James G. Anderson
Professor
Purdue University
USA
Biography
James Anderson, Ph.D. earned a B.E.S. in Chemical Engineering, M.S.E. in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, M.A.T. in Chemistry and Mathematics, and a Ph.D. in Education and Sociology from the Johns Hopkins University. He is the former Director of the Division of Engineering of the Evening College at Johns Hopkins University. At Purdue, he has served as Assistant Dean for Analytical Studies of the School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education (1975-1978), Associate Director of the Health Services Research Training Program supported by the U.S. public Health Service (1971-1976), Director of the Social Research Institute (1995-1998), and Co-Director of the Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention (1994-Present)
Research Interest
Author/Co-author of five books including Evaluating the Organizational Impact of Health Care Information Systems. Springer, 2005; Ethics and Information Technology: A Case-Based Approach to a Health Care System in Transition, Springer, 2002; and Evaluating Health Care Information Systems: Methods and Applications, Sage, 1994