Carey O’Donnell particpated in a panel on Wireless Backhaul Enclosures at the North East Telecommunications Showcase (NETS), November 7-8, Verona, NY. He spoke about emerging power technologies related to wireless networks, specifically new kinds of lithium battery designs.
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Professor Pavlou questions the role of trust and risk in online marketplaces
Professor Paul Pavlou in a forthcoming study challenges the prevalent assumption that trust and risk are always influential on transaction decisions, and that there is always a need to build trust and reduce risk irrespective of context. The study specifies the boundaries of trust and risk on transaction activity in the context of the two largest online marketplaces, Amazon and eBay.
The study shows that the effects of trust and risk are actually only important in a rather narrow window where the institutional structures are moderately effective, while the effects of trust and risk are insignificant for both very effective or very ineffective institutional structures. This quadratic (“Inverted-U”) pattern suggests that the literature may have over-emphasized the role of trust and risk and ignored the role of the marketplace’s institutional context.
From a practical sense, by ignoring the trade-off in the design of institutional structures to optimize the effects of trust and risk, the results suggest that online marketplaces may have over-invested in institutional structures to build trust and reduce risk.
By specifying the boundaries of trust and risk, this study aims at sensitizing managers about the trade-offs in the design of institutional structures in online marketplaces.
The article (co-authored with David Gefen) titled “The Boundaries of Trust and Risk: The Quadratic Moderating Role of Institutional Structures” has been accepted for publication in Information Systems Research (ISR).
Get jobs and internships by managing your digital identity and the new portfolio concept
A quick Google and Facebook search is all it takes to learn a lot about a person or a firm. Branding was always important for large firms but now each individual and every firm is a ‘brand’ – and that brand or digital identity will directly impact your career and job search. Students are particularly vulnerable to ‘branding’ (both positive and negative) because you come to college with at least a ‘Facebook’ brand. The MIS Community site offers a number of new tools that you can use to take charge of your brand and participate in the overall community.
E-portfolios
An e-portfolio, also known as an electronic resume, is a collection of documents about your individual skill sets and body of work. You can use an e-portfolio to actively control and manage your digital identity and reputation so that you can get the best job and internship. The e-portfolio is intended to be more formal than a Facebook page but more creative and open than a LinkedIn page. E-portfolios are a required assignment in MIS 2101 starting in fall 2011 and as part of that we are now ready to roll out version 2 of the e-portfolio concept:
- New custom design student e-portfolio themes with detailed instructions and templates and a list of common mistakes. Are you still using the old student theme from last year?
- New workshops and tutorials (stay tuned for announcements)
- A redesigned e-portfolio site through which students can easily submit e-portfolios’ for listing (for prospective employers)
- A new search engine for employers to locate students. The search engine uses profile fields to show status, interest, type of job, skills and other relevant criteria. To show up in this search engine, you must submit your e-portfolio for listing per the above. If you have already listed your e-portfolio see below on how you can update your status and profile.
Profile fields
Profile fields are a key element of social media sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn – this is how people find you, learn your status, and how the software automatically suggests new contacts. Profile fields can serve a career placement function when they are used with e-portfolios to quickly find people based on employment status, looking for a job or not, looking for full-time or part-time jobs, experience, type of job interest (e.g., developer vs. analyst), and skills and interests (e.g., auditing, cyber-security, social media, etc.). Profiles about each person are also relevant to us as members of the extended MIS community – the above information is what binds us together professionally and is different from what we would normally use to identify people at the Facebook (if we limit it to friends and family) and LinkedIn (if we limit it to established career networking) levels.
The FoxMIS community site profile fields are now fully enabled and set up. You can set your profile by logging in to the site, clicking on ‘My Account’ at the top of the screen and then selecting ‘Profile’ and ‘Edit Profile.’ On the resulting screen, click on ‘Professional Details’ to set your profile. There you will see two parts that you need to update—base and professional details. You can ignore all the fields that are not relevant to you. What is exciting is that once you have for example, selected a particular skill or interest, you can later click on that item and see all the people who are interested in that area. That moves us closer to being a real community!
