She received her Ph.D. from University of North Texas and master's degrees from Texas A&M University and Texas A&M Commerce. Her research interests include electronic commerce and IT auditing. Pati teaches client/server applications and VB programming courses at the graduate and undergraduate level in the business school. Prior to joining the faculty at Baylor in 1983, Pati spent three years in the insurance industry. Pati can be reached at pati_milligan@baylor.edu