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Temple MIS once again tops AIS list for research productivity

April 16, 2023

Jason ThatcherTemple MIS faculty are again among the most prolific in the world in 2022, according to the Association for Information Systems’ List of High-Quality Journals, specifically MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, the Journal of Management Information Systems, and the Journal of the Association for Information Systems.

Sunil Wattal

Temple faculty published in those four journals 21 times in 2022. Four Temple MIS faculty were featured in the list: Jason Thatcher, Milton F. Stauffer professor, was #4 in the world; Detmar Straub, professor and research fellow for the Institute for Business and Information Technology (IBIT), was #7; Min-Seok Pang, associate professor and Milton F. Stauffer Research Fellow, was #27. Sunil Wattal, professor and associate dean of research and doctoral programs, was also #27.

“I’m proud to see Temple University once again top this list,” says Wattal. “The strong research culture in the MIS Department and throughout Fox is part of who we are.”

Min-Seok-PangPang, who studies strategic IT management in the public sector, remarks, “It’s exciting to be part of a group so engaged with research.”

Temple was also the most frequently published institution in those four journals during the last three years, with 54 publications from 2020 to 2022. During that time, Thatcher was #1 in the world, Pang was #19 in the world, and Straub was #27 in the world.

Detmar Straub“The MIS Department and Fox School support and value research,” says Straub, who studies cyber security, technology innovation, and research methods, “This allows the faculty to thrive.”

Thatcher, who studies workforce issues related to the effective and secure application of technology and is the MIS concentration adviser for the Fox Ph.D. programs, notes the strength of the group, “It’s a great environment for research collaboration. We have productive faculty with varied interests and excellent doctoral students. We also enjoy celebrating each other’s accomplishments.”

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Temple AIS wins Distinguished Student Chapter award for second consecutive year

April 15, 2023

Temple AIS 2023 EBoard

Temple AIS, the MIS Student Professional Organization, was selected as a Distinguished Student Chapter for 2022. The Distinguished Student Chapter Award is the second-highest honor given to an AIS student chapter. It is given to chapters “that have excelled in most of the areas of emphasis: professional development, membership, careers in IS, community service, fundraising, and communications.”

Temple AIS was recognized at the 2023 AIS Student Chapter Leadership Conference on March 31, 2023 in Miami, Fl.

“We are so excited and honored to receive this award,” said Temple AIS President Quinten Powers, BBA ’23, “It is a testament to the fantastic work of the Temple AIS Executive Board, the MIS department, and our excellent member base.”

This is the third win in three years for the Temple AIS chapter! Last year Temple AIS also won Distinguished Chapter for 2021, and the year before that, the organization won Student Chapter of the Year for 2020, the highest honor awarded to an AIS Student Chapter.

In addition to Distinguished Chapter, Temple AIS took home two more awards from the conference:

  • First Place, FedEx Latin America Customer Satisfaction Analytics Challenge – Nick Bortz, Abbey Helterbran, Quinten Powers, and Jessica Rakhman
  • Faculty Advisor of the Year – Professor Marie-Christine Martin

Learn more about the AIS Student Chapter Leadership awards and past winners.

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Congratulations to the 2023 MIS and IBIT Scholarship Recipients

April 15, 2023

Congratulations to this year’s 21 Department of MIS and Institute for Business and Information Technology scholarship recipients! 

Richard J. and Maureen Brennen Endowed Scholarship

Mata Fofana Mata Fofana

Bill and Jean Devaney Endowed Scholarship

Tina Le Tina Le

Yusuf G. Mandviwalla Endowed Scholarship

Iman Aaliah Hadba Iman Aaliah Hadba

Ron and Ronda Riddell Endowed Scholarship 

Emily Ahn Emily Ahn

James and Andrea Stewart Endowed Scholarship

Joshua Lee Joshua Lee

IBIT AmerisourceBergen Scholarship

Aashmun Doshi Aashmun Doshi

IBIT Kyndryl Scholarship

Abdalaziz Sawwan Abdalaziz Sawwan
Zhengkun Ye Zhengkun Ye

IBIT Meta Scholarship

Ethan Chheda Ethan Chheda

IBIT Pfizer Scholarship

David Levit Daniel Levit

IBIT Scholastic Scholarship

Rachel Koffel Rachel Koffel

IT Leaders Scholarship

Pin-an Chio Pin-an Ann Chio
Adam Foster-Baird Adam Foster-Baird
Scott Lafferty Scott Lafferty
Kelly Deng Kelly Deng
Deepya Paramata Deepya Paramata
Yuxuan Chen Yuxuan Chen
Carly Krieger Carly Krieger
Tyler Bolling Tyler Bolling
Abdul Mukhtar Abdul Mukhtar
Anna Lu Anna Lu

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Senior’s award-winning research makes education more accessible for students with disabilities

April 14, 2023

Allyson YuSenior Allyson Yu took a winding path to the MIS Department, as her interests evolved during the pandemic. Yu started out at Temple with a dual major in biology and visual studies in 2019, but she switched to MIS junior year.

