Prof. Muhammadou M.O. Kah

Prof. Muhammadou M.O. Kah Full CV Detailed Bio

Dean, School of Information Technology and Communications
Professor, Information Technology

Educational Background:

• Ph.D. Stevens Institute of Technology

Prof. Muhammadou M.O. Kah is the founding Dean to lead the School of Information Technology & Communications at the American University of Nigeria.  Prior to that, he was a faculty member in the School of Business-Camden, IT & E-commerce at Rutgers University for five years.

One of the African continent’s eminent scholars on Information Technology and Poverty Reduction and development, Prof. Kah’s academic research includes exploring ways in which advances in information communication technologies contribute to poverty reduction, economic growth and development, and enhances quality of life for developing economies and communities. 

Prof. Kah has over 15 years of experience in higher education as a faculty member, researcher, academic administrator, curriculum and program developer, coordinator of accreditation efforts, financial manager, budget development and strategic planner, having served as Director of Institutional Research and Strategic Planning at Bloomfield College and Chair of the MIS and Operations Management Department at the American University of Sharjah, UAE.

Previous Posts:

• Chair & Asst. Professor of Information Systems & Operations Management, American University of Sharjah, School of Business & Management, Sharjah, UAE (On Leave from Rutgers University)
• Asst. Professor of Information Technology & E-commerce, Rutgers University, School of Business-Camden, NJ 08102, USA
  
• Inst./Assistant Professor of Information Systems & Decision Analysis, Howard University, School of Business, Department of Information Systems & Analysis
  
• Adjunct/Associate Professor of Information Systems- IS/IT Graduate Program, The George Washington University, School of Business & Public Administration, Washington, DC

Selected Publications:

• “A New Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem to Minimize The Fleet Cost & Maximize Capacity Utilization” ( Co-Authored) Forthcoming (2005): Journal of Franklin Institute
• “Supporting Subjective Risk Management in Software Process Improvement (SPI) Efforts with The Qualitative Discriminant Process” (Co-authored)- (2004): Mathematical Programming: Published in: Applications of Management Science, Vol. 11, 109-119, Elsevier.
• “Formulating ICT Policy through Discourse: How Internet Discussions Shape Policies on ICT in Developing Countries.” Forthcoming (2005): Journal ofInformation Technology for Development.
• "Micro-Credit, Social Capital and Politics: The Case of a Small Rural Town - Gossas, Senegal"- (Co-authored). Forthcoming (2005): Journal of Microfinance.

Research Interests:

• Economics of Information Technology
• ICT Planning, Strategy, Policy and Development
• IT Adoption and Usage, B2B E-Commerce Models, E-Government
• Knowledge Management
• IT Use in higher education and government
• Impact of information systems and access on developing countries and in poverty reduction schemes

Professional Affiliations:

• Association for Information Systems (AIS)
• Decision Science (DSI)
• Internet Society
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Information Systems Auditing & Control
• Association (ISACA)
• New York Academy of Sciences
• IEEE, International Federation of Information Processing 9.1 & 8.8
• Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Knowledge Management

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