Faculty Profile for Dr. Barbara A Hewitt

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Dr. Barbara A Hewitt
Associate Professor — Dept of Health Informatics and Info Mgmt
SON 204
phone: (512) 716-2843
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

Biography and Education

 Barbara Hewitt earned a PhD in Information Technology (IT) and BS in Computer Science from the University of Texas at San Antonio and a Master of Business Administration from Texas State University (TXST). She teaches Health Privacy and Security, Health Information Security, Project Management, and other health information technology courses in the Department of Health Information Management (HIM) at TXST. She began her teaching career at TXST and taught in the HIM program including teaching one of the first online courses in the first fully online degree at SWT, the BS HIM. She also taught in the Computer Information Systems Program at Texas A&M University-San Antonio.

Her research focuses include the security behavior of individuals and employees who work in a hybrid work environment, the impact of security and privacy on an individual's decision to use health information systems including telehealth and patient portals, and studies of ethical and healthy behaviors. Her work can be found in Information Systems Frontier, Journal of Computer Information Systems, Database, Journal of Organizational and End User Computing, AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction, Communication of the American Information Systems, Healthcare, and Behavioral & Information Technology.

Before teaching, Dr. Hewitt worked as a software developer/system analyst including a stint as a user analyst at Southwest Texas State University. Dr. Hewitt supports students in competitions including healthcare and security competitions. She founded and led the San Antonio Women in Technology supporting women considering a computing career for 13 years.

Teaching Interests

 Computer Security
Project Management

Computers in healthcare

Research Interests

 My areas of research are diverse. My main focus applies theories in adoption of computers and security to identify what motivates individuals to protect their home computer either for personal use or to work in a hybrid work environment. I explore how security and privacy impact an individual's decision to use healthcare systems including telehealth and patient portals. I have studied knowledge sharing, ethics, and healthy behaviors including using wearable devices, considering genetic testing, and those with diabetes. In a recent qualitative study, we examined how a collaboration between HIM and PT faculty allowed PT faculty to explore the use of health informatics in classes within a DPT program. In a new study, a colleague and I are examining how digitalization in the form of digital tools and digital maturity impacts the collaborative knowledge environment of supply chain workers in a hybrid environment.

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Gibbs, D., Gibbs, K., & Hewitt, B. (2023). Health information management and physiotherapy faculty collaboration to discover the use of health informatics hiding in plain sight in an entry-level DPT program. Health Information Management Journal (HIMJ), 53(1), 34–40. https://doi.org/10.1177/18333583231194750
  • Deranek, K., & Hewitt, B. A. (2022). Knowledge Management Model Development and Validation  using an ERP Simulation. Journal of Computer Information Systems, 63(5), 1139–1153. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/08874417.2022.2128936
  • Hewitt, B. A., Deranek, K., McLeod, A. J., & Gudi, A. (2022). Exercise Motives Impact on Physical Activities Measured Using Wearable Devices. Health Promotion International, 37(3). https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daac071
  • Hewitt, B. A., & White, G. (2021). Factors Impacting Security Incidents on Personal Computing Devices. Journal of Organizational and End User Computing, 33(4), 185–208. https://doi.org/10.4018/JOEUC.20210701.oa9
  • Moqbel, M., Hewitt, B. A., Nah, F., & McLean, R. (2021). Sustaining patient portal continuous use: Cognitive dissonance effects of health professional encouragement and security concerns. Information Systems Frontier. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-021-10161-5

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Award for Excellence in Online Teaching Runner Up, Office of Distance and Extended Learning. May 2023 - February 28, 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: College of Health Professions Presidential Service Award, College of Heath Professions. 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Texas State University Presidential Service Award, Texas State University. January 2021 - January 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: The Women in IT Awards Silicon Valley 2018 - Woman of the Year, The Women in IT Awards Silicon Valley 2018. 2018
  • Award / Honor Nominee: College of Health Professions Teaching Award, College of Health Professions. December 2016 - February 2017

Selected Grants

  • Ekin, Tahir (Principal), Tesic, Jelena (Co-Principal), Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Co-Principal), Valles Molina, Damian (Co-Principal), Summers, Lucia (Co-Principal), Hewitt, Barbara A (Supporting), Liu, Xiangping (Supporting), Chang, Carolyn T (Supporting), Mendez, Francis A (Supporting), Irvin, Jennifer A (Supporting), Resendiz, Maria D (Supporting). Expanding AI Curriculum and Infrastructure at Texas State University to Advance Interdisciplinary Research and Grow a Diverse AI Workforce, National Science Foundation, Federal, $400000. (Submitted: June 2023, Funded: January 2024 - December 2025). Grant.
  • Fulton, Lawrence V (Principal), Villagran, Melinda Morris (Co-Principal), , Bing Zhou (Co-Principal), Mendez, Francis A (Co-Principal), Ekin, Tahir (Co-Principal), Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Co-Principal), Konur, Dincer (Supporting), Alanis, Emmanuel (Supporting), Zihagh, Fereshteh (Supporting), Dong, Zhijie (Co-Principal), Shen, Xiaoxi (Supporting), De Nadai, Alessandro Stevens (Supporting), Zhu, Ye (Co-Principal), Hewitt, Barbara A (Co-Principal), Valles Molina, Damian (Supporting), White, Alexander (Supporting), Dolezel, Diane M (Supporting), Ioudina, Vera (Supporting), Islam, Tanzima Z (Supporting), Lee, Chul Ho (Supporting), Metsis, Vangelis (Supporting), Moradi, Masoud (Supporting), Gao, Ju (Supporting), Li-Jen, Lester (Supporting), Jones, Dustin (Supporting), Pham, Vung (Supporting), Holt, Melinda (Supporting), Kyung An, Min (Supporting), Islam, ABM (Supporting), Cho, Hyuk (Supporting), Liu, Quigzhoung (Supporting), Liang, Fan (Supporting), Topinka, Joseph Baar (Supporting). The Accelerating Credentials of Purpose and Value for the Texas Innovation Corridor (TIC) Consortium Grant, THECB, State, $1450000. (Submitted: November 2021, Funded: February 2022 - October 2022). Grant.
  • Hewitt, Barbara (Principal), McLeod, Alexander (Co-Principal). Testing Technology Facilitation Theory: An Empirical Study, Texas State University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $13120. (Submitted: December 1, 2015, Funded: January 1, 2016 - May 31, 2017). Grant.
  • Hewitt, Barbara (Principal). Software Upgrade for College of Health Professions Computer Lab, University Computer Advisory Committee, Institutional (Higher Ed), $10000. (Submitted: 1999, Funded: August 2000). Grant.
  • Deranek, Kimberly (Principal), Hewitt, Barbara A (Co-Principal). Hybrid Workers: Relationship between Digitalization, the Transition to Hybrid Work, and Supply Chain Agility and Supply Chain Performance, Nova Southeastern University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $5000. (Submitted: January 12, 2023, Funded: May 2023 - May 2024). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Past President/'Supporter
San Antonio Region CyberTech Women (SARCTW)
2023-Present
Chair
University Academic Computing Committee
September 1, 2023-Present
Chair
Sue E Biedermann Scholarship Review Committee
September 2017-Present
Coordinator / Organizer
San Antonio Area Aspiration Award Coordinator for National Center for Women in Information and Technology Aspiration Award Recognition
September 2013-2023
Chair
San Antonio Women in Information Technology
2010-2023