Matt North, Ed.D.

Professor Utah Valley University

Orem UT

North is an expert in data analytics and cyberlaw

Biography

Dr. Matt North has been teaching in the Information Systems & Technology department at UVU since 2015, after having taught for more than a decade at colleges in Pennsylvania, Argentina, and Idaho. Prior to his career in academe, Dr. North was a software engineer at eBay. His teaching expertise is in database design, development and administration, data analytics, and cyberlaw. Research areas include data analytics, cyberlaw, and technology pedagogy. He is the author of two books: Data Mining for the Masses, and Life Lessons and Leadership, as well as numerous journal papers, articles, book chapters, and conference presentations. Dr. North currently serves as department chair, and as chief editor for the Journal of Computer Information Systems (JCIS). An award winning professor and scholar, he is a Fulbright alumnus, and is the recipient of the Ben Bauman Award for Excellence, the Gamma Sigma Alpha Outstanding Professor award, and the UVU Alumni Outstanding Professor award. In 2022, the International Association for Computer Information Systems named Dr. North their Computer Educator of the Year.

Areas of Expertise

Technology Pedagogy

Cyberlaw

Data Analytics

Information Systems

Accomplishments

Computer Educator of the Year Award

from the International Association for Computer Information Systems (IACIS) 2022

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Professional Certificate

Applied Data Science

2023

Utah Valley University

Professional Certificate

Legal Studies

2018

West Virginia University

Doctor of Technology Education

Information Systems

2006

Media Appearances

Dr. Matt North Named Computer Educator of the Year

myeducator online

2023-03-17

Meet Dr. Matt North, professor in the Information Systems and Technology Department at Utah Valley University. In 2022, Dr. North was presented with the Computer Educator of the Year Award from the International Association for Computer Information Systems (IACIS).

Courses

Database Administration, Spring 2026

INFO 4410

Introduction to Applied Data Analytics

INFO 3130

Articles

The influence of the built–to–natural environment continuum on the life satisfaction of the older adult population in Europe

Population and Environment

2026-04-20

This study examines the effects of dwelling size (proximal factor), degree of urbanicity (intermediate factor), and forest coverage and weather-related loss events (distal factors) within the physical environment continuum on the LS of older adults across 25 European Union countries and Switzerland (N = 23,596).

Assessing the Impact of Prerequisite Courses on Student Performance in Relational Design

Information Systems Education Journal

2025-09-01

Continuing to fill the literature gap, this research replicated and expands a prior study of student performance in relational design in an introductory database course. The data was collected from four different universities, each having different prerequisite courses for their database course.

Assessing IS learning outcomes effectively in the age of GenAI

Issues in Information Systems

2025-04-01

The recent, rapid expansions of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, and especially web-based generative AI tools (GenAI), has radically changed the field of education. These changes have forced educators to reconsider the teaching instruments they deploy, and the methods they use, to formatively and summatively assess student learning