Fortunately, all of these disciplines came together to inform Yu’s current work, WebORA, a website that helps organic chemistry students learn by interacting with 3D molecular reactions. Yu presented the project at the peer-reviewed ACM SIGACCESS for Accessibility and Computers conference in October and won first place in the Undergradate Student Research Competition.

The inspiration for the project came from a certificate course Yu took that had a small section about web accessibility. “It really interested me, because I’m very passionate about design thinking and coming up with solutions to help people in their everyday lives,” says Yu.

“Students with disabilities are underrepresented in the STEM fields in higher education. I wanted to create a project that would hopefully bring more awareness to this issue,” she says.

Yu drew from various parts of her studies to inform her work. As a biology major, Yu had worked with Steven Fleming, an organic chemistry professor, to help develop a 3D molecular application.

She also pulled from her MIS courses on user experience and web development. In particular, Yu credits her UX professor Munir Mandviwalla for giving her a framework for usability testing.

Yu’s JavaScript, HTML and CSS skills also enabled her to help the WebORA developer with implementing the accessibility features.

But Yu’s favorite part of the project was her interviews with organic chemistry students as they demoed the prototype she created. “Hearing stories of students in their learning journeys was really eye opening,” says Yu. “Bringing awareness is a big thing—making students feel seen and removing barriers in the curriculum.”

Yu was thrilled when she heard her project was accepted and that she would have the opportunity to talk about it more. “It felt really unreal. And I’m excited,” says Yu.

To support her project, Yu received the Creative Arts Research and Scholarship (CARAS) grant from Temple University.

“Something I’ve learned from this project is that Temple has a lot of resources,” says Yu. “I’m thankful that I go to a school where if a student wants to do something, they’ll have professors who will do their very best to support you.”

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Mandviwalla receives award for service by the Association for Information Systems

April 13, 2023

Munir MandviwallaProfessor Munir Mandviwalla received the Sandra Slaughter Service Award from the Association for Information Systems at the  International Conference for Information Systems held in December in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The award recognizes “longstanding members who have provided leadership within the Association, particularly through such activities as participating in the SIGs/chapters/colleges, strengthening the conferences, and participating in AIS-sponsored journals.”

This honor reflects the MIS community’s high esteem for Professor Mandviwalla and his many contributions to the field. 

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Thatcher receives international interdisciplinary award

April 12, 2023

Attending a performance at the Isarphilharmonie music hall in Munich sounds like a lovely way to spend a summer evening. But the concert there on July 17, 2022, had much deeper significance for Stauffer Professor of MIS Jason Thatcher. 

“It was amazing,” said Thatcher, recounting how his partner, daughter, friends, and students were among the people in the audience.

Thatcher’s community had turned out to see him receive the prestigious TUM Ambassadorship from the Technical University of Munich on stage, along with other scholars from around the world.

TUM is well-known as one of the top universities in the European Union. The TUM Ambassador is an interdisciplinary award given annually in Munich.

“It was unexpected,” says Thatcher, of his award nomination. TUM faculty and students nominate their colleagues who they believe have made substantial contributions to the academic life of the university. 

Thatcher holds a faculty appointment at TUM and has held visiting appointments at the Information Technology University-Copenhagen and Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

While at TUM, Thatcher says he’s learned a lot about project management, gathering data, and “looking at research problems through new eyes from my colleagues.”

His research includes work on digital platforms, IT workforce, and digital nudges in partnership with major corporations and government agencies in Germany.

“Absent the TUM relationship, I would never have had a chance to participate in research that examines how digital platforms are changing how firms manage relationships with key stakeholders and business partners,” Thatcher says.

Thatcher also works on technology use and stigma in the United States, including the dangers facing veterans who post about PTSD on social media. His recent findings are scheduled to appear in Personnel Psychology.

“We’re presently extending that work to examine how technology use can further stigmatize people with mental health conditions in Germany,” he says. 

According to Thatcher, the Isarphilharmonie concert, meeting TUM President Thomas F. Hofman, and the award dinner were all unforgettable. However, he is perhaps most grateful that the ambassadorship will enrich his academic life by solidifying his working relationships at TUM.

“It was affirming the relationships with my colleagues in Munich that made it special,” Thatcher says.

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MIS alums specialize in cybersecurity and data at EY, Disney

February 4, 2023

During her career, Rhea Prabhu (BBA ‘17) has served as a trusted advisor to clients across several different industries, including financial services and life sciences. The throughline in her work is helping organizations leverage innovative and emerging technologies while prioritizing cybersecurity and managing risk.

