Edward J. GarrityProfessor of Management Computer Information Systems
BA, Environmental Science -State University of New York at Plattsburgh
MBA.; PhD, Management Information Systems -State University of New York at Buffalo
Prior to joining Canisius College, Dr. Garrity was on the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and previously worked as an analyst programmer. His breadth of knowledge in the MIS field has made him a valuable consultant to a number of companies, including General Motors Research Laboratories, Rich Transportation Services, and the Knowledge Company.
His extensive research, particularly in the field of information systems development, has resulted in numerous articles published in textbooks and in such scholarly publications as the Journal of MIS, Heuristics: Journal of Knowledge Engineering, Data Base, Datamation, Information Resources Management Journal, and Information Systems Frontiers. He has coauthored a book on information systems success measurement and served as an outside reader for doctoral dissertations. He is a member of the editorial boards of the Annals of Cases on Information Technology and the Journal of End User Computing.
Dr. Garrity has developed new courses in Expert Systems and Artificial Intelligence, End User Computing, Object-Oriented Programming (with C++ ), Business Process Redesign, Java Programming, and Internet Programming (with Cold Fusion).
Among other college appointments, he has served as a member of the Outcomes Committee, the Wehle School of Business Faculty Development Committee, the Committee on Faculty Status and Tenure, the Faculty Welfare Committee and the Academic Computing Advisory Committee. He is a freshman advisor, the faculty advisor to the MCIS Club, and a frequent MCIS department representative at open houses.
"Why choose Canisius College for your undergrad/graduate degree? Canisius College offers students a great opportunity to study with faculty devoted to teaching and committed to close student/faculty interaction. The faculty at Canisius follow the teacher/researcher model that asserts that faculty who are actively engaged in research can stay intellectually sharp and bring the latest developments in their field into the classroom to challenge and interest students in their dynamic field. Being actively engaged in research allows Canisius faculty to perform their best while pursuing their mission of excellence in teaching.
As an example of this, I have worked on a Canisius Earning Excellence Program Grant the last two years with an undergraduate MIS student from Croatia, Vladimir Lukic. This grant has allowed me to do software development with an Internet programming environment (Cold Fusion software) that has led to a new course development -Internet Programming (MIS 470, Special Topics). In addition, the second phase of this project explores research issues in human-computer interaction that will likely lead to future publications. The work has benefited my research assistant directly, but more importantly, it leads to enhanced classroom experiences for all of my Canisius students.
The Canisius faculty is composed of individual specialists in their field but who are also open minded with respect to other areas of knowledge. Canisius College focuses on educating the whole person in the Jesuit tradition. Preparing leaders requires a broad understanding of many diverse areas of knowledge along with an ability to apply critical thinking, expert judgment and a strong base of ethical and moral convictions."
For more information about Dr. Garrity's teaching and research please visit http://www2.canisius.edu/~garrity/