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Marty

Crossland

Associate Vice President of Instructional Technology and Online Education Professor and Chair, Computer Information Systems Programs
  • PhD; Management Information Systems, Indiana University -- Bloomington, 1992
  • MBA; Oklahoma City University, 1987
mcrossland@mnu.edu
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I studied geology as an undergraduate and worked as a geophysicist for a number of years. Psalm 19 has special meaning for me because as I studied the earth, the solar system, and the universe, I realized that all of God’s creation does indeed shout out His greatness and it reveals a great deal about Him to us. God’s nature is embodied in nature as we observe it. Studying His creation is yet another way to invite Him to reveal Himself and His nature to us personally. ‘The heavens declare the glory of the Lord and the earth reveals His handiwork.’
  • Nominated twice for the President’s Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching at Oklahoma State University, 2003-2005.
  • Received special recognition for outstanding teaching in each of multiple semesters from the Dean of the College of Business Administration at Oklahoma State University, 2001-2005.
  • Received the Technology Innovator Award from the Office of Academic Affairs at Oklahoma State University, 2004.
  • Awarded the Woodfin Garrett Teaching Excellence Award at Missouri State University, 1995.

Referred journal publications

  • Crossland, M.D. (2011). Book Review of: The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief, by Dr. Francis S. Collins, to be published in The Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning for Christians in Higher Education. Journal URL: http://sotl_ched.oru.edu/journals/vol5no1.pdf.
  • Delen, Dursun, and Crossland, M.D. (2008). Seeding the survey and analysis of research literature with text mining, Expert Systems with Applications, Volume 34, No. 3, pp. 1707-1720. URL: http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0957417407000486.
  • Peterson, D., Meinert, D., Criswell, J. and Crossland, M. (2007). Consumer trust: privacy policies and third-party seals. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 654-669. URL: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/14626000710832758
  • Meinert, D.B., Peterson, D., Criswell, J., and Crossland, M.D. (2006). Web Site Privacy Policy Statements: Is There A Case for Regulation?, Journal of Business and Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 14, No. 2, 2006, pp. 161-173.
  • Meinert, D.B., Peterson, D., Criswell, J., and Crossland, M.D. (2006). Would Regulation of Web Site Privacy Policy Statements Increase Consumer Trust. Informing Science: the International Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline. Vol. 9, pp.123-142.
  • Meinert, D.B., Peterson, D., Criswell, J., and Crossland, M.D. (2006). Privacy Policy Statements and Consumer Willingness to Provide Personal Information. Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations. Vol. 4:1, pp. 1-17.
  • Guard, L.M., Crossland, M.D., Paprzycki, M., and Thomas, J.P. (2004) Developing an empirical study of how qualified subjects might be selected for IT system security penetration testing. Annales UMCS Informatica, Vol. II, pp. 413-424.
  • Mennecke, B.E., Crossland, M.D., and Killingsworth, B. (2000). Is a Map More Than a Picture? The Role of SDSS Technology, Subject Characteristics, and Problem Complexity on Map Reading and Problem Solving. MIS Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 601-629.
  • Crossland, M.D., Herschel, R.T., Perkins, W.C., and Scudder, J.N. (2000). The Impact of Cognitive Style on Decision-Making Effectiveness Using a Geographic Information System. Journal of End User Computing, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 14-23.
  • Crossland, M.D., B.E. Wynne, & W.C. Perkins [1995]. Spatial decision support systems: An overview of technology and a test of efficacy, Decision Support Systems, Vol. 14, pp. 219-235.
  • Herschel, R.T., Noel, T., and Crossland, M.D. [1994]. An analysis of four commonly used group tasks for gender-bias. Technology Studies, vol. 1/2, pp. 211-241.
  • Scudder, J.N., Herschel, R.T., and Crossland, M.D. [1994]. Test of a model linking cognitive motivation, idea generation, decision quality, and group process satisfaction. Journal of Small Group Research (vol .25, no. 1), February, pp. 57-82.

