Ersin Dincelli is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems in the Business School at the University of Colorado Denver. He received his PhD in Informatics and an MBA with a specialization in Information Technology Management from the University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY).

His primary research interests include individual behavior in the context of information security, cybersecurity education, and cross-cultural issues in information systems. In particular, his work focuses on individuals’ decision-making processes and behaviors in the context of information security, social engineering attacks, privacy-invasive technologies (e.g., social media and wearable devices), and how human error in cybersecurity incidents can be reduced through interventions.

He has published in premier journals, such as Journal of the Association for Information Systems and Government Information Quarterly, as well as in proceedings of the leading Information Systems conferences, such as the International Conference on Information Systems, the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, and the Americas Conference on Information Systems.

Education

PhD, Informatics, University at Albany, SUNY

MBA, Information Technology Management, University at Albany, SUNY

BA, Economics, Uludag University, Turkey

Areas of expertise

Information Security

Social Engineering

Social Media

Publications and presentations

Dincelli, E. (2018). “The role of national culture in shaping information security and privacy behaviors,” Innovation in Information Security, Vol. 4 (pp. 47-68). World Scientific Publishing.

DePaula, N., Dincelli, E., & Harrison, T. (2018). “Toward a typology of government social media communication: Democratic goals, symbolic acts and self-presentation,” Government Information Quarterly. 35(1), pp. 98-108.

DePaula, N., Dincelli, E. (2018). “Information strategies and affective reactions: How citizens interact with government social media content,” First Monday, 23(4).

Goel, S., Williams, K., & Dincelli, E. (2017). “Got phished? Internet security and human vulnerability,” Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 18(1), pp. 22-44.

Dincelli, E., & Chengalur-Smith, I. N. (2017, December). “Applying the transtheoretical model of behavior change to online self-disclosure,” in Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2017. Seoul, South Korea.

Dincelli, E., & Zhou, X. (2017, August). “Examining self-disclosure on wearable devices: The roles of benefit structure and privacy calculus,” in Proceedings of the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) 2017. Boston, MA.

Dincelli, E., Goel, S., & Warkentin, M. (2017, August). “Understanding nuances of privacy and security in the context of information systems,” in Proceedings of the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) 2017. Boston, MA.

Dincelli, E., & Goel, S. (2017, January). “Can privacy and security be friends? A cultural framework to differentiate security and privacy behaviors on online social networks,” in Proceedings of 50th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) 2017. Waikoloa, HI, pp. 4011-4020.

Califano, A., Dincelli, E., & Goel, S. (2015, June). “Using features of cloud computing to defend smart grid against DDoS attacks,” in Proceedings of 10th Annual Symposium on Information Assurance (ASIA) 2015. Albany, NY, pp. 44-50.

Awards

Best Reviewer Award, Information Systems Security and Privacy Track, AMCIS, 2017

President's International Student Leadership Award, University at Albany, SUNY, 2013

School of Business Pre-Professional Development Award, University at Albany, SUNY, 2011

Premal and Paule Shah Endowed Scholarship, University at Albany, SUNY, 2010

Affiliations

Member, IFIP Working Group 8.11 / 11.13 - Information Systems Security Research

Member, Beta Gamma Sigma