Current Research Projects

ChatGPT in Higher Education in Teaching, Learning, Assessment, and Policy (Roger's Theory of Innovation Diffusion)

Service Learning in Higher Education

Personal Cybersecurity Behavior Patterns

Persuasive Technology for Cybersecurity Awareness

Brain Response to Persuasion: A Systematic Review of the Neuroscience Literature

Awards

2023  Purdue Global Service-Learning Fellow - Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning (CCESL).

2019 Teamwork Taskforce Outstanding Team Award. Purdue University Global, College of Social and Behavioral Science.

2018 Purdue University Global Spirit Award for Design and Development of a Cloud Computing degree program. 

2017 Faculty Scholarship Award, Kaplan University (now Purdue University Global)

2017 McJulien Scholar Best Paper Award at 2017 AECT International Convention, November 11, 2017, Jacksonville, FL

2016  Research Fellow, Center for Educational and Instructional Technology Research (CEITR).

2015. Best Conference Presentation. Academic Forum, March 2015, Puerta Vallarta, Mexico

Publications and Presentations

Fudge, T., & Ferebee, S. (2024). Search and rescue drones: Balancing security and privacy with preserving life. In A. Shah, & Z. Jhanjhi (Eds.), Cybersecurity issues and challenges in the drone industry (pp. 108-127). IGI Global.

Ferebee, S., & Lessen, N. (2023). New business models for Society 5.0. In L. Carvalho, C. Silveira, L. Reis, & N. Russo (Eds), Internet of behaviors implementation in organizational contexts. (pp. 267-287). IGI Global.

Flynn, C., Lucore, K., Ferebee, S., Haber, J. (2023). Supporting virtual student volunteers. 2023 IARSLCE Conference, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.

Ferebee, S. & Morrissett, L. (2023). Building a learner community for online service learners at Purdue Global. Poster Presentation, 2023 IARSLCE Conference, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.

Ferebee, S., Haber, J., & Dunn, K. (2023). Service Learning Fellows: Driving Purdue Global’s Service and Engagement. 2023 IARSLCE Conference, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.Ferebee, S., Haber, J., & Dunn, K. (2023). Service Learning Fellows: Driving Purdue Global’s Service and Engagement. 2023 IARSLCE Conference, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.

Arrington, A., Ferebee, S., & Kenneston, A. (2023). Exploring educational implications and strategies of using ChatGPT in courses at online higher education institutions. Knowledge Without Boundaries, October 12, 2023.

Ferebee, S., Flynn, C., Haber, J., & Morgan, M. (2023). Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning: Fellows Program. Community Engagement Alliance Summit, 9-22-2023.

Ferebee, S. (2023) Dialogic Spaces in Online Higher Education. TCC Conference 2023. April, 2023.

Ferebee, S. & Fudge, T. (2023). Building Learner Communities in Online Higher Education. TCC Conference 2023. April 2023

Ferebee, S. (2022). Metaverse: The ethical dilemma. In T. Fudge (Ed.), Exploring ethical problems in today’s technological world (pp. 315-330), IGI Global. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5892-1.ch016

Fudge, T., & Ferebee, S. (Eds.). (2021). Curriculum development and online instruction for the 21st century. IGI Global.

Deem, J., Beyer, S., Dana, H., Chicone, R., Ringler, I., Ferebee, S., Strouble, D. (2020). Increasing student success with team projects in the virtual classroom. Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration (Sept. 2020).

Lawlor, A. & Ferebee, S. (2020). Native American cultural identify exploration in their postsecondary education: A narrative inquiry. In K. Setzkorn, Editor, N. Patnayakuni, Editor & T. Burton, Editor (Eds.), Socioeconomics, diversity, and the politics of online education (Chapter 9). IGI Global.

Setzkorn, K., Burton, T., Farrelly, C., & Ferebee, S. (2020). Gender gap: Factors affecting female students’ retention in an online undergraduate IT program. In K. Setzkorn, Editor, N. Patnayakuni, Editor & T. Burton, Editor (Eds.), Socioeconomics, diversity, and the politics of online education (Chapter 5). IGI Global.

Valentine, D., Ferebee, S., Heitner, K. (2019). The effect of wellness programs on long-term contract employees’ workplace stress, absenteeism, and presenteeism. International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, 10(4).

Ferebee, S., Kebritchi, M. (Eds.). (2018). Transforming learning with smart technology [Special issue]. International Journal of Conceptual Structures and Smart Applications, 6(1).

Ferebee, S., Kebritchi, M. (2018). Guest editorial preface: Special issue on transforming learning with smart technology. Transforming learning with smart technology [Special issue]. International Journal of Conceptual Structures and Smart Applications, 6(1).

Setzekorn, K., Ferebee, S., Burton, T. (2018). Gender gap: Impact of faculty gender on IT student outcomes. Presented at 2018 Virtual General Education Conference, May 9, 2018.