Depending on the client, that might look like developing a vulnerability management program, or creating executive dashboards to show security risk posture across an enterprise.

Prabhu’s resume includes stints at Grant Thorton and Deloitte. She currently serves as a Cyber Security Senior Associate at Ernst & Young.

At EY, Prabhu creates custom security solutions for her clients’ unique operating environments. And she continues to draw upon the skills she honed and networks she grew during her time at Temple.

“What stuck out to me about many of my classes at Temple was their emphasis on creating solutions to real problems—not just theoretical scenarios,” says Prabhu. They helped me to stretch my creative and technical skills and learn how to interact with clients.”

Prabhu also credits being a part of Temple AIS as a member and officer with helping her develop a community of peers and smoothly transition into the workforce. “The IT fairs, awards, socials, and competitions impressed on me the importance of developing a network in addition to applying myself in class. Many of the connections I made there are cherished relationships to this day,” she says.

How do entertainment executives decide what content to produce? As a Technical Program Manager at the Santa Monica offices of Disney Streaming, 2023 Temple “30 under 30” recipient Ciara Murphy (BBA ‘16) leads the Data Solutions teams to help figure it out. They help determine what you watch on some of your favorite streaming (Disney Plus, Hulu) and linear (ABC, FX) channels. 

Murphy’s teams collect data as it relates to content, like Disney Channel shows and The Handmaid’s Tale on Hulu. “Then we transform the data to make it easy for analysts and business folks to create insight from it,” says Murphy.

After spending a few years at Cigna, Murphy found a great culture fit at Disney with a fun team who challenges and pushes each other—reminiscent of her experience at Temple. 

“Working on group projects at Temple was similar to my career experience so far in the way that you have this big idea, then you break it up into more achievable milestones,” says Murphy.

“The curriculum overall really challenged my way of thinking and taught me how to approach problems in different ways,” she says.

Murphy encourages undergrads to get a solid foundation in data and analytics. “Especially in this economy, decisions are very data driven. And having accurate data on customers is super important to operate your day-to-day business,” she says.

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Martin recognized for experiential learning

November 16, 2022

Professor Marie-Christine Martin has been awarded the 2022 Fox School Experiential Learning Award, Tier 2, for her course MIS3535: Lead Global Digital Projects. The course was recognized for its semester-long, live client-facing project. Recent clients have included nonprofits such as the Sexual Violence Prevention Association (SVPA), The Reflect Organization, and The Greater Sum Foundation.

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Congratulations to the 2022 MIS scholarship recipients

September 1, 2022

Congratulations to this year’s MIS scholarship recipients. 

Richard J. and Maureen Brennen Endowed Scholarship

Raihana Choudhury Raihana Choudhury

Yusuf G. Mandviwalla Endowed Scholarship

Connor D’Arcy Connor D'Arcy
Dylan Lloyd Dylan Lloyd

Bill and Jean Devaney Endowed Scholarship

Jacob Guo Jacob Guo

Ron and Ronda Riddell Endowed Scholarship 

Josia Phillip Josia Phillip
Kumar Varathakumar Kumar Varathakumar

James and Andrea Stewart Endowed Scholarship

Omar Elamin Omar Elamin
Jingwen Lin Jingwen Lin
Kelly Liu Kelly Liu

IT Leaders Scholarship

Kayla Barone Barone
Nosa Iyamu Nosa Iyamu
Alexander McShane Alexander McShane
Rahman Mohammed Mohammed
Mia Myers Myers
Allyson Yu Allyson Yu

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MIS faculty awarded promotions

July 15, 2022

Professors Amy Lavin and Laurel Miller have been promoted to Associate Professor of Practice.

Amy Lavin

Professor Lavin has won numerous awards for her teaching, including the MIS Full-Time Teacher of the Year, Full-Time MBA Faculty Member of the Year, Fox Business Honors Faculty Member of the Year, and MS DIM Faculty Member of the Program. She was also a Dean’s Teaching Fellow and an Honors Teaching Fellow. Her program leadership includes serving as Academic Director of the MS in Digital Innovation in Marketing and as Assistant Academic Director for the Online MBA and BBA programs. Lavin has authored several Ivey case studies and her research in online learning has appeared in pedagogical journals and numerous conference proceedings.

Laurel MillerProfessor Miller teaches in the undergraduate and graduate programs, including the MS in Digital Marketing, the Fox MBA, and the Fox Executive MBA programs. She won the MIS Full-Time Teacher of the Year award. In addition, Miller has made numerous contributions to MIS students’ professional development and industry engagement as co-manager of the Professional Achievement Program (PRO) and Director of the Institute for Business and Information Technology. Through IBIT, she is responsible for many events that connect students with alumni and the larger IT community, including the IT Career Fair and the annual IT Awards.

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