Scholarly Book Contributions

  • Crossland, Martin D. (2008). Decision-Making Effectiveness with Geographic Information Systems,  Encyclopedia of GIS. New York City: Springer Publications.
  • Meinert, D.B., Peterson, D., Criswell, J., and Crossland, M.D.(2007). Strength of Privacy Policy Statements and Consumer Trust, Chapter VI in Web Technologies for Commerce and Services Online (Advanced Titles in Electronic Commerce Series, Vol. 3). Information Science Publishing, December, 2007.
  • Shen, M., Thomas, J., Crossland, M.D., and Paprzycki, M. (2006). Location based approach for Energy efficient, Secure Mobile e-commerce. e-Commerce and e-Government edition of Advances in Computation: Theory and Practice. Advances in Computation Theory and Practice Series from Nova Science Publishers. Chapter 5, pp. 51-65.
  • Crossland, Martin D. (2005) An Overview Geographic Information Systems as Decision Tools: The Impact of Cognitive Style, in Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, editor. Hershey, PA.: Idea Group Reference.
  • Crossland, M.D., Herschel, R.T., Perkins, W.C., Scudder, J.N. (2002). Geographic Information Systems: How Cognitive Style Impacts Decision-Making Effectiveness. Advanced Topics in End User Computing, Chapter XVII, pp. 285-301. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishing, Mo Adam Mahmood, Editor.
  • The Complete Biblical Library/The Old Testament Study Bible, Vols. 1-15 [1994-2001]. G. Lint, Executive Editor. World Library Press [Springfield, MO]. Worked with a team of other scholars to produce this encyclopedic set. My contribution was developing a series of automatic translation and formatting computer programs for the original language text, and developing a data structure and database system for the editors to capture the interlinear bible texts to ready them for publication. My name as a contributor is listed on the overleaf of each volume, along with the senior and contributing editors. All fifteen volumes published.
  • The Complete Biblical Library/The Old Testament Hebrew-English Dictionary, Vols. 1-7 [1995-2001]. G. Lint, Executive Editor. World Library Press [Springfield, MO]. Worked with a team of other scholars to produce this encyclopedic set. My contribution was developing a series of automatic translation and formatting computer programs for the original language text, and developing a data structure and database system for the editors to capture the interlinear bible texts to ready them for publication. My name as a contributor is listed on the overleaf of each volume, along with the senior and contributing editors. All seven volumes published.

