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April Helene Reed

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  • April H. Reed, PhD, PMP is a Full Professor in the College of Business, Management Information Systems (MIS) department at East Carolina University. She conducts research in the area of IS/IT project management, educational simulations, pedagogy, virtual teams, pair programming, project risk management and STEM education. She is a PMI certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and a Certified Scrum Master (CSM). She has held several industry positions including Programmer, Systems Analyst and Project Manager. She has published several papers on the topic of project management methodologies, project management education, risk and virtual project teams as well as pair programming in IS journals such as International Journal of Information Technology Project Management, Journal of Computer Information Systems, International Journal of Project Management, Informing Sciences and Journal of Information Technology Management. She has also published on the use of simulations in education. She was accepted into the 2017-2018 Engagement Outreach Scholars Academy with a $5,000 grant. She used the funding to plan and conduct a MIS STEM Camp in November 2017 for local middle and high school girls with a community partner and then conducted research on the outcome of the camp. She has applied for and received several other grants to conduct the MIS STEM Camp annually during the summer (2018, 2019 and 2022). She continues to host a MIS STEM Event for local middle school students from 2017 to the present. She holds a PhD in Computer Science/Information Systems from DePaul University.

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  • Invited Speaker for SimulationPL Invited speaker to conduct live webinar on SimProject titled "Learn How Simulations are transforming Project Management Education" on 6/5/2025. 2024 - 2025
  • Recommendation Letters for Masters programs, PhD and Bridges Wrote recommendation letters for students and staff:
    Bridges - LHoward
    PhD - ASilver
    MSA - CWilliamson
    FPhillips
    RWatson 2024 - 2025
  • Review Journal Article for Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity Reviewed submitted journal article:
    A Network-Based Coopetition Model for Human Capital Management in Agile IT Projects 2024 - 2025
  • ICIS 2025 Conference - Paper Reviewer Invited to review two papers for ICIS 2025 conference:
    1 Aligning Traditional, Agile, and Hybrid Methods: Toward an Integrative Contingency Framework
    2 Beyond Software Product Qualities: Forms of Sensing and Responding in System-Oriented ISD Agility 2024
  • Review Journal Article for Int'l Journal of Information Systems and Project Management (IJISPM) Reviewed submitted journal article:
    Metrics champions: navigating challenges and driving change in software measurement implementation 2024
  • AITP Resume Event & Cover Letter Event Served as a faculty advisor to students at the AITP Resume event in Fall 2021 and the Cover letter Event in Spring 2022. Worked with individual students to critique their resume and cover letters and give them suggestions for improvements.AIS Resume Event - Fall 2022 served as a faculty advisorAIS Resume Event - Spring 2024 - 2/8/24 2021 - 2023
  • Panelist at AMCIS 2023 Conference Served on Panel at TREO session to speak about participating in a study and work sessions for females pursuing promotion in higher education. 2023
  • Invited Speaker for HOiST Event on 2/23/23: Engaging in Collaboration Across Divisions Invited guest speaker on a panel at this university event to discuss the MIS STEM Camp and how I engaged other university departments when developing and executing the camp. Event is part of a series and is recorded.HOiST is a collaborative series of programs between the new Center for Student Success, Office of Faculty Excellence, and the University Writing Center to provide resources and information to faculty to "help our students thrive" (or HOiST for the acronym.) 2022
  • Finance Chair - Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority Served on the Executive Board as the Finance Chair for Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority, Beta Alpha Chapter. Participated in executive board members as a voting member. Created annual budget and reviewed it with the board for approval. Reviewed budget with Sorority members. 2019 - 2022
  • Member of NCPMI Project Management for Social Good Committee Accepted as member of NCPMI Project Management for Social Good Committee that serves organizations in North Carolina.
    Mission of the committee - NCPMI will leverage its project practitioners' skills and talents to facilitate community give back and make a difference one project, one non-profit organization or charitable group at a time.
    This committee will also partner with us to help provide mentors for our Global Day of Service Project. 2021
  • Invited Speaker for Black Faculty Org Tenure & Promotion Session Invited to speak on best practices for earning tenure and promotion at ECU at an event held virtually in March by sharing my experiences and lessons learned. 2020
  • Invited Speaker for Women in STEM Roundtable Discussion Invited to participate as a speaker at the Women in STEM Roundtable Discussion held virtually in March as a part of the Thrive@ECU project.
    This community learning exchange discussion focused on sharing my experiences as a female working in a STEM field. 2020
  • Co-coordinator to host NCPMI Satellite Meeting 3/24/2020 Co-coordinator to work with the Research Triangle chapter of PMI (NCPMI) to organize and invite local Eastern NC project managers to a satellite meeting. Purpose is to build interest in PMI meetings for this area.
    Meeting cancelled just prior to date due to the Pandemic 2019
  • SEDSI 2020 Session Chair SEDSI Session Chair 2/12
    SEDSI Session Chair 2/13 InEdu 8 @ 10:15 am Interactive Learning In and OUt of the Classroom 2019
  • Program Reviewer for MS in Project Management at Sam Houston State University Selected to be the reviewer for the MS in Project Management at Sam Houston State University from 4/3/19 to 4/5/19. ; Met with Business School Dean and Provost during review. ; Final report submitted 5/2/19. Duties were as follows.
    Reviewers, not governed by external bodies, are expected to:


    Review the self-study prior to onsite visit.
    Conduct the onsite visit.
    Conduct an exit interview as the last component of the onsite visit.
    Write an evaluation of the graduate program to include program strengths and recommendations for improvement. ; The evaluation should address each chapter of the self-study. ; The evaluation should be submitted electronically to the Office of Graduate Studies (graduate@shsu.edu). ; The evaluation should be submitted no later than six weeks after the completion of the onsite visit. 2018
  • Co-cordinator to host NCPMI Satelitte Meeting 02/19/2019 Co-cordinator to work with the Research Triangle chapter of PMI (NCPMI) to organize and invite local Eastern NC project managers to a satelitte meeting. ; Purpose was to guage interest in PMI meetings for this area. ; Current members (I am a member) received PDUs towards there certifications. 2018
  • Reviewer for AMCIS 2019 PM track Reviewed a AMCIS 2019 Conference Project Management paper 2018
  • Reviewer for ICIS 2018 Reviewed a couple of papers for ICIS 2018 conference 2017
  • Grant writer for Share the Bounty Food Pantry Worked with two other board members to write and submit grants for funds for the food pantry. Received 10 grants totaling more than $30K. 2017
  • Journal of Computer Information Systems (JCIS) Member of Review Board 2012
  • Reviewed new edition of Introduction to MIS textbook for McGraw Hill Reviewed two chapters of textbook 2010
  • Dissertation Committee Member Dissertation Committee Member for Nadene Chambers at DePaul University in Chicago, ILDissertation Title: IMPLICIT KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER USE IN VIRTUAL HEALTHCARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS PROJECT TEAMS AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH SUCCESSFUL PROJECT OUTCOMESDissertation Proposal: 11/5/2010Dissertation Defense: 5/3/2013 2010
  • ICIS 2010 Reviewed papers 2010
  • Americas' Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) Reviewed 1 paper in HIT track and 3 papers in Project Management track 2008
  • SEDSI - Southeast Decision Sciences Conference 2009 Reviewed 2 papers in IS track 2008

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