David Abrahams
Dr. David Abrahams is an Associate Professor and Department Chair of Management, Marketing, Public Administration. Dr. Abrahams' background is in Public Administration with an emphasis on program planning, analysis, implementation and evaluation. Area of interest is in research methodology, healthcare administration policies, Social Entrepreneurship.
His last project before joining Bowie State University involved working with a drug delivery company, creating healthcare revenue application models and higher education partnership models. The project goal were to create drug delivery applications through the acquisition of knowledge that improve the overall health and nutrition of infants, children and pregnant women in the rural poor areas of India, Africa and Asia.
Publications & Patents
Dr. Abrahams research titled: Technology Adoption in Higher Education: A Framework for Identifying and Prioritizing Issues and Barriers to Adoption of Instructional Technology. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2(2), 33-49. His research examined the issues and barriers that inhibit faculty from using technology in instruction. The research found that as a higher education institution, in the early adoption phase of the use of instructional technology, approaches its critical mass of faculty users of web-based technology; it must address the issues of the critical mass (ex: perception of technology, technology information, technological support, and faculty time), in order for the mainstream faculty to see the utility in of the use instructional technology in the classroom. The research uses a descriptive mixed methods (quantitative and qualitative) approach to develop a pictorial multivariate conceptual framework for understanding the relationships and inter-relationships between issues and barriers to technology adoption.
Dr. Abrahams has the publications in professional journals, the most recent of which are the following:
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Falih M. Alsaaty, Abrahams, D. A., Carter, E (2014). Business Students’ Interests in Entrepreneurship and Social Entrepreneurship at a Historically Black Institution. Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Development , 1-30.
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Abrahams, D. A., & Caldwell, C. (2014). The Leader-Mentor- Learner Role in Business Student Education – Insights from Carl Rogers and Moses Pava. In the Submission Process.
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David A. Abrahams, (2010) "Technology adoption in higher education: a framework for identifying and prioritising issues and barriers to adoption of instructional technology", Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, Vol. 2 Iss: 2, pp.34 - 49
Education
He was educated at Cornell University where he received a Bachelor of Science in Human Development, a Masters in Human Service Administration and a Doctorate in Policy Analysis and Management. In addition, I have received profession certification from Harvard University, IBM and the Chubb Computer School in Information and Business Systems Analysis.
In the work force, he has twenty year corporate background rooted in organizational management, analysis, methods and procedures, management information systems, program development and administration. He has worked for Director of Research and Evaluation for Integrated Life Center a Community Based Behavioral Healthcare Organization, IBM as a Marketing Representative, Chubb and Sons Insurance as a Business Analyst, RCA Solid State and GE as worldwide Director of their information systems and engineering manufacturing systems.
Awards & Honors
In higher education he was the HEOP and Upward Bound director at Marist College. He is also the recipient of the 2006 Association for Equality and Excellence in Education, Inc. (AEEE) National Achievement award. The AEEE is an organization whose members are professionals from the Federal TRIO Programs and other federally and state-funded opportunity programs. Dr. Abrahams is also a member of the National Honors Society Kappa Omicron Nu Mu Human Science Chapter at Cornell University and Cornell University Council Board Member.