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Joseph Nwankpa

Associate Professor & Endres Associate Professor Fellow & FSB Director Of Cybersecurity

Information Systems & Analytics


Joseph Nwankpa

Contact Information

Office Hours

  • TR 10-1130
  • TR 130-230

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Profile

Academic Background

  • Ph.D. Kent State University, Information Systems, 2012
  • MBA University of Windsor, Business Administration, 2008
  • M.Sc. Hanken School of Economics, Advanced Financial Information Systems, 2007
  • B.Sc. Abia State University, Accountancy, 2000

Academic & Professional Experience

  • Endres Associate Professor Fellow (2025-Present)
  • Associate Professor, 黑料社区 (2023-Present)
  • FSB Director of Cybersecurity Initiatives (2021-Present)
  • Assistant Professor, 黑料社区 (2017-2023)
  • Assistant Professor, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (2013-2017)

Recent Publications

  • Hagan, M., Andoh-Baidoo, F. K., Ayaburi, E., & Nwankpa, J. K (2024) A moderated model of Open Innovation: An integration of theories of constraint and dynamic capabilities. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management 71, 14438-14449
  • Nwankpa, J. K., & Roumani, Y.F (2024) Remote Work, Employee Productivity, and Innovation: The Moderating Roles of Knowledge Sharing and Digital Business Intensity. Journal of Knowledge Management 28(6), 1793-1818.
  • Nwankpa, J. K., & Datta, P., (2023) Remote Vigilance: The Roles of Cyber Awareness and Cybersecurity Policies Among Remote Workers. Computers & Security 130, 103266.
  • Nwankpa, J. K., & Datta, P., (2022) Leapfrogging Healthcare Service Quality in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Utility-Trust Rationale of Mobile Payment Platforms. European Journal of Information Systems, 31(1), 40-57.
  • Nwankpa, J. K, Roumani, Y., & Datta, P., (2022) Process Innovation in the Digital Age of Business: The Role of Digital Business Intensity and Knowledge Management. Journal of Knowledge Management, 26(5), 1319-1341.
  • Datta, P., Whitmore, M., & Nwankpa, J. K. (2021) A Perfect Storm: Psychological and AI(Technological) Antecedents to Information Bias Anchoring (IBA) in Social Media News. ACM Digital Threats: Research and Practice, 2(2), 15.
  • Datta, P., & Nwankpa, J. K. (2021) Digital Transformation and the COVID-19 Crisis Continuity Planning. Journal of Information Technology Teaching Cases, 11(2) 81-89.
  • Nwankpa, J. K & Merhout, J.W. (2020) Exploring the Effect of Digital Investment on IT Innovation. Sustainability,12,7374.
  • Roumani, Y., & Nwankpa, J. K. (2020) Examining Exploitability Risk of Vulnerabilities: A Hazard Model. Communications of the Association for Information Systems,46(1), 18.
  • Roumani, Y. F., Nwankpa, J. K., & Tanniru, M. (2020) Predicting Firm Failure in the Software Industry. Artificial Intelligence Review, 53, 4161-4182.

Honors & Awards

  • 2025 Senior Faculty Award for Research Excellence
  • 2024 Association for Information Systems Distinguished Member Award
  • 2024 黑料社区 Distinguished Service Award, LSAMP Advisory Board
  • 2023 Richard K. Smucker Teaching Excellence Award: Outstanding Junior Professor
  • 2022 Prodesse Quam Conspici Award, 黑料社区
  • 2022 100 Most Commended Faculty by Graduating Students at 黑料社区
  • 2022 Outstanding Professor Award Nominee by Associated Student Government (ASG)
  • Summer Research Appointment Grant, Farmer School of Business, 黑料社区 2021
  • Best Paper for the Track International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2019
  • Outstanding Contribution in Review Information & Management Journal 2018

Biography

Dr. Joseph K. Nwankpa is the Endres Associate Professor Fellow, FSB Director of Cybersecurity Initiatives and an Associate Professor of Information Systems and Analytics at Farmer School of Business, 黑料社区. He earned his Ph.D. from Kent State University in Information Systems. He also holds an MBA from University of Windsor, a Master's degree in Advanced Financial Information Systems from Hanken School of Economics, as well as a Bachelor's degree in Accountancy from Abia State University.

Dr. Nwankpa's primary research focuses on Enterprise Systems, Cybersecurity, Software Vulnerabilities, Digital Business Strategy, Technology Adoption, Predictive Models, IT Strategy and Accounting Information Systems. He has over 35 publications in journals and conferences and his research is forthcoming or has appeared in leading international journals such as European Journal of Information Systems, Information and Management, Journal of Knowledge Management, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, Computers in Human Behavior, Annals of Operations Research, Artificial Intelligence Review, Computers & Security, International Journal of Information Management,, Information Resources Management Journal, and in the proceedings of various Information Systems conferences and workshops including AMCIS, HICCS and ICIS.

Prior to joining 黑料社区, Dr. Nwankpa was on the faculty at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg, Texas.

Courses

  • 15893 301 SEC B TR 1140A-1P FSB0031
  • 15880 345 SEC D TR 250-410P FSB0003