Educational Background
B.S. Management - G R. Herberger College of Business, St.Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota.
M.B.A. - G R. Herberger College of Business, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota.
M.S. Information Systems - Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
Ph.D. Information Systems - Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
Graduate Certificate, Contract Management, Florida Tech, Melbourne, Florida.
Selected Publications
Selected Books:
Becker, S. A., and Niebuhr, R.(2010). Editors, Cases on Technology Innovation: Entrepreneurial Successes and Pitfalls. Hershey, PA: Business Science Reference.
Becker, S. A. (2007). Editor, E-commerce: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications. Four Volume Series. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Selected Chapters:
Becker, S. A., Keimer, R. F., and Muth, T. (2010). A Case on University and Community Collaboration: The Sci-Tech Entrepreneurial Technical Services (ETS) Program. In S. A. Becker and R. Niebuhr (Eds.), Cases on Technology Innovation: Entrepreneurial Successes and Pitfalls. Hershey, PA: Business Science Reference, 68-90.
Becker, S. A. (2010). Social Networking for Distance Caregiving and Aging in Place: A Case on Web 2.0 Technologies for Virtual Support. In S. A. Becker and R. Niebuhr (Eds.), Cases on Technology Innovation: Entrepreneurial Successes and Pitfalls. Hershey, PA: Business Science Reference, 209-234.
Becker, S. A. (2008). Accessibility of Federal Electronic Government. In H. Chen, L. Brandt, V. Gregg, R. Traunmller, S. Dawes, E. Hovy, A. Macintosh, and C. A. Larson (Eds.), Digital Government: Advanced Research and Case Studies. New York, NY: Springer, 141-155.
Becker, S. A.(2007). An Overview of Electronic Commerce. E-commerce: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Selected Journals:
Becker, S.A., Carstens, D., and Linton, T. M. (2010). Heuristic Evaluation of State Electronic Government to Promote Usability for Citizens of All Ages. Journal of Management & Engineering Integration, (3)2, 24-31.
Becker, S.A., and Webbe, F. (2010). A Study on Older Adult Usability of Handheld Technology for Aging Caregivers as Part of a Virtual Support System. Issues in Innovation Journal, 4(2).
Carstens, D., and Becker, S. A. (2009). A Heuristic Study on the Usability of State Government Performance Data Web Sites. Issues in Innovation Journal, 4(1).
Becker, S. A., and Miller-Kermani, D. (2009). Women-Owned Small Businesses in Government Procurement: Business Supply-side and Government Demand-side Disparity Issues. Contract Management, August.
Sonnenberg, C., and Becker, S. A., (2009). A Case Study on Results-Oriented Graphic User Interface Design for Handheld Devices. Journal of Management and Engineering Integration, 1(2), 104-109.
Becker, S. A., and Miller-Kermani, D.(2008). An Overview of Women-owned Small Businesses in the Federal Procurement Market. Journal of Contract Management, Summer, 131-139.
Becker, S.A., and Webbe, F. (2008). The Potential of Hand-held Assistive Technology to Improve Safety for Elder Adults Aging in Place. In K. Henriksen, J. B. Battles, M. A. Keyes, and D. I. Lewin (Eds.), Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches, Bethesda, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), 107-119.
Becker, S. A., and Webbe, F. (2008). Emerging Technologies for Aging in Place. In N. Wickramasinghi and E. Geisler (Eds.), Encyclopedia for Information Technology Healthcare. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Mahoney, D., Purtilo, R., Webbe, F., Alwan, M., Barucha, A., Adlam, T., Jimison, H., Turner, B., Becker, S. A. (2007). In Home Monitoring of Persons With Dementia: Ethical Guidelines for Technology Research and Development. Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 3(3), 217-226.
Becker, S. A. (2007). Web Accessibility and Compliance Issues. In M. Khosrow-Pour (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology (2nd ed.). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Becker, S. A. (2007). Dot Gov Success in the Online Market Place, editorial preface. Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations, 5(3), i-iii.
