Faculty Profile for Dr. Zareef Aqeeb Mohammed

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Dr. Zareef Aqeeb Mohammed
Assistant Professor — Dept of Information Systems & Analytics
MCOY 404
phone: (512) 245-2354
Scholarly/Creative Work
Service

Biography Section

Biography and Education

 Zareef Mohammed has received his Ph.D from Nova Southeastern University in the field of Information Systems, specializing in the research area of cybersecuity management in 2017. He also received a M.S. in Information Technology with a specialization in Information Security Management from Nova Southeastern University in 2013. His field of expertise is in the area of Information Systems, at a broad level, but more specifically, in the area of Information Security/Cybersecurity Management.

Teaching Interests

 Zareef has taught a total of 18 different courses within the fields of Information Systems, Data Analytics, and Cybersecurity.

Research Interests

 Zareef's research falls within the umbrella term of "trusted and secure cyberspace". This includes research pertaining to (1) information privacy - and in particular, the study of privacy concerns for technology use and development, (2) organizational cybersecurity - including the development of information security strategy, (3) the study of data breach recovery, and (4) the study of misinformation in cyberspace. As a post-positivist researcher, Zareef utilizes qualitative research for exploratory purposes, with quantitive methods for empirical testing.

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Ji Yang Leong, B., & Mohammed, Z. A. (2023). “From where should we work?”: Analyzing American twitter sentiment of work arrangement preferences. International Journal of Social Media and Online Communities, 15(1), 1–20. https://doi.org/DOI: 10.4018/IJSMOC.330754
  • Tejay, G., & Mohammed, Z. A. (2023). Cultivating security culture for information security success: A mixed-methods study based on anthropological perspective. Information & Management, 60(3), 20. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2022.103751
  • Mohammed, Z. A., & Tejay, G. (2023). How to compensate after a data breach? Investigating compensation types and role of fairness in customer repatronage intentions. ACM DATA BASE for the Advances in Information Systems, 54(1), 110–127.
  • Tejay, G., & Mohammed, Z. A. (2023). Examining the Low-Resolution Electromagnetic Tomography technique for EEG brain mapping: Towards methodological advancement for IS research. ACM DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems, 54(1), 66–81.
  • Mohammed, Z. A. (2022). Data breach recovery areas: An exploration of organization’s recovery strategies for surviving data breaches. Organizational Cybersecurity Journal: Practice, Process and People, 2(1), 41–59. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1108/OCJ-05-2021-0014

Selected Service Activities

Editorial Review Board Member
International Journal of Social Media and Online Communities
2020-Present
Editorial Review Board Member
Journal of Organizational Cybersecurity: Practice, People, Processes
2021-Present
Editorial Review Board Member
Journal of Comparative International Management
2021-Present
Participant
Bobcat Day
November 4, 2023