M. LYNNE MARKUS
John W. Poduska
Sr. Professor of
Information and Process Management
Bentley College
Department of Information and Process Management
175 Forest Street
Waltham, MA 02452-4705
781.891.2312 (tel)
781.891.2896 (fax)
Email: mlmarkus at bentley.edu
Official website: http://www.bentley.edu/mlynnemarkus/
M. Lynne Markus is the John W. Poduska, Sr. Professor of Information and Process Management, Bentley College and the Senior Editor in charge of the Theory and Review Department of MIS Quarterly, the leading journal in the Information Systems field. Professor Markus's research interests include enterprise and inter-enterprise systems, IT and organizational change, and knowledge management. Dr. Markus was formerly a member of the Faculty of Business at the City University of Hong Kong (as Chair Professor of Electronic Business), the Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate University, the Anderson Graduate School of Management (UCLA) and the Sloan School of Management (MIT). She has also taught at the Information Systems Research Unit, Warwick Business School, UK (as Visiting Fellow), at the Nanyang Business School, Singapore (as Shaw Foundation Professor), at the Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa, Portugal (as Fulbright/FLAD Chair in Information Systems), and at QueenÕs University, Canada (FulbrightÑQueenÕs Visiting Research Chair in The Management of Knowledge-Based Enterprises). She has received research grants and contracts from the National Science Foundation, the Office of Technology Assessment (U.S. Congress), the Advanced Practices Council of SIM International, the Financial Executives Research Foundation, and Baan Institute. She is the author/editor of five books and numerous articles in journals such as MIS Quarterly (including the 2006 Paper of the Year), Information Systems Research, Organization Science, Communications of the ACM, Sloan Management Review, and Management Science. She has served as AIS VP for Education, SIM VP for Academic Community Affairs, and on the editorial boards of several leading journals in the information systems field. She was named an AIS Fellow in 2004. Markus holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from Case Western Reserve University.
CHARLES W. STEINFIELD
Professor and Chair
Department of Telecommunication,
Information Studies, and Media
Room 409, Comm. Arts Bldg.
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1212
517.355.8372 (tel)
517.355.1292 (fax)
Email: steinfie at msu.edu
Official website: http://www.msu.edu/~steinfie
Charles Steinfield is a professor and chair in the Department of Telecommmunication, Information Studies, and Media at Michigan State University. He holds a B.A. in Communication from Michigan State University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Communication Theory and Research from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California. His research focuses on the organizational and social impacts of new communication technologies. He has published six books as well as articles in such journals as Communication Research, Journal of Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Markets, International Journal of Electronic Commerce, MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, and Organization Science. Steinfield participates with the MSU Eli Broad College of Business Information Technology Management Program and is a member of the campus-wide Faculty of Computing and Information. He is also a research associate in the Quello Center for Telecommunications Management and Law at MSU and a Faculty Associate for the MSU College of Law Intellectual Property and Communications Law Program. He has been a visiting professor and researcher at a number of institutions in the U.S. and in Europe: the Institut National des Telecommunications in France, Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, Bellcore, the Telematica Instituut in the Netherlands, and the Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration. He is a recipient of MSU's Distinguished Faculty and Teacher-Scholar Awards, and was awarded a nine-month Fulbright research grant to study information services usage in France. He has also been a summer visiting researcher at the French national telecommunications research laboratory, CNET.
ROLF T. WIGAND
Maulden-Entergy Chair and
Distinguished Professor
Department of Information Science
University of Arkansas, Little Rock
2801 South University Avenue
Little Rock, Arkansas, 72204-1099
501.371.7647 (tel)
501.569.7049 (fax)
Email: rtwigand at ualr.edu
Official website: http://digital.is.ualr.edu/
Rolf T. Wigand is the Maulden-Entergy Chair and Distinguished Professor of Information Science and Management at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He is the past director of the Center for Digital Commerce and the Graduate Program in Information Management at Syracuse University. His research focuses on information management, electronic commerce, the development of IS standards, and the strategic deployment of information and communication technology. His research interests lie at the intersection of information and communication business issues, the role of newer information technologies and their strategic alignment within business and industry. Most recent and current NSF-funded research has focused on the global impact of electronic commerce in ten nations, the impact of electronic commerce on the real estate and mortgage industries, as well as IS standards development in the mortgage industry. He is the author of five books and has published in such journals as Sloan Management Review, Electronic Markets, International Journal of Electronic Commerce, The Information Society and Telecommunications Policy. Wigand has taught on the faculty of Syracuse University, the Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Stuttgart Institute of Management and Technology, University of Bayreuth, Arizona State University, Michigan State University, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, and the University of Munich. Some of his research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Volkswagen Foundation, the International Social Science Council, Rome Laboratory, and other funding agencies. In 2003 he held the Ludwig Erhard Foundation Distinguished Visiting Professorship at the University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.