Conference proceedings

  • Meinert, D.B., Peterson, D., Crossland, M.D., and Criswell, J. [2006]. Would Regulation of Web Site Privacy Policy Statements Increase Consumer Trust? (best paper designation)  Proceedings of the Informing Science + Information Technology Conference (InSITE), Salford (Greater Manchester), England June 25-28.
  • Shen M.; Thomas, J.; Crossland, M.; Paprzycki, M.[2003] Location based approach for energy efficient, secure mobile commerce, Proceedings of 2003 International Conference on Management of e-Commerce and e-Government, Jangxi Science and Technology Press, Nanchang, China, pp. 320-325.
  • Meinert, D.B., Criswell, J., Peterson, D., Crossland, M. [2003]. The Efficacy of Web Site Privacy Policy Statements: An Examination of the Influence of Prior Policy Familiarity, 2003 Annual Conference of the Decision Sciences Institute.
  • Meinert, D.B., Criswell, J., Peterson, D., Crossland, M. [2003]. The Efficacy of Web Site Privacy Policy Statements: A Cross-Cultural Comparison, 12th Annual World Business Congress.
  • Meinert, D.B, Crossland, M.D., and Peterson, D. [2001]. End-User Satisfaction with Dental Information Systems: Effects of Training, Age of System, and Networks, Proceedings of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, February 2001.
  • Meinert, D.B, Crossland, M.D., and Peterson, D. [1999]. Validating a User Satisfaction Instrument for Vertical Software, Proceedings of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, February, 1999.
  • Mennecke, B.E., Crossland, M.D., and Killingsworth, B. [1997]. An Experimental Examination of Spatial Decision Support System Effectiveness: The Roles of Task Complexity and Technology, Proceedings of the Third Americas Association for Information Systems (electronic publication only), Indianapolis, Indiana.
  • Mennecke, B.E. & M.D. Crossland, [1996]. Geographic Information Systems: Applications and Research Opportunities for Information Systems Researchers, Proceedings of the 29th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, (Maui, Hawaii), pp.537-546.
  • Mennecke, B., P.J. Santoro, M. Darling, & M.D. Crossland, [1995]. Responding to Customer Needs with Geographical Information Systems, Harvard Business School Colloquium: Multimedia and the Boundaryless World [Boston, MA], Graphical hypertext publication on CD-ROM.
  • Crossland, M.D., Wynne, B.E. [1994]. Measuring and testing the effectiveness of a spatial decision support system. Proceedings of the 27th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (Maui, Hawaii), pp.542-551.
  • Mennecke, B.E., M.D. Crossland, & J. Dangermond [1994]. Geographic Information Systems: Mapping Its Future in the Business School. Tutorial at the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Vancouver, BC, p. 506.
  • Crossland, M.D., Scudder, J.N., Herschel, R.T., & Wynne, B.E. (1993). Measuring the relationships of task and cognitive style factors and their effects on individual decision-making effectiveness using a geographic information system. Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (Maui, Hawaii), pp.575-584.
  • Crossland, M.D. (1992). Do people make better decisions using GIS? An empirical investigation. Proceedings of AM/FM International’s Annual Conference XV (San Antonio), p. 629-635.
  • Crossland, M.D. & Wynne, B.E. (1992). Does a spatial decision support system enable better decisions for a spatially-referenced task? An empirical investigation. Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Conference of the International Society for Decision Support Systems (Ulm, Germany), p. 24.
  • Crossland, M.D. (1990). HydroLOGIC: A prototype geographic information expert system for examining an artificial intelligence application in a GIS environment. Proceedings of GIS/LIS 90 (Anaheim, CA), pp. 225-233.
  • Schmidt, R.; Brooks, J.; Crossland, M.; Mennecke, B.; Wachter, R.; Warf, W.; and Wheeler, B. (1991). Influencing choice shift behavior using group decision support systems. Proceedings of 22nd Annual Meeting of the Midwest Decision Sciences Institute (Indianapolis), pp. 31-34.
  • Crossland, M.D. (2009). Integrating Established Learning Theories Into Online Learning Outcomes Assessment. The 15th Annual Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning. Orlando, Florida. August 29-30, 2009.
  • Crossland, M.D. (2009). Disaster Planning and Recovery. Annual meeting of the Oklahoma Association for Institutional Research and Planning. El Reno, Oklahoma, March 27, 2009.
  • Crossland, M.D. (2008). Using Mind Mapping and Project Management Software for Planning and Managing Online Programs. The 14th Annual Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning. Orlando, Florida. Nov 7-8, 2008.
  • Crossland, M.D. (2007). Integrated Assessment of Online Programs: Possibility or Pipedream? The 13th Annual Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning. Orlando, Florida. November 8-9, 2007.
  • Elliot, W.E. and Crossland, M.D. (2007). Desire2Learn in Oklahoma: A Cooperative Approach. Oklahoma Higher Education Teaching and Learning Conference. Hosted at Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, March 29, 2007.
  • Crossland, M.D. (1993). Spatial DSS (SDSS): An overview of Applications and Potential Research. Invited presentation at annual national ORSA/TIMS meeting (Phoenix, Arizona).
  • Crossland, M.D.; Noel, T.; & Hershel, R. (1992). A dual agenda for teaching creativity to information systems students. Table Topic at 1992 national meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute (San Francisco, California).
  • President of the Reasons to Believe (RTB) Kansas City Chapter. RTB is a Christian apologetics organization that searches for and communicates new reasons, primarily from the fields of science, to believe in the God of the Bible. www.reasons.org.