Analytics
Analytics provides the tools to evaluate the results of designing digital identities and a feedback loop back into search engine optimization (SEO) and reputation management. The MIS Community site is setup to use Google Analytics which will allow you to see the ‘hits’ you are generating on your e-portfolio and the demographics of where those hits are coming from. You will learn how to use Google Analytics in MIS 2101. If you have already taken MIS 2101, please contact one of your professors who can provide you with the information on how to setup Google Analytics.
Coming soon – Portfolio requirement and an achievement and point system
In a completely flat world, how do you gain recognition? What can we do to further support the best students? We are working on implementing a portfolio requirement (initially only for the MIS major) that is based on a point system modeled on the ‘achievement and status’ metaphor used by gaming sites and like everything else we do – it will be on the MIS community site, completely open, and flat.
A portfolio requirement means that the student completes a series of tasks and activities outside of regular class work as part of their graduation requirement. Potential portfolio requirements include both micro and macro level tasks such as:
- An internship, project-based internship, or service learning
- An e-portfolio including online resume and online projects
- Updated profile fields on the MIS community site
- Completing workshops offered by the Center for Student Professional Development (CSPD)
- Posting comments across class sites
- Participation in activities of the Association for Information Systems (AIS)
- A final project that is eligible for awards and seed money funding
Students will be required to achieve point levels through online, off-line, departmental, AIS, and school wide activities before they can progress through the curriculum and the points will be maintained and highlighted online. We will be soliciting input from students (through AIS) to finalize the list above.
Professor Youngjin Yoo receives major grant to establish Urban Apps Studio
The Center for Design + Innovation, led by Professor Youngjin Yoo, and the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreunership has received a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) to establish the Urban Apps & Maps Studio. In collaboration with Temple University’s Computer & Information Sciences, Electrical Engineering, Geography and Urban Studies, and Tyler School of Arts, Urban Apps & Maps will become a platform for urban digital entrepreneurship.
Over the next five years, the Interdisciplinary team of faculty members of the Urban Apps & Maps will work with graduate student fellows, undergraduate student fellows and high school fellows to teach how to build apps to address urgent human needs in urban environments and launch new businesses based on those apps. Urban Apps & Maps studio will work closely with Code for America. The ultimate goal is establish a vibrant urban ecosystem for digital entrepreneurship in North Philadelphia.
Read the full story here.
Digital Marketing Minor
Interactive digital marketing spending in the U.S. is growing exponentially. Areas such as retail, financials, B2B, travel, high-tech, automotive, health, consumer goods, media and entertainment, and telecommunications are responding by creating new multidisciplinary occupations that did not exist before. Leading-edge employers demand that students understand the integration of marketing activities with digital technology and analytics.
The Digital Marketing minor prepares students for careers related to customer relationship management, social media, information architecture, e-commerce, search engine optimization, e-detailing, site design, Internet research, demographic and sales analytics, blogging, and media design.
The Digital Marketing minor is appropriate for all BBA students in the Fox School of Business and is particularly relevant for Marketing, Human Resource Management, Business Management, and MIS students.
The Digital Marketing Minor is a joint program offered by the Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management, and the Department of Management Information Systems.
BENEFITS OF THE DIGITAL MARKETING MINOR
The application of digital technologies is integrated into many existing courses throughout the curriculum. The minor provides a programmed opportunity to explore, in more detail, strategic, tactical, and information management considerations through a program of study that is designed to supplement and extend technology applications in existing courses. The Digital Marketing minor structure provides the breadth and depth of study necessary to compete for jobs that require a greater level of exposure to digital applications.
CURRICULUM
More information, including course numbers, full course descriptions, and prerequisites, is available through the Temple Bulletin.
