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Mary
R. Sumner
Professor of Computer Management and Information
Systems and Assistant Dean for Development. |
Member of the faculty since 1982
Doctorate, Rutgers University, 1977
M.A., Columbia University, 1971
M.A., University of Chicago, 1969
B.A., Syracuse University, 1968
Prior to joining the SIUE faculty, Dr. Sumner
was a faculty member at New York University. She also served as
a Senior Associate at the Center for the Study of Data Processing
at Washington University. She received an EPDA Fellowship in Educational
Administration from Rutgers University in 1974.
Professor Sumner has extensive business experience. She has served
as a market research analyst at Market Facts, Inc. and at Helene
Curtis Industries in Chicago. Dr. Sumner has also conducted information
systems design projects for various organizations, including St.
Louis Children's Hospital, Carboline, and others. She has taught
seminars in office information systems and software engineering
for the St. Louis business community.
Professor Sumner has published research papers on the topics of
management and control issues in end-user computing, the organizational
impacts of electronic communications systems, and risk facts in
user-developed applications. Her research has appeared in Database,
the Journal of Systems Management, Information and Management, the
Office Systems Research Journal, and numerous other publications.
She has authored three textbooks, including Management Information
Systems: The Manager's View, Computers: Concepts and Uses and Automated
Office Systems Management. Her current research interests include
the impact of computer-assisted software engineering tools on systems
development productivity, the impact of computer-meditated communications
technologies on managerial communications, and design issues in
managerial decision support systems.
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