Ph.D in Information Systems
For additional information about the Ph.D program in Information Systems contact:
Dr. Lakshmi Iyer
ISOM Graduate Programs Director
ISOM Department, Bryan 435
PO Box 26170
Greensboro, NC 27402-6165
Voice: 336.334.4984
Fax: 336.334.5580
Mr. Rodney Ouzts
IS Ph.D. Program Assistant
P.O. Box 26170
Bryan School of Business and Economics, Room 441
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro, NC 27402-6165
Phone: 336.334.4346
Fax: 336.334.4550
Email: RMOuzts@uncg.edu
Visit the ISOM Department home page for information about the faculty and other department programs.
Information Systems and Operations Management
Current Information Systems Ph.D. Candidates
The Information Systems Ph.D. Program has 100% placement of its graduates in positions.
Connie S. Albert received her MS in Management/Information Systems from the University of Arkansas, Little
Rock and BS in Management/Information Systems from Kaplan College, Davenport, Iowa. She also earned a Public
Health Informatics Certification from the University of Illinois at Chicago in collaboration with the American
Medical Informatics Association and CDC. Recently, Ms. Albert served as Adjunct faculty teaching in the Department
if IST for Kaplan University's Online Division and served as a Project/Program Specialist in the Department of
Public Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences where she maintained databases to support grant
initiatives. While at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, she designed, implemented, trained and
wrote user manuals for the faculty databases which included over 1000 faculty and staff. She is a member of the
Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society and Alpha Beta Kappa National Honor Society.
Dmytro Babik earned his MSITM at UNCG and MBA from Tulane University. He earned his undergraduate degree in Management from Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute, Ukraine and was employed for a number of years as an analyst in finance and as a risk analyst at the Credit Agricole CIB in the Ukraine. In 2011, he was awarded a UNCG Hayes Fellowship and is a member of the Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE) International Honor Society. He has published several papers on finance in the Business Inform, a Ukrainian analytic review and most recently, has been conducting research in the areas of IT sustainability and IT in healthcare.
Wiley Brown earned his BS in Business Administration degree and MBA from Appalachian State University and was employed for a number of years in the operations management field. Most recently, he has been a lecturer at ASU teaching several classes in the Computer Information Systems Department. His research interests include IT sustainability, Web 2.0 and IT in healthcare.
Mitchell Church earned his B.A. from UNCG in 1999. After that, he worked for a number of years in the
financial services industry before returning to UNCG are earning his M.S. in IT Management. His research
interests include information security and privacy and healthcare IT.
Donald Heath Jr. holds a BS in Computer Information Systems form Guilford College and an MS in IT Management
from UNCG where he was awarded the Bryan School Dean's Medal for Academic Excellence. He is a Bryan Fellow, and a
member of the Beta Gamma Sigma International Honor Society. He worked for ten years as a software developer to the
automotive industry, and has held management positions with local and international firms.
Timothy Jacks received his undergraduate degree in Philosophy from Davidson College and an MBA
from Lenoir-Rhyne College. Before coming to UNCG, Jacks worked for eighteen years in IT, nine in IT management,
within top companies in various industries including telecommunications, healthcare and retail. Jacks also served
as an instructor in the Business Administration Department at Lenoir-Rhyne College. He has had papers
published in conference proceedings for GITMA, AMCIS, and ICIS. His research interests include computer-mediated
friendship networks, business value of IT, global IT management, and IT culture.
Rozan Omar Maghrabi received her MS in IT Management degree and Post Baccalaureate Certificate in IT from UNCG.
She received her BS in Business Administration from King Abdul Aziz University, Saudi Arabia. While serving as a
graduate assistants at UNCG she co-authored a research project with Dr. Nir Kshetri titled, "The Development of the
M-Commerce Industry in the Gulf Cooperation Council Economies: An Institutional Analysis" and participated in the
2009 International Conference on IS and Economic Intelligence held in Sousse, Tunisia. Her past academic experience
also includes internships at The Saudi British Bank and Bugshan Agency for Advertising and Publicity, both in Saudi
Arabia.
Anupam Kumar Nath earned both his undergraduate and graduate degree
in computer science from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. After coming to the United
States, Mr. Nath enrolled in the Computer Science Ph.D. program at North Dakota State
University but decided that he wanted to study more than the technology side of computer
science and transferred to UNCG. He is pleased with the change and is enjoying the UNCG
Information Systems Ph.D. program which puts more emphasis on the “personal”
side of information technology. Recently, Mr. Nath presented a paper on “Factors
Influencing the Perceived Security of the Customers” at the 2007 Southeast Decisions
Sciences Institute Conference.
Richelle L. Oakley received her B.S. and MBA degree from the University of Albany, State University of New
York (SUNY). Most recently, she served as adjunct faculty teaching Intro to Microcomputers at DeKalb Technical
College in Atlanta. Ms. Oakley is the Parliamentarian for the PhD Project's Information Systems Doctoral Student
Association (ISDSA) and is also a member of the Association for Information Systems (AIS). Her research interests
include Web 2.0, IT in healthcare, and interest fraud.
Richard Schilhavy received his Master's of Science in Information Systems at Indiana University and Bachelor's of Science in Business
Administration at the University of Evansville. He has published papers in the Journal of Information Privacy and Security
(JIPS), and conference proceedings at Americas Conference on Information Systems ( AMCIS), the INFORMS Annual Meeting, and
the Decisions Sciences Institute ( DSI) Annual Meeting. His research interests include information and technology ethics,
social construction of technology, and trust and reputation systems. His teaching interests include web design and
development, web application programming, and systems analysis and design.
Ravi Thambusamy earned his undergraduate degree from the College of Engineering in Guindy, India as well as
and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Oklahoma State University and M.S. in IT Management from UNCG. While at
UNCG in the MSTIM program, Mr. Thambusamy received the Bryan School of Business and Economics’ Dean’s Medal for
Academic Excellence. He was also inducted into the Beta Gamma Sigma International Honor Society for Collegiate
Schools of Business and the Upsilon Pi Epsilon Honor Society for Computing and Information Disciplines. He worked for five years in the field of IT application development, IT services, and information security. His focus areas of interest are information security,
e-commerce and web services.
Jeffrey (Jeff) Wall received his MS in Public Administration from Brigham Young University with a minor in Management Information Systems. He earned his BA from the University of Utah in Speech Communication with an emphasis in Organizational Communication. For the past five years, he has worked as a developer of SAS systems, designing consumer shopping cart systems and an online ERP system for the promotional products industry. His research interests include behavioral aspects related to information systems security, privacy, virtual teams, and decision science.
Steven Wallace received his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from North Carolina
State University and earned a M.S. in IT Management from UNCG. Before coming to UNCG, Mr. Wallace
worked nine years in computer programming within the telecommunications industries. His research
interest is in knowledge management.