The minor consists of five courses and an optional supervised corporate internship experience. There are a total of three required courses in MIS and two required courses in Marketing. The required courses for the Digital Marketing minor are:
- Data and Analytics
- Digital Design and Innovation
- Social Media Innovation
- Direct Marketing
- Digital Marketing
Marketing majors should take Direct Marketing and Digital Marketing as part of the minor and take other Marketing electives for the major because courses cannot double count toward the major and the minor. Other business students will also take the required courses listed above for the Digital Marketing minor.
Required Courses for MIS Majors completing this minor
- Social media innovation
- Direct Marketing
- Digital Marketing
- Consumer Behavior
- Plus one elective
Since MIS majors take Data and Analytics and User Experience Design (instead of Digital Design and Innovation) as part of their major requirements they will substitute Consumer Behavior and an elective from the list below.
Courses that are optional or required in both the major and minor cannot be double-counted and the elective list provides acceptable substitutes. MIS majors who are interested in this minor will benefit from the additional exposure to Marketing and other opportunities outside the school.
For a full list of electives for the Digital Marketing minor, consult the Temple Bulletin.
MS in IT Auditing and Cyber-Security
Now accepting applications for spring and fall 2012! Click here to apply.
Get on the fast track for a career in protecting and evaluating organizational information systems!
Organizations rely on information systems to automate their processes, store their trade secrets and accumulate a large amount of private data about their customers. Along with substantial benefits, these systems bring risks. Has your data been compromised? Is someone stealing your secrets? Are you in compliance with government regulations? Can your organization continue to operate after a natural disaster?
The role of an IT auditor is to assess, manage, and control the above risks. IT auditors are responsible for analyzing organizational risks, communicating these risks, and applying solutions that reduce organizational threats, promote transparency and comply with regulations. IT auditors typically work on many different kinds of projects and enjoy a reasonable work-life balance.
The Fox School’s new Master of Science (MS) in Information Technology Auditing and Cyber-Security (MS ITACS) program prepares students as entry-level IT auditors who have the skills and knowledge needed to pass the Information Systems Audit and Control Association’s (ISACA) Certified Information System Auditor exam.
The MS ITACAS program is based on ISACA‘s model curriculum and students are expected to complete the certification exam at the end of their study. The MSITACS can also be substituted for one year of experience on the CISA application in most situations.
The marketplace for IT auditors, especially those holding the CISA credential, is rapidly expanding at accounting firms, multinational corporations, consultancies and government organizations:
CISA was named in the top five of Foote Partners’ 2011 semiannual “HOT LIST Forecast” of IT skills and certifications…
SC Magazine selected CISA again as a finalist of the 2011 “Best Professional Certification Program…
CISA has been recognized as the highest paying IT security certification by the 2010 IT Skills and Certifications Pay Index (ITSCPI)…
Curriculum
The curriculum is carefully designed to prepare you for the CISA exam. The full-time program consists of 10 courses delivered in both compressed and traditional semester format in 12 months culminating in a capstone course in which you prepare for the CISA exam. See below for sample schedule and completion time. The courses include:
- MIS 5001 – Management Information Systems
Surveys the effective uses of information systems and the issues they raise.
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ACCT 5001 – Financial and Managerial Accounting
Presents the concepts of financial and managerial accounting with a “user” (investor or manager) orientation. - ACCT 5125 – Accounting Information Systems
Learn how information systems impact how accounting data is captured, processed, and communicated. - MIS 5201 – IT Audit Process
Introduces the essential concepts of IT auditing and internal controls. - MIS 5202 – IT Governance
Examines how IT is managed in a controlled environment covering IT strategic planning, project management, COBIT, etc. - MIS 5203 – Systems & Infrastructure r Management 1
Introduces how IT systems are acquired, developed and implemented. Systems covered include network, infrastructure, databases, and applications. Topics covered include the basic system life-cycle, development methods, sourcing strategies, and integrated controls. - MIS 5204 – Systems & Infrastructure Lifecycle Management 2
The continuation of MIS 5203 - MIS 5205 – IT Service Delivery and Support
Examines how an IT organization delivers services to the organization. Learn about the technical infrastructure, reliability, security, and service center management. - MIS 5206 – Protection of Information Assets and Business Continuity-Disaster Recovery
Explains the importance of managing information assets including logical, physical, and environmental security along with disaster recovery and business continuity. - MIS 5207 – Business Skills for the IT Auditor
Surveys professional skills including managerial communications, public speaking, interviewing, negotiation, personal selling skills, business writing, project management and team building. - MIS 5210 – IT Auditing Capstone
The capabilities developed throughout the program are used in case studies analyses and practice examinations.
