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Susan Shepherd Ferebee
University of Phoenix
Tucson, Arizona

Susan Ferebee earned her PhD in information systems at Nova Southeastern University, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She also has an executive JD from Concord Law School and a master’s in educational psychology from Purdue University Global. She is a faculty member in the School of Business and Information Technology at Purdue University Global and has also served as a consultant, with more than 25 years of experience working directly with organizations and higher education institutions.

Susan has published many peer-reviewed articles. Her current research includes studies on smart technology use in homeschooling, personal cybersecurity behaviors, and the influence of interpretive communities on persuasion. Susan also served as a guest editor for a special issue of International Journal of Conceptual Structures and Smart Applications and coedited a book for IGI Global, Curriculum development and online instruction for the 21st century.

Susan serves as an editorial review board member for International Journal of Cognitive Informatics and Natural Intelligence and is an active presenter at international and national conferences. She has received numerous teaching and outstanding contributor awards and has been awarded several research grants.

Susan has been a reviewer for Computing Reviews since 2002.

	Reviews by Susan Shepherd Ferebee

	Understanding online reading through the eyes of first and second language readers: an exploratory study Kang H. Computers & Education 731-8, 2014. Type: Article Learning challenges exist for students who receive education in their nonnative language. Kang examines the significant topic of first language (L1) and second language (L2) online reading patterns and comprehension, and suggests that ...

	Online learning across ethnicity and age: a study on learning interaction participation, perception, and learning satisfaction Ke F., Kwak D. Computers & Education 6143-51, 2013. Type: Article Because I teach online, this paper was particularly relevant to me; I felt that the findings aligned with what I see on a daily basis in my teaching environment. The authors apply a mixed methodology to extract a higher level of unders...

	Directing crowd simulations using navigation fields Patil S., van den Berg J., Curtis S., Lin M., Manocha D. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 17(2): 244-254, 2011. Type: Article In computer and video games, animated films, and training simulations, how autonomous agents--for example, a soldier in a war video game--move and navigate in virtual crowds is a relevant issue. Virtual environment cr...

	Design of affectively evocative smart ambient media for learning Kwok R., Cheng S., Ip H., Kong J. Computers & Education 56(1): 101-111, 2011. Type: Article Kwok, Cheng, Ip, and Kong examine the significant question of how personal affect and its relation to cognition influences learner engagement. This study provides empirical evidence to support the assertion that a relationship exists b...

	Clustering Web video search results based on integration of multiple features Hindle A., Shao J., Lin D., Lu J., Zhang R. World Wide Web 14(1): 53-73, 2011. Type: Article Have you ever tried to search for videos on tigers in the jungle but found the first 20 results were videos about Tiger Woods? The authors of this paper have identified a relevant problem when they suggest that the rapid growth of mult...

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