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Susan Chinn

118 Bedford St.
(207) 780-4750

Assistant Professor

schinn@usm.maine.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D. (May 1997), Graduate School of Management, Kent State University
M.S. (August 1992), College of Business, Virginia Commonwealth University
Post-Baccalaureate Degree in IS, (August 1989),
  Virginia Commonwealth University
B.F.A. (1975) Virginia Commonwealth University

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Academic:

• Teaching courses in systems analysis and design
• Introduction to MIS
• Topics in MIS (MBA)

Research Interests:

• Case tool usage
• Internet usage in the workplace
• Nonprofits and MIS

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Prior to joining the USM School of Business faculty, Professor Chinn obtained experience as an Assistant Professor in Pennsylvania and as an Instructor of COBOL I and Introduction to MIS in Ohio. Professor Chinn has also presented numerous papers from Application of Case-Based Reasoning to Temporal Aspects of Workflow to Using a Fuzzy Logic System to Detect Engine Leaks. Currently, Prof. Chinn is an active member of the Decision Sciences Institute, the Association for Computing Machinery, and the Association for Information Systems.