Sample Schedule
The MS ITACS is a full-time program offered in compressed and traditional formats. The 10 course program is designed to be completed in 12 months. You can start the program in January and be ready to take the CISA exam in December:
- January 2011: Two courses (compressed format)
- End of January to end of May: Three courses (traditional once a week format)
- End of May to end of July: Three courses (traditional once a week format)
- September – December: Two courses (traditional once a week format)
Admissions and Pre-requisites
- Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) or the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) General Test scores.
- Two letters of recommendation.
- A required essay on how you became interested in this field, what your professional goals are, and how you see this program helping you achieve your goals.
- Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) scores for non-native English speakers (unless degree from English language university located in native English language country).
- A personal interview may be requested to make a decision on your application.
- Depending on your specific background, you may be asked to take pre-requisite courses.
If you enjoy analysis and investigation, can think through complex problems, and want to join a lucrative fast growing field, you should consider becoming an IT auditor.
Tuition and Fees
Total tuition for students starting in January 2012 is $30,000 at the rate of $1,000 per credit hour. Temple University also assesses additional service fees.
More information
Classes start in January 2012!
- To apply, click here.
- For more detailed admission information, please view the Fox School MS programs site for the MS in ITACS.
- To speak with the progam director, please contact Richard Flanagan at 215.204.3077 or at Richard.Flanagan@Temple.edu.
New FoxMIS faculty
The Fox School’s department of Management Information Systems is proud to announce the appointment of E. Carey O’Donnell Jr. and James Moustafello as new faculty.
Assistant Professor of Practice E. Carey O’Donnell Jr. has held a number of Senior Sales and Executive Management positions and has extensive background and success in the formulation and implementation of sales and marketing strategies in the IT industry. Carey was a co-founder of The Cactus Integration Group, a telecommunications deployment company that was launched in August of 1997. In less than three years, Mr. O’Donnell built a sales and marketing organization which delivered over $90 million in annual sales. Carey is a co-founder and principal at Mesa Technical Associates, Inc., a turn-key solutions provider focused on power infrastructure applications for the telecommunications, utility, and data center sectors.
Assistant Professor of Practice and Associate Director of Center for Design + Innovation, James Moustafello is engaged in design, production, research and entrepreneurship. He is co-principal of Intellectual Property LLC, an interdisciplinary research and design studio which integrates architecture, strategy, graphics, product design, and technology. Mr. Moustafellos is also a founding partner of EnA / Elements and Alloys, a new luxury brand of fine jewelry which explores the intersection between design and business thinking, handcraftsmanship and mass production. Mr. Moustafellos’ design work has been exhibited and has won numerous awards and distinctions including Slought Foundation in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, World Gold Council, Jewelers of America, American Institute of Architects and was featured in the exhibition ‘The Un-private House’ at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Sondra L. Barbour appointed Executive-in-Residence
Sondra L. Barbour, BBA ’85, CIO, Lockheed Martin Corporation, VP, Lockheed Martin Enterprise Business Services has been appointed “Executive in Residence” at the Fox School’s Management Information Systems (MIS) department and the Institute for Business and Information Technology for the 2010 year. Ms. Barbour was selected as Executive in Residence because of her stature in the field and her continued support for the Fox School. As part of the appointment, Ms. Barbour will be spending several days through the year interacting with Fox School MIS students and faculty.
