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Assistant Professor of Information Systems
School of Business Administration
Education: B.A.; M.B.A., Ph.D. (Baruch)
Office: E-355 Olmsted Building
Phone: 717-948-6144
E-mail: ruj1@psu.edu

Vita

Dr. Joseph received her doctoral degree, specializing in Information Systems, from the City University of New York. Prior to joining Penn State Harrisburg she taught at Baruch College for several years. Her primary teaching areas are database management, data warehousing and electronic commerce. In 2009 Dr. Joseph received the Technology Educator of the Year Award from the Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania. Her research has appeared in or is forthcoming for publication in several journals including Journal of Global Information Technology Management, Communications of the ACM, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communications, Government Information Quarterly and others. She has also presented her research at local, regional and international conferences.

Education

  • Ph.D., Graduate Center, City University of New York
  • M.Phil., Graduate Center, CUNY
  • M.B.A., Baruch College, CUNY
  • B.Sc., University of the West Indies

Research Areas

  • E-government
  • IT Adoption – Individual and Organizational levels
  • IT in Emerging Economies

Continuing Education Interests

Database Management Systems, E-Commerce.

Professional Affiliations

  • IRMA Information Resources Management Association
  • DSI Decision Sciences Institute
  • ACM Association for Computing Machinery