Dr. Catherine Dwyer is a distinguished academic leader, scholar and teacher. In 2019 she was awarded the Kenan Award for Teaching Excellence by Pace University.
Dr. Dwyer has a passion for developing interdisciplinary programs. She has worked with faculty in the Marketing Department to create a Masters Program on Social Media and Mobile Marketing for department chair. She also developed and co-teaches a course with a Film Studies colleague entitled "Computers and the Surveillance Society."
PhD, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, US, 2008
Information Systems
MS, Pace University, 1996
Computer Science
MA, Manhattan School of Music, 1984
BA, Fordham University, 1979
Political Science
Online Privacy and the Law; Web application security; Social Media; Green Information Systems
Digital Excavations: A Place-Based Humanities, Art, and Computing Curriculum
Dwyer, C., Kreitz, K. A., Cotoranu, A., Pappenheimer, W. D., Cunningham, S. B. & Iacullo-Bird, M. September 2022. National Endowment for the Humanities, Federal. Not Funded.
PACER: Pathways to Accessible Computing Education and Research
Dwyer, C., Genc, Y., Mosteiro, M. A. & Chen, L. September 2021. NSF, Federal. Not Funded.
NEH Connections Grant
Kreitz, K. A., Dwyer, C. & Iacullo-Bird, M. September 2024 - August 2026. National Endowment for the Humanities, Federal. Not Funded. Pace University requests $149,973 for a two-year implementation project beginning in September 2024 to launch a new undergraduate minor called Humanities, Art, and Computing (HAC). A joint effort of Pace University’s Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems, and the Provost’s Office, the HAC minor will boost and deepen student engagement with the humanities by bringing together the digital humanities with technological problem-solving and equity-centered design thinking. Students from humanities fields, the visual arts, and computing will learn how to employ computational thinking and digital tools to participate in the production of knowledge about their own cultural heritage; to make sense of the history and current lived experiences of racism, sexism, and economic inequality; and to share a sense of purpose with roles for all to play in achieving a just democracy. Their coursework will include opportunities to investigate the previously obscured people, places, and events of Pace University’s own neighborhood in Lower Manhattan–including the histories of both English and Spanish language newspapers, Chinatown, the African Burial Ground, and Lenape cultural sites. Our approach builds on Pace strengths in experiential learning–which we define as faculty mentored hands-on student experiences in inquiry-based learning--that often involves direct engagement with our communities in New York City. Undergraduate research is an essential component of experiential learning and will be embedded throughout the HAC minor courses and project opportunities through archives-based research and co-production of digital humanities (DH) and public humanities projects, such as digital maps, zines, oral histories, walking tours, websites, and community engagement events. In line with NEH’s “American Tapestry” and “United We Stand” initiatives, the HAC minor will empower students to be creative and equity-centered problem solvers and changemakers whose understanding of the marginalized and suppressed voices of the past will help them build a more just and inclusive society in the present. The interdisciplinary skills, perspectives, and content knowledge students acquire through the HAC minor will equip them for the twentieth-first century workplace–whose ever-evolving job market will demand adaptive, creative thinkers with strong technological and communication skills.
CIS 101: Computers & Social Rspnsblty
CIS 101: Downtown New York
CIS 101: Forensic Computing
CIS 101: Introduction to Computing
CIS 101: Introduction to Computing - LC
CIS 143: Intro to SQL for Business
CIT 110: Intro to Inform Technology
CIT 211: Intro to Computer Systems
CIT 211: Platform Tech & Architecture
CIT 312: Introduction to Programming l
CIT 314: Introduction to Programming II
CIT 336: Web Scripting
CIT 341: Found of Enterprise Info Sys
CIT 342: Systems Analysis and Design
CIT 396: Adv Infrmtn Tchlgy for Acc App
CIT 471: Information Tchnlgy Internship
CIT 481: Cpstn in Infrmtn Tchnlgy
CIT 490: Independent Study in Infor Tec
CS 121: Computer Programming I
CS 122: Computer Programming II
CS 490: Ind Study in Computer Science
CS 693: Thesis I
CS 694: Thesis II
CS 806: Dissertation Preparation
INT 197: Cyberctznshp: Ethcs & the Web
INT 198: Cmptrs & the Srvllnc Scty
IS 112: Computer Orgnztn and Prgmng
IS 223: Fundamentals of Programming
IS 241: Systems Analysis and Design
IS 490: Independent Study/Info Systems
IS 600: Grad Independent Study in IS
IS 612: Introduction to Coding
IS 612: Objct Oriented Cncpts & Dvlpmt
IS 617: Information Systems Principles
IS 676: Fndtns of Socl & Mbl Tchnlgs
MAR 648: Fdn of Social & Mobile Techn
Assessing the Transformative Impact of Ride Hailing Apps on Mobile Mobility Patterns
Hossain, A. & Dwyer, C.
Blending Contextual Integrity and Accounting
Dwyer, C. & O'Callaghan, S. https://privaci.info/symposium/2023/cfp.html
Integrating Contextual Integrity With Accounting Standards
Dwyer, C. & , S.
What Factors Influenced Online Social Interaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Dwyer, C., Hiltz, S., Plotnick, L. & Grandhi, S. (2021).
DIGITAL LITERACY AND ACCOUNTING STUDENTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PROFESSION
O'Callaghan, S., Calloway, L., Walker, J. P., Elson, R., Dwyer, C., Boumediene, S. & Boumediene , S. (2021). Global Journal of Accounting and Finance. Vol Volume 5 (Issue Issue #1) , pages 113-132.
Digital Literacy and Accounting Students: Implications For the Profession
Calloway, L., O'Callaghan, S., Walker, J., Dwyer, C., Elson, R., Boumediene, S. & Boumediene, S. (2021). Global Journal of Accounting and Finance. Vol 5 (Issue 1/2021) , pages 24 pages.
Technology in the Accounting Classroom: Creating Awareness of the Latest in Technology
O'Callaghan, S., Walker, J., Elson, R., Boumediene, S., Boumediene, S. & Dwyer, C. (2020).
The Limitations of Technical Mechanisms as Proxies for Context
Dwyer, C.
Online Social Network Privacy Management
Dwyer, C. .
Leakage of Geolocation Data by Mobile Ad Networks
Snow, C., Hayes, D. & Dwyer, C.
Integrating Contextual Integrity With Accounting Standards
Dwyer, C. & , S. (2022). Symposium on Contextual Integrity at Cornell Tech. Cornell Tech,
AI, CyberSecurity, and Accounting
Dwyer, C. (2021). Pace University Accepted Graduate Students. Pace University Admissions Office,
The Intersection of Accounting and Cybersecurity
Dwyer, C. & O'Callaghan, S. (2021). Future of Work Interdisciplinary Conference. Pace University,
Symposium on Applications of Contextual Integrity [Committee Member]
IBM AI Innovation Challenge [Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer]
Journal of the Association of Information Systems [Reviewer, Journal Article]
Symposium on Applications of Contextual Integrity [member of the Program Committee]
European conference on Information Systems [Sustainability Track Associate Editor]
International Conference on Information Systems ICIS 2021 [Editor, Associate Editor]
Association for Information Systems (AIS) [Reviewer, Conference Paper]
Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management [Reviewer, Conference Paper]
Pace University professor Cathy Dwyer, Ph.D., says that even if students weren't on Facebook, they'd find something else to spend their time on. And, she says, Facebook certainly has a positive side, especially in this economy. "Facebook offers students a way to reconnect with their professors and classmates if they get laid off," she says. "It can help with the job search."