Barbour will be visiting Fox in April 2010 to start the program. “We are fortunate to have Sondra Barbour, one of our most successful and committed alums as our Executive in Residence” said Munir Mandviwalla, associate professor and chair of the management information systems department at the Fox School of Business.
“As a proud Temple and Fox School alum, this opportunity is particularly meaningful,” Barbour said. “I am looking forward to working closely with Fox School MIS students and faculty and contributing to the Temple community, especially given the Fox MIS department’s national stature in information technology (IT) education and research.”
[Read more…] about Sondra L. Barbour appointed Executive-in-Residence
Annual MIS awards
Each year, the Management Information Systems Department recognizes the accomplishments of students, faculty, and administrators.
Award recipients
2026
- Student Leadership Award: Faiza Ahmed
- Faculty Leadership Award: Sezgin Ayabakan
- Administrative Leadership Award: Crystal M. Harold
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Senior): Sarah Maher, Nadia Bodnari
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Junior): Wei Zhang, Erez Yarden
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Sophomore): Chidinma Nze, Sloka Samanthula
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Freshman): Vraj Patel, Mira Rabinovich
- MIS Researcher of the Year: Sezgin Ayabakan
- Faculty Teaching Award (full-time): David Lanter
- Faculty Teaching Award (part-time): Courtney Minich
- AIS Officer of the Year Award: Laura Carpenter
- AIS Member of the Year Award: Kamilya Salikhova
2025
- Student Leadership Award: Deepya Paramata
- Faculty Leadership Award: Konstantin Bauman
- Administrative Leadership Award: Claudia Bereshnyi
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Senior): Kelly Liu, Alexandra McDonnell
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Junior): Alison Park (Spring and Fall)
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Sophomore): Tina Nguyen, Padin Stein
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Freshman): Sloka Samanthula, Christopher Tacuri Sanmartin
- MIS Researcher of the Year: Sunil Wattal
- Faculty Teaching Award (full-time): Konstantin Bauman
- Faculty Teaching Award (part-time): David McGettigan
- AIS Officer of the Year Award: Alison Park
- AIS Member of the Year Award: Yulu Yang
2024
- Student Leadership Award: Angel Cherian
- Faculty Leadership Award: David Lanter
- Administrative Leadership Award: Tom Carney
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Senior): Stela Profka, Elizabeth Nguyen
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Junior): Adam Foster-Baird, Ethan Chheda
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Sophomore): Cammy Nguyen, Carly Krieger
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Freshman): Sayandeep Das, Neel Patel
- MIS Researcher of the Year: Aleksi Aaltonen
- Faculty Teaching Award (full-time): Marie-Christine Martin
- Faculty Teaching Award (part-time): Brian Green
- AIS Officer of the Year Award: Cole Roberts
- AIS Member of the Year Award: Tyler Allen
2023
- Student Leadership Award: Anna Boykis
- Faculty Leadership Award: Marie-Christine Martin
- Administrative Leadership Award: Charles Allen
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Senior): Vattey Meas, Stefan Tschudi
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Junior): Maggie Luong, Kelly Deng
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Sophomore): Hojoon Lee, Kelly Liu
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Freshman): Melissa Giang, Cammy Nguyen
- MIS Researcher of the Year: Jason Thatcher
- Faculty Teaching Award (full-time): Aleksi Aaltonen
- Faculty Teaching Award (part-time): Liang Yao
- AIS Officer of the Year Award: Quinten Powers
- AIS Member of the Year Award: Rhenece Andrew
2022
- Student Leadership Award: Connor McShane
- Faculty Leadership Award: Jason Thatcher
- Administrative Leadership Award: Lori Roseman
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Senior): Jany Huang, Tanner Valentine
