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Dr. Tracy Christofero
Associate Professor of Technology Management
Education
Ph.D. (Information Science), Nova Southeastern University
M.S. (Education), Indiana University, South Bend
B.S. (Public Affairs), Indiana University
Research
Dr. Christofero’s research interests include information
privacy and security, IT project management,
technological regulatory compliance, and healthcare
informatics. Her publications include “Information
Privacy as Required by the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA):
Awareness and Barriers to Compliance as Experienced
by Small Health Care Practitioners in Rural West
Virginia.”
Teaching
Dr. Christofero is responsible
for teaching a variety of Technology Management
graduate courses. In addition to her role as an
Associate Professor, Dr. Christofero is also the
Technology Management Program Coordinator. In this
role, she is in charge of advising current and
prospective TM students and will ensure that daily
functions of the program are met. She was
awarded the Graduate Advisor of the Year Award in
April 2009.
Background
Dr. Christofero brought twenty
years of IT project management, education, and
consulting experience to the College of Information
Technology and Engineering. Prior to joining MU, Dr.
Christofero led IT, IT training and education
projects in Fortune 2 (and smaller) corporations,
government, healthcare, and higher education
organizations to include information privacy and
security regulatory compliance projects for the Los
Angeles County Department of Health Services, the
West Virginia Health Care Authority, and the West
Virginia Office of Technology.
Dr. Christofero is a member of the Women’s Studies and
Information Systems Advisory committees for
Marshall. She also serves as the Board
Vice-President for the Mental Health Association in
the Greater Kanawha Valley, and as a member of their
Safety, Education, and Auction committees.
Dr. Christofero also is certified as a Project
Management Professional for the Project Management
Institute (PMI) and has CIPP/G certification
(Government Privacy certification– International
Association of Privacy Professionals).
Contact Info
telephone: (304) 746-2078
e-mail:
christofero@marshall.edu
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