| Title: | Associate Professor |
| Dept: | Information Systems |
| Office: | BU 335 |
| Phone: | 216-687-3795 |
| Email: | j.l.spears@csuohio.edu |
| Address: | 2121 Euclid Ave. BU 335, Cleveland, OH 44115 |
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| Education: | ||||||||
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Ph.D., Business, The Pennsylvania State University
M.B.A., Business, Case Western Reserve University B.S., Computer Information Systems, California State University at Los Angeles | ||||||||
| Brief Bio: | ||
| Janine Spears is an Associate Professor in Cleveland State University`s Information Systems department with expertise in information security risk management. She teaches courses in information security and business process modeling and design. Her research has been published in MIS Quarterly, Information & Management, Behaviour & Information Technology, Journal of Information Systems Education, ISACA Journal, and in IEEE and AIS conference proceedings. | ||
| Honors and Awards: | ||
| Journal of Information Systems Education (JISE) Best Paper Finalist Award for manuscript, "Gaining Real-World Experience in Information Security: A Roadmap for a Service Learning Course," by Janine L. Spears, vol. 29, awarded 2019. | ||
| Creative and Activities: | ||
| Citizen Diplomat, the Cleveland Council on World Affairs | ||
| Research Interests: | ||
| My research interests include IS security risk assessment; digital privacy; cyber threat intelligence data collection and analysis; and misinformation identification. | ||
| Teaching Areas: | ||
| Cyber security
Business process modeling
Information security risk assessment for non-profit organizations | ||
| Professional Affiliations: | ||
| Association for Information Systems (AIS)
PhD Project
Infragard, Northern Ohio chapter
Cyber Resilience Institute (CRI)
Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA)
Association for Computing and Machinery (ACM) | ||
| Professional Experience: | ||
| 1. Systems analyst in the major motion picture, PC manufacturing, and aerospace industries, So. California.
2. Technical account manager for a manufacturer of network logon authentication devices, Paris, France. | ||