Hyland, R. & Ferebee S. (2017). Creating loyal customers in a contact center environment. Journal of Leadership and Management, 1(9). Retrieved from http://leadership.net.pl/index.php/JLM/article/view/111

Ferebee, S. & Lawlor, A. (2017). Leading change for American Indian/Alaskan Native postsecondary cultural influences using secondary data. 2017 AECT International Convention, November 11, 2017. Jacksonville, FL. Award:

Chicone, R., Burton, T. & Ferebee, S. (2017). Cybersecurity education: Using Facebook’s open source Capture The Flag platform as a hands-on learning and assessment tool. IACIS 57^th Annual International Conference, October 4-7, 2017, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Holland, A., Dooley, G. Fedock, B., Ferebee, S., & Bailey, L. (2017). Meditation, mindfulness, and critical thinking: Individual characteristics in online higher education. Second Canadian International Conference on Advances in Education, Teaching, & Technology 2017 (EduTeach2017), July 29, 2017, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada.

Kebritchi, M., Holland, A., Stout, M., Ferebee, S. (2016). Critical thinking and meditation in online higher education: A quasi-experimental study. Presented at OLC Accelerate 2016, November 16, 2016, Orlando FL.Fedock, B., Holland, A., Ferebee, S., Dooley, G., & Bailey, L. (2016). Meditation and critical thinking and individual characteristics. Presented at E-Learn 2016 – World Conference on E-Learning (AACE), November 14, 2016, Washington, D. C.

Ferebee, S., Davis, J., Bates, M. & Beyer, S. (2015). The relationship of Bible medium to Bible perception. The Exchange, 4(2), online edition.

Ferebee, S., Davis, J., Bates, M. & Beyer, S. (2015). The relationship of Bible medium to Bible perception.Presented at Academic Forum March 2015, Puerta Vallarta, Mexico. ISSN 2164-8859(online)

Ferebee, S. (2014). Design and development of a lead management system. Poster presentation. Faculty Symposium, June 4, 2015, University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ

DeHaven, D. & Ferebee, S. (2012). Why gaming is important in higher ed. Techonomy, November 2012.

Ferebee, S. & Davis, J. (2012). Emergent leadership, persuasion, and trust in virtual leaderless groups. The Exchange, 1(1), 128-141.

Ferebee, S. & Davis, J. (2012). The Neural Persuasion Model: Aligning Neural Readiness, Perceived Need and Intervention Strategies. Persuasion 2012 Conference, Linkoping Sweden, June 2012.

Ferebee, S. & Davis, J. (2011). Persuading library use in technologically structured individuals. Library Hi-Tech. 29(4) 586-604. Emerald Publications.Persuading Library Use in Technologically Structured Individuals

Ferebee, S. & Davis, J. (2011). Neural persuasion:A persuasion model for the technologically structured individual. . Persuasive 2011, June 2-5, 2011.  Columbus, OH: Ohio State University.

Davis, J. & Ferebee, S.  (2011). Teaching mathematics using mediated and mixed-mediated communication models. 9th. International Conference on Education and Information Systems, Technologies and Applications (EISTA 2011). Orlando, Florida.

Ferebee, S. (2010). Successful Persuasive Technology for Behavior Reduction: Mapping to Fogg’s Gray Behavior Grid. Presented at Persuasive 2010, Conference. Copenhagen, Denmark.

Ferebee, S. & Davis J. (2009). Factors that Persuade Continued Use of Facebook Among New Members. Proceedings of the 4^th International Conference on Persuasive Technology.  New York: ACM.

Ferebee, S. & Davis, J. (2009).  The Innovation Architectures of Facebook.  In Ozok, A. & Zaphiris, P. (Eds), Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Online Communities and Social Computing (pp. 323-325), Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

Ferebee, S. & Davis, J.W. (2008). A Descriptive Study of Behavior in Virtual Teams. Presentation at the AERO 2008 Conference, Phoenix, AZ.

Ferebee, S.  The influence of gender and involvement level on the perceived credibility of web sites. Presented at Persuasive Technology Conference 2008. Oulu, Finland.

Ferebee, S. (2008). The influence of gender and involvement level on the perceived credibility of web sites. In Oinas-Kukkonen, H., Hasle, P., Harjumaa, M., Segerstahl, K., & Ohrstrom, P. (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Persuasive Technology (pp. 279-282), Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

Ferebee, S. (2007).  An examination of the influence of involvement level of web site users on the perceived credibility of web sites. Presented at Persuasive Technology Conference 2007, Stanford University.

Ferebee, S. (2007). An examination of the influence of involvement level of web site users on the perceived credibility of web sites.. In De Kort, Y., IJsselsteijn, W., Midden, C., Eggen, B., & Fogg, B. (Eds.), (176-186). Lecture Notes  in Computer Science: Persuasive Technology. Springer-Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg.