Indira Guzman – Cal Poly Pomona Experts

Indira Guzman Assistant Professor, Computer Information Systems College of Business Administration

Expertise:

Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI and Privacy, Behavioral Information Security, Information Security Policy Compliance, IT Occupational Culture, Cybersecurity Culture and Careers, Gender Gap in IT, Women in STEM, Digital Transformation in Latin America

Indira Guzman is a cybersecurity expert whose research on artificial intelligence for responsible digital transformation, IT workforce management, gender gap in IT, information systems auditing, information security policy compliance, behavioral information security, DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) in IT, and IT/cybersecurity workforce culture and development have been cited more than 1,000 times in industry, academic journals and international conferences.

Guzman teaches the cybersecurity track in the Department of Computer Information Systems in the College of Business Administration. She currently serves as the director of the Mitchell C. Hill Center for Digital Innovation at Cal Poly Pomona and is a founding faculty advisor of the university’s Women in Tech (WIT) student organization.

Guzman is a research consultant for ELLAS (Equality in Leadership for Latin American STEM), a project funded by the International Development Research Centre, a Canadian federal Crown corporation. She was elected as the president of the Latin American Chapter of the Association of Information Systems (2022-24), and is a 2000-02 Scholar-Fellow of the Fulbright-LASPAU (Latin American Scholarship Program of American Universities) Program. In 2008, she was included in “Who’s Who in America in Science and Technology.”

Prior to her career in academia, Guzman was the chief of the information technology department and network administrator for Banco de la Nación Argentina (Bank of the Argentinian Nation) and information systems analyst for the European Economic Community-sponsored OFINAAL Office in La Paz, Bolivia, where she developed a computerized system organizing food donation programs.

Recent Grants and Fellowships:

Co-Principal Investigator, “Enhancing Cybersecurity Education through Real-World Security Operations Training”. NSF 24-551 Hispanic-Serving Institutions: Enriching Learning, Programs, and Student Experiences Program. Award 2434925. $200,000, 2024-2026.
Sustainable Development of Bolivia’s Natural Resources: The Youth Perspective” 2011 U.S. Department of State Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund, ~$20,000, 2011-2013.
Co-Principal Investigator, “Sustainable Development of Bolivia’s Natural Resources: The Youth Perspective” 2011 U.S. Department of State Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund, ~$20,000, 2011-2013.

National Science Foundation Webshop Summer Fellowship, ~$5,000, 2003
Fulbright Scholar, Fellowship recipient of the LASPAU Faculty Development to pursue a Master’s degree, 2000-2002

Selected Publications:

With Maciel, C., Berardi, R.C.G., Rodriguez-Rodriguez, N., Salgado, L., Frigo, L.B., Branisa, B. & Jimenez, E., “An Open Data Platform to Advance Gender Equality in STEM in Latin America”. Communications of the ACM, 67(8), 90-92, 2024
With Iyer, S. and Del Hierro, G., “Operational Resilience for Financial Institutions,” Journal of Operational Risk (2024, Forthcoming, accepted for publication)
With Berardi, R. C. G., Auceli, P. H. S., Maciel, C., Davila, G., and Mendes, L., “ELLAS Architecture and Process: Collecting and Curating Data on Women’s Presence in STEM”. Journal on Interactive Systems, 15(1), 530-540, 2024

With Pereira, L. R. R. and Maciel, C. “Investigation on Gender and Leadership in STEM in Higher Education: Methodology Design,” Interfases, (018), 85-94. ISSN 1993-4912, 2023
With Kaarst-Brown, M., “Three Perspectives on the Value of Bridgers Within IT: A Longitudinal Study of Eight Years of Job Placement of IT Graduates,” Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 53(1), 41, 2023