Becker, S. A. (2005). Potential Trust Barriers in U.S. State E-Government Privacy Policies. Electronic Government, 2(3), 334-352.
Becker, S. A. (2005). PDA Usability for Telemedicine Support. In C. Ghaoui (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Human Computer Interaction (457-462). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Becker, S. A. (2005). Research Alert: Seeking Online Health Resources: A Study of Web Usability for Older Adults. ACM Interactions, 12(1), 57-58.
Becker, S. A. (2005). Web Usability: Historical Perspective, Definition and Critical Issues. In M. Khosrow-Pour (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology (3074-3078). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Becker, S. A. (2005). Technical Opinion: E-government Usability for Older Adults. Communications of the ACM, 48(2), 102-104.
Becker, S. A. (2004). A Study of Web Usability for Older Adults Seeking Online Health Resources. ACM Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction, 11(4), 387-406.
Becker, S. A. (2004). A Usability Study of Internet Privacy Policies for State and Commercial Web Sites. International Journal of Systems and Standards, 1(1), 52-68.
Becker, S. A. (2004). A Case Study on the Security Assessment of GlobalUBid.Com. Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations, 2(4), 1-19.
Becker, S. A. (2004). E-government Visual Accessibility for Older Adult Users. Social Science Computer Review, 22(1), 11-23.
Becker, S. A. (2004). Architectural Accessibility and Reading Complexity of U.S. State E-government for Older Adult Users. Electronic Government Journal, 1(2), 115-129.
Selected Proceedings:
Becker, S. A., and Carstens, D. (2011). An Exploratory Study of State Government Use of Social Media, Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems, Cocoa Beach, Florida, 24-31.
Becker, S. A., and Keimer, R. (2010). A Study on the Implementation of a Novel Entrepreneurial Training Services Program Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems, Cocoa Beach, Florida.
Sonnenberg, C., and Becker, S. A. (2008). A Case Study on Results-Oriented Graphic User Interface Design for Handheld Devices, Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems, Cocoa Beach, Florida.
Becker, S. A., and Webbe, F. (2007). A Usability Framework for the Design of Assistive Technology. Proceedings of the 2007 Information Resource Management Association International Conference.
Becker, S. A., and Webbe, F. (2006). Use of Handheld Technology by Older Adult Caregivers as Part of a Virtual Support Network. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, Innsbruck, Austria, December, [online].
Becker, S. A., and Webbe, F. (2006). Designing for Older Users of Handheld Technologies. Proceedings of the 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, New York City, New York, August, 3297-3300.
Becker, S. A., and Miller-Kermani, D. (2006). Web Accessibility of Small Business Electronic Government Resources, Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems, Cocoa Beach, Florida, March, [online].
Becker, S. A. (2005). Using Handheld Technology to Monitor Diabetes in Remote Communities. Best Paper Award. Proceedings of the 2005 Information Resource Management Association International Conference, San Diego, California, May, 432-435.
Articles, Posters, and Presentations:
Carstens, D., and Becker, S.A. (2011). A Usability Model for Government Web Sites, HCI International 2011, poster publication, July 9-14, 2011, Orlando, FL.
Becker, S. A., Miller-Kermani, D., and Doss, S. (2011). Technology Toolbox for Small Businesses. Space Coast Business, January.
Becker, S. A., and Miller-Kermani, D. (2010). Gaining Ground in the Federal Procurement Marketplace. Space Coast Business, October.
Becker, S. A., and Miller-Kermani D. (2010). Women Entrepreneurs on the Rise. Space Coast Business, September.
Becker, S. A. (2008). Dreams Can Come True for Enterprising Women. Space Coast Business, February.
Webbe, F., and Becker, S. A. (2007). Innovative Technology Offers a Helping Hand at Home. Care ADvantage, (publication of the Alzheimer's Foundation of America), Spring 2007, pp. 20-22.
Becker, S. A. (2005). Women and Government Contracting: The Time Is Now. Guest Editorial. Space Coast Women, May 18 - June 15, p. 3.