Tziporah Stern
Information Systems
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Tziporah_Stern@baruch.cuny.edu
Education
- Ph.D., Business/ Information Systems, Baruch College, CUNY, 2003 - present
- MBA, Information Systems, Baruch College, CUNY, 2006
- BS, Computer Science; Touro College, 2003
Dissertation
- Title: " Privacy Paradox: Examining Information Disclosure on Social Networking Websites"
- Committee:
- Dr. Nanda Kumar (Chair)
- Dr. Linda Friedman
- Dr. Martin Frankel
Research Interest
- Electronic Commerce and Privacy
- Decision Support Systems and Mass customization
Publications
- Kamis, Arnold, Marios Koufaris, and Tziporah Stern. (2008). “Using an attribute-based DSS for user-customized products online: An experimental investigation,” forthcoming in MIS Quarterly.
- Stern, Tziporah. (2007). “Privacy Risk In E-commerce.“ in Encyclopedia of Multimedia technology and Networking. Ed. Margherita Pagani. Information Science Reference.
- Stern, Tziporah. (2005). “Internet Privacy from the Individual and Business Perspectives.“ in Encyclopedia of Multimedia technology and Networking. Ed. Margherita Pagani. Information Science Reference.
- Kamis, Arnold, Marios Koufaris, and Tziporah Stern. (2004). "Online Mass Customization and the Consumer Experience." Americas Conference on Information Systems. New York, New York, August 2004. Best paper award.
- Altschuller, Shoshana W., Qian Peng, Sheridan Yeates, Tziporah Stern, and L.W. Friedman. (2004). “An Introductory Doctoral Seminar in Information Systems Research,” Northeast Decision Sciences Institute Conference, Atlantic City, New Jersey, March 24-26.
Current research projects
- "A Flow-Based Model of Purchase Intention when Users Customize Products in Business-to-Consumer Electronic Commerce" with Arnold Kamis and Dan Ladik, under review at Information Systems Frontiers
- “A Family Based Approach to User Documentation” with Kannan Mohan
- “Impact of Traceability on Review Effectiveness: An Experimental Investigation of Cognitive Processes” with Kannan Mohan
Teaching/academic experience
- CUNY Technology Fellowship, 2007-present
- In charge of technical components assisting a group of 15 professors to develop online courses using Blackboard.
- Baruch College, Adjunct Professor, 2006-2007
- Introduction to Computer Information Systems and Technologies (3 semesters)
- Used Blackboard software extensively
- Topics covered: management information systems (MIS), hardware and software concepts, organization of information, elements of systems analysis and design, telecommunications, e-commerce, and contemporary applications of computers in organizational environments.
- Baruch College, Research Assistant, 2003-2007
- Assisted three professors with various research projects including: designing and conducting experiments, designing web-pages, writing literature reviews, writing up experiment results, editing research papers
Professional experience
- BK Consultants, project manager, 2001 – 2002
- Designing web-pages, optimizing search ranking
- Comhill Systems, medical billing, 2000 - 2001
Awards and prizes
- Doctor Consortium AMCIS 2008; Toronto, Canada
- Merit Scholarship
- Regents Scholarship
Presentations
- Presentation at the Information Systems Research Workshop (ISRW), Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, CUNY. “Online mass customization and the consumer experience.” December 9, 2004.
