerby, J., Floyd, K., and Vilikinofsky, P. (2014, June). Achieving cybersecurity excellence through evolution of the nation's cyber workforce. Community College Cyber Summit. National Science Foundation & Advanced Cyberforensics Education Consortium, Palos Hills, IL.

Floyd, K. and Yerby, J. (2014, June). Blended learning: A learner-centered model for cybersecurity and forensic courses. Community College Cyber Summit. National Science Foundation & Advanced Cyberforensics Education Consortium, Palos Hills, IL.

Girard, J., Ashford, A., Beasley, S. & Colon, P. (2014). Do Online and Face-to-Face Capstone Students Achieve Similar Results in Distinct Subject Areas?, Abstract presented at Academy of Business Research Fall 2014 Conference, San Antonio, Texas.

Girard, J., Floyd, K., & Yerby, J. (2014). A Comparison of Knowledge Retention in Online and Face-to-face Capstone Experiences, Abstract presented at Academy of Business Research Fall 2014 Conference, San Antonio, Texas.

Girard, J. (2014, June). Does media context analysis create knowledge? Abstract presented at the International Institute of Applied Knowledge Management KM Conference, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria.

Girard, J. (2014, June). The dialogue rendezvous. Abstract presented at the International Institute of Applied Knowledge Management KM Conference, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria.

Girard, J. (2014, September). International Online Symposium, Myths of Big Data, Macon, GA,

Ku, C-H., Kwak M., Yurov, K.M. and Yurova, Y.V. (2014, August). A Study of the Influence of Gaming Behavior on Academic Performance of IT College Students, Twentieth Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS). Savannah, 51¶¯Âþ.

Kwak, M., Yerby, J., Floyd, K and Hollifield, S. (2014, June). Gamification for digital forensics: Serious games for teaching forensics processes and procedures. Community College Cyber Summit. National Science Foundation & Advanced Cyberforensics Education Consortium, Palos Hills, IL.

Lu, M.P., Kang, S., & Sandoval Z.V. (2014). The role of bodily enactment and imagination in chinese character learning. Arizona Computer-Assisted Language Learning Conference, Tempe, AZ. February 15, 2014.

Smith, T. & Koohang, A.  (2014, June).  User Interface Design in E-Learning Platform – Desire2Learn.    Presented at Distance Learning Association 2014 Conference, Jekyll Island, GA. (Presented by Smith).

Yerby, J. (2014, October). Enhancing undergraduate it curriculum with networking and digital forensics labs. University System of 51¶¯Âþ 43rd Annual Computing Conference, Rock Eagle, GA.

Yurov, K.M., Beasley S.W., Kwak M., and Floyd, K.S. (2014, June). An Initial Study of Educational Game Applications Supporting the STEM Education in K-12 Systems, Knowledge Management Conference. Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria.

Yurov, K.M., Yurova Y.V., Kwak M., and Ku, C-H. (2014, October). The Effect of Psychological and Environmental Factors on Academic Performance of Video Gamers, IACIS International Conference. Las Vegas, Nevada.