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Junior): Lauren Quinn, Vattey Meas
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Sophomore): Rhea Kumar, Alexander McShane
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Freshman): Angel Cherian, Jerimiah Arbertha
- MIS Researcher of the Year: Jason Thatcher
- Faculty Teaching Award (full-time): Amy Lavin
- Faculty Teaching Award (part-time): Brian Green
- AIS Officer of the Year Award: Abbey Helterbran
- AIS Member of the Year Award: Nicholas Bortz
2021
- Student Leadership Award: Sean Boyer
- Faculty Leadership Award: Munir Mandviwalla
- Administrative Leadership Award: Taylor Tropea
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Senior): Kyra Lloyd (Spring and Fall)
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Junior): Carly Krzywicki, Logan Piatetsky
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Sophomore): Safaniya Paul, Abigail Helterbran
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Freshman): Abigail Helterbran, Ajay Oomman
- MIS Researcher of the Year: Jason Thatcher
- Faculty Teaching Award (full-time): Amy Lavin
- Faculty Teaching Award (part-time): Liang Yao
- AIS Officer of the Year Award: Kevin Publicover
- AIS Member of the Year Award: Katherine Lobdell
2020
- Student Leadership Award: Nhi Nguyen
- Faculty Leadership Award: Steven Sclarow
- Administrative Leadership Award: Dina Maslennikova
- Administrative Achievement Award: Joseph Allegra
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Senior): Nhi Nguyen, Quyen Le
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Junior): Madison Collins, Andrew Smuszkiewicz
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Sophomore): Tammy Tsoi, Tigue Devine
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Freshman): Quynh Nguyen, Oviya Soundararajan
- MIS Researcher of the Year: Detmar Straub
- Faculty Teaching Award (full-time): Min-Seok Pang
- Faculty Teaching Award (part-time): Liang Yao
- AIS Officer of the Year Award: Madison Collins
- AIS Member of the Year Award: Jessica Ladzenski
2019
- Student Leadership Award: Cara Evans
- Faculty Leadership Award: Jeremy Shafer
- Administrative Leadership Award: Amanda Barber
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Senior): Andrea Behler, Cara Evans
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Junior): Michelle Purnama, Pham Xuan Bach Hoang
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Sophomore): Sophia Alvarez, Madison Collins
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Freshman): Kevin Dang, Sean Boyer
- MIS Researcher of the Year: Paul Pavlou
- Faculty Teaching Award (full-time): Jung Jaehwuen
- Faculty Teaching Award (part-time): Patrick J. Wasson
- AIS Officer of the Year Award: Justin Kish
- AIS Member of the Year Award: Sean Boyer
2018
- Student Leadership Award: Rebecca Jackson
- Faculty Leadership Award: Mart Doyle
- Administrative Leadership Award: Rachel Carr
- Administrative Achievement Award: Emily Repshas
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Senior): Grisselle Rivera, Nina Sjostrom
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Junior): Rebecca Jackson, Cara Evans
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Sophomore): Linh Dang, Sarah Labbad
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Freshman): Cong Ngo, Joshua Kim
- MIS Researcher of the Year: Paul Pavlou
- Faculty Teaching Award (full-time): Jeremy Shafer
- Faculty Teaching Award (part-time): Leonard Nelson
- AIS Officer of the Year Award: Michael Doyle
- AIS Member of the Year Award: Jacqueline Henry
2017
- Student Leadership Award: Eric Koeck
- Faculty Leadership Award: Amy Lavin
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Senior): Philip Tocci, Alexandra Iacovetti
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Junior): Matt Oberst, Joshua Grover
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Sophomore): Josh Veloso, Kyle Haberman
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Freshman): Shray Patel, Cara Evans
- MIS Researcher of the Year: Paul Pavlou
