Professor, Computer Information Systems & Business Analytics; Capital One Information Security Faculty Scholar

Year Started at JMU: 2000

lendindc@jmu.edu

Contact Info

Education
  • Ph.D., Management Information Systems, University of Minnesota, 1996
  • B.A., Mathematics, University of Virginia, 1976
Professional Interests
  • Requirements Elicitation
  • Assessment and Learning Improvement
  • Pedagogy
Personal Interests
  • Family
  • World travel
Professional Background
  • Team Leader and Senior Applications Analyst, Fannie Mae, 1986-1990
  • Group Manager, U.S. Senate Computer Center, 1985-1986
  • Project Leader, Applied Management Sciences, 1978-1985
  • Programmer/Analyst Boeing Computer Services, 1976-1978
Current Courses Taught
  • MBA 618 - Information Systems Strategy and Leadership
  • CIS 304 – Enterprise Architecture
Positions Held
  • Professor, James Madison University, CIS & BSAN Department, 2011-present
  • Associate Professor, James Madison University, CIS & BSAN Department, 2003-2011
  • Assistant Professor, James Madison University, CIS & BSAN Department, 2000-2003
  • Assistant Professor, University of Michigan-Dearborn, MIS, 1995-2000
Awards and Recognitions
  • MBA Graduate Teaching Award, James Madison University, College of Business, 2016.
  • Summer research grant, James Madison University, 2016, 2001, 2000
  • Summer teaching grant, James Madison University, 2015
  • Certified Scrum Master, 2013
  • Kenneth R. Bartee Endowed Award for Teaching Innovation 2013, College of Business, James Madison University.
  • Best Education Publication 2011, College of Business, James Madison University
  • Madison Teaching Fellow, Textbooks: Innovations and Effective Pedagogy, James Madison University, 2006-2007. 
  • Best Paper, IS, MIS, DSS, AI, EIS, Managing Info. Technology Track, Southeast Region of the Decision Sciences Institute, February 26-28, 2003.
  • Bauman Faculty Development Award, CIS/OM Program, James Madison University, 2003.
  • Winner, ALISE Research Paper Competition, Association of Library and Information Science Education, 1995.
Service
  • CoB Core Curriculum and Assurance of Learning Coordinator, 2015-present
  • Chair, CIS Assessment Committee, 2007-present
  • Chair, CIS ABET Accreditation Committee, 2009-present
  • Chair, CIS Learning Improvement Project, 2014-present
  • Member, JMU Assessment Advisory Council, 2015-present
  • Associate Editor, ICIS, Curriculum & Education Track, 2013
  • Associate Editor, ICIS, Human Behavior in IT Adoption and Use, 2012
  • Chair, CLEP Information Systems and Computer Applications Test Development Committee, 2008 – 2012
  • Vice Chair, ACM SIGMIS, 2005-2009
  • ACM SIGMIS CPR Conference, Conference Co-chair, 2008, Program Co-chair 2007
Key Publications

Jeffrey May and Diane Lending (2015). “Conceptual Model for Communicating an Integrated Information Systems Curriculum,” Journal of Computer Information Systems, (55:4), p. 20-27.

Amy S. Kinser, Diane Lending, et al. (2014). Your Office, Microsoft Office 2013, Access Comprehensive, Prentice Hall.

Diane Lending and Jeffrey May, (2013). “Using activity diagrams to model systems analysis processes: Teaching what we preach,” Journal of Information Systems Education (24:2), Summer 2013, p. 91-97.

Diane Lending and Chelley Vician (2012). “Writing IS Teaching Tips: Guidelines for JISE Submission,” Journal of Information Systems Education, (32:1), Spring 2012, p. 11-18.

Thomas W. Dillon and Diane Lending (2010). "Will they Adopt?  Effects of Privacy and Accuracy," Journal of Computer Information Systems, (50:4), Summer 2010, p. 20-29.

Diane Lending (2010). “Using a Wiki to Collaborate on a Study Guide,” Journal of Information Systems Education, (21:1), April 2010, pp. 5 – 14.

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