Faculty Member

Dr. Nick Ball

Education

PhD, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, 2005

Major: Business Administration -­‐ Information and Decision Sciences

MBA, Idaho State University, 2000
MBA, Idaho State University, 1999

Major: Finance

Teaching

INFO 2410

Database Fundamentals, Fall 2025

INFO 3430

Systems Analysis and Design, Fall 2025

INFO 4430

Systems Design and Implementation, Fall 2025

IT 6900

Cybersecurity Capstone, Spring 2025

INFO 2410

Database Fundamentals, Spring 2025

INFO 3430

Systems Analysis and Design WE, Spring 2025

Presentations

Ball, Nick , Annual International Association for Computer Information Systems Conference, "Using Generative AI To Create SQL Queries_ Examining Student Work In An Introductory Database Course", International Association for Computer Information Systems, Atlantic Beach, FL. (October 2, 2024)
Ball, Nick (Author Only), McDonald, Dan , Anderson, John , 31st CCSC Rocky Mountain Conference 2022, "Course Delivery Preferences of Students Post-COVID 2022", Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges, Orem, UT. (October 21, 2022)
Ball, Nick (Author Only), Allen, Gove (Presenter & Author), Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), "Leveraging the Free Tier_ Teaching System Development with Services that are Always Free", Association for Information Systems, Minneapolis, MN. (August, 2022)
Ball, Nick (Presenter & Author), Allen, Gove (Author Only), Davies, Randy (Author Only), Albrecht, Conan (Author Only), Bakir, Nesrin (Author Only), Hawaii International Conference on Systems Science, "Using Educational Data Mining to Identify and Analyze Student Learning Strategies", University of Hawaii, Wailea, HI. (January 9, 2019)
Ball, Nick (Presenter & Author), Anderson, John (Author Only), Annual International Association for Computer Information Systems Conference, "The CIO Skill Set, and How CIOs Obtained the Skills", International Association for Computer Information Systems, Philadelphia, PA. (October 5, 2017)
Ball, Nick (Presenter & Author), Allen, Gove (Presenter & Author), Wood, Robert (Author Only), Annual International Association for Computer Information Systems Conference, "Using Technology to Detect and Deter Electronic Cheating at a Large State University", International Association for Computer Information Systems, Nashville, TN. (October 7, 2016)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Ball, Nick , (2024) "Using Generative AI To Create SQL Queries_ Examining Student Work In An Introductory Database Course" (Issue: 4, vol. 25). Issues in Information Systems. https://www.iacis.org/iis/2024/4_iis_2024_507-519.pdf
Stevens, Nate , Ball, Nick , Allen, Gove , (2024) "Financial Accounting Practice Sets with Excel" . Orem, UT: MyEducator. https://app.myeducator.com/reader/web/1918/
Ball, Nick , Allen, Gove , Allen, Elijah , (2023) "Introduction to Database and Structured Query Language" . Orem, UT: Self-published. https://sql-book.blogspot.com/?undefined
Ball, Nick , Allen, Gove , Hayes, Colleen , Wood, Robert , (2023) "Excel Case Studies" . Orem, UT: MyEducator. https://app.myeducator.com/reader/web/1908/
Davies, Randall , Allen, Gove , Albrect, Conan , Bakir, Nesrin , Ball, Nick , (2021) "Using Educational Data Mining to Identify and Analyze Student Learning Strategies in an Online Flipped Classroom" (Issue: 11, vol. 11). Education Sciences. https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/11/11/668
Ball, Nick , Anderson, John , Allen, Gove , Jackson, Robert , Hayes, Colleen , (2021) "Prometheus Series_ Data Analysis with Microsoft Excel" . Orem, UT: MyEducator. https://app.myeducator.com/reader/web/1755/

Awards

Carlson School of Management Teaching Award

Carlson School of Management - May 1, 2005

Carlson School of Management Fellow

Carlson School of Management - August 31, 2004

Carlson School of Management Teaching Award

Carlson School of Management - May 1, 2004

Joseph M. Juran Fellow

Carlson School of Management - May 1, 2003

This fellowship was a national award for research on quality management and covered 1 year of my doctoral program stipend.

Best Design Science Essay by a Doctoral Student

Carlson School of Management - April 15, 2001