With Gurney, L. and Eveland, J.D., “Information Diagnosticity influences on Online Consumer Purchase Intentions,” Journal of Business, Economics and Technology, 24(1), pp. 51-63, 2020
With Ferran, C., González, M. A., Esteves, J. and Gómez Reynoso, J. M., “AMCIS 2017 Panel Report: Experiences in Online Education,” Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 45(24), pp. 433-466, 2019
With Barto, T.P., “An Equity Theory View of Personal Information Disclosure in An Online Transactional Exchange. Electronic Journal of Information Systems, v. 17, 1, 2, Jan-Apr 2018, 2018
With Donovan, E., Adya, M., and Wang, W., “A Cloud Update of the DeLone and McLean Model of Information Systems Success,” Journal of Information Technology Management, 29(3), pp. 23-34, 2018
With Cox, A., Cromer, K. and Bagui, S., “Virtual Worlds, Virtual Reality, and Augmented Reality: Differences in Purchase Intentions Based on Types, Users, and Sex,” Journal of Virtual Worlds Research, 10, 1, 1-21, 2017
With Seidel, S., Bharati, P., Fridgen, G., Watson, R. T., Albizri, A., Boudreau, M., Butler, T., Kruse, L. C., Karsten, H., Lee, H., Melville, N., Rush, D., Toland, J. and Watts, S., “The Sustainability Imperative in Information Systems Research – Panel Report,” Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 40, 2017
With McNair, M., Howard, C. and Watkins, P., “Creativity Enhancement: Use of a Simple Creativity Tutorial in Information Systems Education,” International Journal of Strategic Information Technology and Applications, 2(3), 1-8, 2011
With Stanton, J. M., “IT Occupational Culture: The Cultural Fit and Commitment of New Information Technologists,” Information Technology & People, 22(2), 157-187, 2009
“Metodologia Mixta en Sistemas de Informacion: El caso del Estudio de la Cultural Ocupacional de Sistemas (Mixed Methodology in Information Systems Research: the study of the IT Occupational Culture),” Revista Latinoamericana y del Caribe de la Asociacion de Sistemas de Informacion (Latin American and Caribbean Journal of the Association of Information Systems (AIS), 1(1), 11-30, 2008
With Stanton, J. M., “Women’s Adaptation to the IT Culture,” Women’s Studies: Special Issue on Women and Technology, 37(3), 202-228, 2008

Books & Book Chapters

With Richards, M., “Academic Assessment of Critical Thinking in Distance Education Information Technology Programs.” In R. Tennyson & P. Ordoñez de Pablos (Ed.). Impact of Economic Crisis on Education and the Next-Generation Workforce, IGI Global. Reprinted in 2019 as part of the Learning and Performance Assessment: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, 2015
With McNair, M., Howard, C., and Watkins, P., “Creativity Enhancement: Use of a Simple Creativity Tutorial in Information Systems Education.” In C. Howard (Ed.), Strategic Adoption of Technological Innovations (pp. 161-168). Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference, 2013
With Stam, K. and Thoryk, D., “Studying Online Communication Features on International and Cross-Cultural Web Pages Using Websphere Analysis Methodology.” In K. St.Amant, & S. Kelsey (Eds.) Computer-Mediated Communication across Cultures: International Interactions in Online Environments(pp. 187-199). Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference, 2012

With Stanton, J., and Stam, K., Information Nation: Education and Careers in the Emerging Information Professions, Information Today, Inc., 2010

Interviews:

“We compare OpenAI’s chat voice with Scarlett Johansson’s. Do they seem similar to you?” Noticias Telemundo, May 21, 2024
“iSchool Alum Dr. Indira Guzman Helping Women in STEM,” Syracuse University, Nov. 21, 2023

Education:

B.S., Computer Science Engineering, Donetsk National Technical University (Donetsk, Ukraine)

M.S., Computer Science Engineering, Donetsk National Technical University (Donetsk, Ukraine)

M.S., Information Management, Syracuse University

Ph.D., Information Science and Technology, Syracuse University

Languages:

English, Spanish, Russian