Course/Curriculum Administrative Responsibilities:
· Database Option Coordinator Role – includes responsibilities for assessment, curriculum development, preparation of IT accreditation and gap/overlap coordination with other CISIT Options.
· Lead Instructor Role – includes responsibilities for updating assessment documentation, modifying course material and supervising adjunct faculty teaching the course.
o CIS 252 Systems Analysis & Design
o CIS 323 Object-Oriented Analysis
o CIS 351 Data Warehouse/Data Mining
o CIS 353 Advanced PL/SQL
o CIS 354 Database Analysis & Design
o CIS 355 Database Implementation
o CIS 389 Database Integration
o CIS 424 Object-Oriented Analysis & Design
Biography
Barbara Nicolai is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Information Systems and Information Technology Department at Purdue University Calumet (CISIT). She joined the CISIT Department at Purdue in 1998. She joined the faculty in 2000. Her professional experience includes over 30 years of business experience in the areas of Database Modeling, both Relational and Object-Oriented, Database Implementation, using Oracle, Powerbuilder/Sybase, Natural/Adabase, and Access/SQL Server. Barbara worked as Manager of Information Systems at University of Chicago Hospital where she was responsible for all of the information systems for women and children. She has earned a B.A. Organization Management, Calumet College of St. Joseph, May, 1990, a Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Computer Information Systems from Purdue University Calumet, December, 1990, and a M.S. in Education, Instructional Design with an emphasis in Technology, December 1999. Her professional affiliations include: American Association of University Women – 1993-1998, International Oracle Database Users Group - Americas - 1993-present, Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) – 2003, Association for Information Technology, Special Interest Group on Education (EDSIG) – 2003. She previously presented a paper at ISECON in 2001. Barbara acted as faculty mentor for an Undergraduate Research Grant designing database solution for a data survey problem for a University of Arizona Research study in 2002. She acts as database consultant for the senior project teams at Purdue University Calumet, CISIT Department. Barbara has presented various poster sessions at Purdue University Calumet, School city of Hammond, Indiana on the topic of Women In Technology. Barbara is currently on the Women’s Studies Academic Advisory Committee addressing the issue of Women in technology. Her research statement is as follows: “My interests include one major area of study: Database Modeling and Design. My Body of Knowledge has been developed through professional work experience and academic degreed work. I am able to apply and direct my knowledge of database with my passionate interest of women in the technology field and women and children’s health care. I combine these areas of interest to design and develop database models in the research of women, children and health care, and government.”