- Faculty Teaching Award (full-time): Laurel Miller
- Faculty Teaching Award (part-time): Anthony Messina
2016
- Student Leadership Award: Ciara Murphy
- Faculty Leadership Award: Jeremy Shafer
- Administrative Leadership Award: Jackie Van Orden
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Senior): Artemid Leskaj, Julia Knable
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Junior): Samantha Talarico, David Yastremsky
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Sophomore): Matt Oberst, Ari Abramson
- Professional and Academic Achievement Award (Freshman): Drew Holt, Kellen O’Connor
- MIS Researcher of the Year: Brad Greenwood
- Faculty Teaching Award (full-time): David Schuff
- Faculty Teaching Award (part-time): Wade Mackey
2015
- Student Leadership Award: Peter Hwang
- Faculty Leadership Award: James Moustafellos
- Administrative Leadership Award: Debbie Riley
- MIS Student Achievement Award: Jordan Szenicer, Nishith Jani
- MIS Researcher of the Year: Paul Pavlou
- Faculty Teaching Award (full-time): David Schuff
- Faculty Teaching Award (part-time): Amy Lavin
- Administrative Achievement Award: Jillian Reilly
2014
- Student Leadership Award: Joshua Wise
- Faculty Leadership Award: Mart Doyle
- Administrative Leadership Award: Karen Murtha
- MIS Student Achievement Award: Jennifer O’Malley, Andrew Roche
- MIS Researcher of the Year: Paul Pavlou
- Faculty Teaching Award (full-time): David Schuff
- Faculty Teaching Award (part-time): Dina Lichtman
2013
- Student Leadership Award: Ryan Oliveira
- Faculty Leadership Award: Richard Flanagan
- Administrative Leadership Award: Cynthia Smith
- MIS Student Achievement Award: Iris Kapo, Elias Hessler
- MIS Researcher of the Year: Paul Pavlou
- Faculty Teaching Award (full-time): David Schuff
- Faculty Teaching Award (part-time): Dina Lichtman
- Administrative Achievement Award: Joseph Allegra
2012
- Student Leadership Award: Michelle Dy-Reyes
- Faculty Leadership Award: Carey O’Donnell Jr.
- Administrative Leadership Award: Brandon Lausch, Director, Fox School of Business
- MIS Student Achievement Award: Saraya Hyder, Adam Alalouf
- MIS Researcher of the Year: Paul Pavlou
- Faculty Teaching Award: Steven L. Johnson
- Administrative Achievement Award: Manoj Chacko
2011
- Student Leadership Award: Brian Connelly
- Faculty Leadership Award: Steven Johnson
- Administrative Leadership Award: Rachel Tomlinson, Director, Fox School of Business
- MIS Researcher of the Year: Youngjin Yoo
- Faculty Teaching Award: David Schuff
- Administrative achievement Award: Manoj Chacko
2010
- Student Leadership Award: Tom Steigerwald
- Faculty Leadership Award: David Schuff
- Administrative Leadership Award: Sheri Stahler, Associate Vice President, Computer Services
- MIS Researcher of the Year: Sunil Wattal
- Faculty Teaching Award: David Schuff
- Administrative achievement Award: Joseph Allegra
2009
- Student Leadership Award: Brian McMahon
- Faculty Leadership Award: Mart Doyle
- Administrative Leadership Award: Matthew Dampf, IT Coordinator
- MIS Researcher of the Year: Youngjin Yoo
- Faculty Teaching Award: David Schuff
2008
- Faculty Leadership Award: Cindy Joy Marselis
- Administrative Leadership Award: John P. DeAngelo, Associate Dean
- MIS Researcher of the Year: Youngjin Yoo
- Faculty Teaching Award: David Schuff
2007
- Student Leadership Award: Michael Luckenbill, BBA MIS
- Faculty Leadership Award: Cindy Joy Marselis, Instructor
- Administrative Leadership Award: Debbie Campbell, Assistant Dean
2006
- Student Leadership Award: Urvi Patel, BBA MIS, January 2007
- Faculty Leadership Award: Mart Doyle, Instructor
- Administrative Leadership Award: Corinne Snell, Director, CSPD
- Faculty Teaching Award: Mart Doyle and David Schuff
2005
- Student Leadership Award: Muhammad Shihab, MS MIS
- Faculty Leadership Award: Ozgur Turetken, Assistant Professor
- Administrative Leadership Award: Deborah Riley, Fox School Dean’s Office
- Full-Time Teacher of the Semester Award: David Schuff and Paul Weinberg
- Part-Time Teacher of the Semester Award: Arnold Kurtz and Mart Doyle
2004
