About JP
J. P. Allen is an Associate Professor of Information Technology at the School of Business and Management, University of San Francisco. J. P. was the first Department Chair of our Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship department.
J. P.’s research looks at the organizational and social consequences of using new information technologies. He is fascinated by how, why, and to what extent IT is reshaping business and society. And, in turn, how business and society shape IT.
While J. P. is currently enthralled with the new wave of Internet-based applications and services–where the worlds of webware, on-demand, software-as-a-service, Web 2.0, and open source collide–he has studied information technologies such as gaming, personal digital assistants, mobile applications, enterprise systems, groupware, and large databases of personally identifiable information.
At USF, J. P. has developed the Internet Business Applications classes. In Internet Apps class, students apply open-source software and web-based services to deliver useful prototypes and solutions. J. P. also teaches MBAs and undergrads in our required business process, operations management, and IT course.
Before arriving at USF, J. P. was a faculty member at the University of Cambridge, and Purdue University. He has been a visiting professor in Germany and Brazil, and has lived in the Bay Area, Orange County (CA), Indiana, Saudi Arabia, England, Greece, and Switzerland.
If you’d like to know more, you can visit:
- J. P.’s official page at the University of San Francisco
- J. P.’s academic C.V.
- J. P.’s
- J. P.’s Facebook profile (login required)
- An interview with J. P. from the USF MBA Podcast Series.
J. P.’s email address is jpallen@usfca.edu
J.P. Allen is an Associate Professor of Information Technology at the School of Business and Management, University of San Francisco. 