Quang "Neo" Bui
PhD candidate
Bentley University
Department of Information and Process Management
175 Forest Street
Waltham, MA 02452-4705
(781) 330-0357 (tel)
Email: bui_quan@bentley.edu
Quang "Neo" Bui is currently a PhD candidate in the Information and Process Management Department, Bentley Univerisity. Originally from Vietnam, Neo obtained his BS in Information Systems at Brigham Young University - Hawaii campus and his Master of Information Systems at Brigham Young University - Provo campus. After undergraduate, he's worked as system administrator and web designer for the Student Life division at Brigham Young University Hawaii. He also worked as project management assistance and did consultant job on market researching. His research interest includes collaboration within company and across sectors, human-computer interaction (HCI), trust, and virtual world. His working paper titled "How Positive Affect Can Impact Cognitive Trust Transference in Utilitarian and Hedonic System Use: Comparing Three Met-Expectations Models Extended to Replace Satisfaction with Affect" is being under review for JMIS, one of the leading journals in Information Systems field. Currently, he is working on different type of intermediaries (standards organizations, industry association, IT vendors, consultants) in promoting or inhibiting the widespread diffusion of IT-related innovations. He enjoys classical music and finds his relaxing moments in playing guitar. Soccer, basketball, and swimming are his favorite sports.
Woohyun Shim
Ph.D. Student
Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media
Room 442, Comm. Arts Bldg.
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1212
Education
Ph.D. Student in Media and Information Studies, Michigan State University
M.A. in Economics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
B.A. in Agricultural Economics, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea
Research Interests
Organizational and economic approaches to standardization process
Game theoretic approaches to cyber-security and cyber-insurance
Business perspectives of online social network
Dinah Mande
M.S. Candidate
Department of Information Science
University of Arkansas, Little Rock
Dinah Mande is originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Presently she is pursuing a Master of Science degree in Information Quality at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR). Dinah obtained her BA in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting at Philander Smith College. Previously she also studied three years of Mass Media Communication before coming to the United States. In the summer of 2007 she worked as an intern in the HIV/AIDS and Enterprise in the Global Initiative Department at Heifer International In the same year she worked as an intern at the Clinton Foundation in the Strategy and Marketing Department. Currently she is as a graduate research assistant for Professor Rolf Wigand in the Department of Information Science at UALR. Aside from her work and educational commitments, she enjoys traveling, singing, reading as well as competing in pageants. Dinah has great interest in financial economics as well as in money and banking. Pursuing a Ph. D. is in this area is Dinah's next educational career goal.
Yan Song
Ph.D. Candidate
Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media
14 Communication Arts and Sciences Building
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Phone: 517-884-1764
Education
Master of Philosophy in Journalism, 2008, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Master of Engineering in Computer Science, 2004, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science, 2001, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Laeeq Khan
Ph.D. Candidate
Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media
14 Communication Arts and Sciences Building
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
eMail: khanmuh7@msu.edu
Laeeq brings to the program a wealth of expertise, combined
with a diverse educational background. His academic areas of focus are
in economics, business, media and IT. He obtained his Masters degree in Telecommunications
Systems Management and an MBA (Marketing) from Murray State University,
Kentucky. His undergraduate degree was in Economics. He started his career in 2005
as an instructor in a business school. Over the
years, he gained valuable leadership and teaching skills. Besides serving as
the coordinator for a business program, his passion and interest in technology
and new media allow him to add value to the TISM program, in which he is
currently pursuing his PhD. He has conducted various professional training
workshops and he enjoys teaching and research. He greatly values the importance
of effective instruction and communication in teaching. He is also serving as
the president of MSU Simply Speaking Toastmasters club. His special interests
areas are ICT for development, social networking and and human computer
interaction.
Reena Jain
Undergraduate student
Reena Jain is an undergraduate student in her senior year at Michigan State University. She is completing her B.A. in Communication and B.S. in Human Biology. She works as a research assistant for Professor Charles Steinfield in the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media. Upon graduation she will be attending law school to study intellectual property law.
Email: jainreen@msu.edu