Rudolph Bedeley
Assistant Professor of Business Systems, Analytics & Data Science [Joint Appointment in the College of Sciences & Mathematics]
Jack C. Massey College of Business, College of Sciences & Mathematics
Ph.D., UNC-Greensboro, Senior Data Fellow, Belmont Data Collaborative (BDC)
Location: Jack C. Massey Center 447
615.460.8193rudy.bedeley@belmont.edu
Biography
Rudolph T. Bedeley joined Belmont University in Fall 2022 as an Assistant Professor of Business Systems, Analytics, and Data Science. He completed his Ph.D. in Information Systems from the Bryan School of Business and Economics at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro in 2017, and obtained two M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering and Information/Technology Management from the University of Delaware in 2010 and 2013 respectively. He is an interdisciplinary faculty member who teaches in both the College of Business and the College of Sciences & Math at Belmont University.
Dr. Bedeley’s teaching interests are in the areas of Business Analytics, Data Mining, Data Science, Database Systems, and Managing Information Systems. Prior to joining Belmont, Dr. Bedeley Has developed and taught Data Mining courses to undergraduate and graduate students at UMass Amherst since 2017.
His research interest centers on how analytics, business intelligence and data mining techniques/processes improve organizational performance. He is also interested in understanding how tools of analytics & business intelligence (A&BI); data mining and/or machine learning might be employed to better manage, organize, analyze healthcare organizations data for improved performance.
Dr. Bedeley has published his scholarly research work in the: Journal of Computer Information Systems (JCIS) and the Communication of the Association of Information Systems (CAIS); under review top tier journals such as: Journal of Management Information Systems, Journal of Information Technology, and Information & Management Journal; or presented in conferences such as: International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), American Association on Information Systems (AMCIS), Southern Association on Information Systems (SAIS), and Global Information Technology Management Association (GITMA). Additionally, he has also published a book chapter and collaborated with a colleague Assistant Professor in his previous institution and other renowned global research faculty members to secure a grant through the World University Alliance (WUN) program in 2018.
He currently serves as a Senior Data Fellow for the Belmont Data Collaborative (BDC) and he is also the current faculty advisor for the Belmont Data Exchange (BDE) student organization.
- Ph.D. – Information Systems (IS), University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- MSc. – Information Systems & Tech. Management (ISTM), University of Delaware
- M.C.E. – Civil Engineering, University of Delaware
- B.S. – Geodetic Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Sci & Tech. (KNUST)
- Assistant Professor of Business Systems & Analytics and Data Science, Belmont University
- Assistant Professor of Operations and Information Management, UMass Amherst
- Senior Data Fellow, Belmont Data Collaborative (BDC)
- Data Analytic Consultant, The Branch of Nashville
- Bedeley, R.T., Hao, H., & Ghoshal, T. (2025). Cognitive Biases in Online Opinion Platforms: A Review and Mapping”, accepted for publication in Sage Open Journal
- Bedeley, R. T., & Iyer, L. (2024). Healthcare Value Chain and the Impact of Analytics & Business Intelligence (A&BI) Capabilities: A Case Study. The Journal of the Southern Association for Information Systems, 11, 1-30. https://doi.org/doi:10.17705/3JSIS.00033
- Ortiz, J., Young, A., Myers, M. D., Bedeley, R. T., Carbaugh, D., Chughtai, H., Davidson, E., George, J., Gogan, J., Gordon, S., Grimshaw, E., Leidner, D. E., Pulver, M., & Wigdor, A. (2019). “Giving Voice to the Voiceless: The Use of Digital Technologies by Marginalized Groups,” Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 45(2), DOI: 10.17705/1CAIS.04502
- Bedeley, R.T, Ghoshal, T., Iyer, L.S. Bhadury, J. (2018). “Business Analytics and Organizational Value Chains: A Relational Mapping,” Journal of Computer Information Systems, 58(2), pp 151-161, DOI: 10.1080/08874417.2016.1220238
- Bedeley, R.T., Attoh-Okine, N.O., Lee, E.R. (2015). “Modelling Pedestrian Crossing Behavior Using Bayesian Networks,” Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers – Transport, 166(5), pp. 282-288, DOI: 10.1680/tran.11.00007
- Bedeley, R.T., Iyer, L.S., Mehta, N. (n.d.). “The Antecedence, Consequences, Strategic Alignment, And Mediating Role of Analytics And Business Intelligence Capability In Healthcare,” under 2nd round review in Cogent Business and Management Journal.
- Bedeley, R. T. (2024). Introduction to Data Science: Modern Concepts, Methods, and Practical Applications with Python, 1stEdition Kendall Hunt Publishing, ISBN 9798385132270
- Ghoshal, T., Bedeley, R.T, Iyer, L.S. Bhadury, J. (2018). “Business Analytics Capabilities and Use: A Value Chain Perspective,” In book: Analytics and Data Science, pp 41-54, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-58097-5_5
- “University You” Summer Teaching Fellowship, College of Education, Belmont University, (2025).
- Faculty Summer Research Grant, Jack C. Massey College of Business, Belmont University, (2022 – 2025)
- Faculty Summer Externship Grant, Jack C. Massey College of Business, Belmont University, (2024)
- 2016–2017 outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant in Bryan School of Business & Economics (Awarded in May 2017)
- Best Student Research Paper Award recipient at the 2017 Southern Association of Information Systems conference held in St. Simons Island, Georgia, USA. (March 2017)
- Outstanding incoming international student in the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, (Aug. 2013)
- 2011–2012 outstanding Graduate Assistant in the Department of Management Information System at the University of Delaware, Newark, (Awarded in May 2012)