Dr. Abebe Rorissa is an Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Development at the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security, and Cybersecurity, University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY) (the iSchool @Albany). Prior to his current position, he worked in Ethiopia, Lesotho, and Namibia as a lecturer and systems/automation librarian. He has also consulted for academic institutions, national governments, & international organizations, including the United Nations. His research interests include multimedia information organization and retrieval, scaling of users’ information needs, use/acceptance/adoption and impact of information and communication technologies, and data analytics. He is published extensively in leading international journals such as the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIS&T), Information Processing & Management, and Government Information Quarterly. He was a member of the Board of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) and its Executive Committee.

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