Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems

  Department of Commerce

  Niagara University

  Niagara University, NY 14109

  Phone: 716-286-8312

  Fax: 716-286-8206

  Email: adr@niagara.edu

  Office location: Bisgrove Hall, 2nd floor, Room 254D
  Office Hours Fall 08: Mon, Wed, &Fri 11:00-1:00

  Additional times available by appt.

Dr. Rensel joined the faculty in August 2006 after teaching as an adjunct in the department of Computer and Information Sciences at Niagara. She holds an undergraduate degree in Chemistry from the University of Delaware and an MBA in MIS and OR/MS from SUNY at Buffalo.   Dr. Rensel completed her Ph.D. in Management Science and Systems with a major in MIS and minor in Production Operations Management at SUNY Buffalo in 2006. Her dissertation research was supported by a National Science Foundation dissertation support grant.  Prior to coming to Niagara she has worked as a independent consultant and system analyst in the Buffalo/Niagara area.

Her research interests include technology adoption in underserved and economically disadvantaged populations and  in very small businesses.  Her current research focuses on technology adoption and use in public access environments. Her work has been published in the Journal of the Association of Information Systems and she has presented articles at the MISQ/RC Symposium on the Digital Divide and at the Hawaii International Conference on Science and Systems.  She has also been involved with the National Science Foundation funded supercomputer grid computing project, part of the Niagara University Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and SUNY at Buffalo’s Center for Computational Research.

She is a member of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) and the Information Resources Association (IRMA).

Courses taught by Dr. Rensel

MGT 271 - Management Principles

MGT 390 Operations and Information Management

MBA Classes

MGT 651 Strategic MIS

MGT 673 - Production and Operations Management

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