- Student Leadership Award: Marcus Hayes, BBA MIS
- Faculty Leadership Award: Paul Weinberg, Professor, Executive-in-Residence, and Senior Fellow
- Administrative Leadership Award: Robert Green Hall V, IT Coordinator
- Full-Time Teacher of the Semester Award: David Schuff
- Part-Time Teacher of the Semester Award: Steve Salvia and Arnold Kurtz
2003
- Student Leadership Award: John D’Arcy, PhD MIS
- Faculty Leadership Award: Heinz Klein, Associate Professor of MIS
- Administrative Leadership Award: Laurel Miller, Associate Director
- Full-Time Teacher of the Semester Award: Anat Hovav and Paul Weinberg
- Part-Time Teacher of the Semester Award: Jonathan Goldstein and Steve Salvia
2002
- Student Leadership Award: David Abraham and Hetal Pawani
- Faculty Leadership Award: David Schuff, Assistant Professor of MIS
- Administrative Leadership Award: Peter Soontharothai, Network Administrator
2001
- Student Leadership Award: Ying Liang and Zeena Panackal
- Faculty Leadership Award: Ravi Patnayakuni, Assistant Professor of MIS
- Administrative Leadership Award: Laurel Miller, Administrative Assistant
- Vikram Singh, Director of Computer Services, Fox School of Business and Management
Award criteria
Student Leadership
Awarded annually to a student who has made a significant contribution to the students and extended community of the MIS department
Eligibility: All full time undergraduate MIS students, all full and part-time MIS graduate students.
Who can nominate: Any Temple affiliated person including students, faculty, and administration, as well as alumni.
Faculty Leadership
Given annually to a faculty member who has made a significant contribution to the students and extended community of the MIS department.
Eligibility: Full and part-time faculty who have been employed at Temple for at least two semesters including the current term.
Who can nominate: Any Temple affiliated person including students, faculty, and administration, as well as alumni.
Administrative Leadership
This award is given annually to an administrator who has made a significant contribution to the students and extended community of the MIS department.
Eligibility: Full time administrators of the Fox School of Business and Management who have been employed at Temple for at least two semesters including the current term. Administrators of the MIS department are not eligible for this award. (Updated 3/2017)
Who can nominate: Any Temple affiliated person including students, faculty, and administration, as well as alumni.
Award selection process
A committee selects the above three award recipients. The committee is chaired by the MIS awards coordinator and includes at least one faculty, administrative, current student, and alumni representative and the department chair. Normally, the committee is comprised of previous recipients of the award.
Professional and Academic Achievement Award
Professional achievement is professional development, career knowledge, leadership, networking, and readiness for the workplace. Professional achievement is different from academic achievement, which is measured by excellence in the classroom and grades. Both are important. This award is designed to recognize MIS students who are excelling in both academics and professional achievement on a per-term basis.
Eligibility: All full-time undergraduate MIS students with a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher.
Criteria: Each eligible student will receive a score based on their GPA and Professional Achievement Points. The freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior with the highest score in a given term will receive the award. In the event of a tie, the MIS Awards Coordinator will call for an ad-hoc committee to determine the winner(s).
The scores for eligible students are calculated twice a year. The first calculation is for the spring/summer term award and the second calculation is for the fall term award. Each winner will receive a certificate to recognize their work in the Professional Achievement Program.
The score is calculated per term by taking the sum of the GPA Percentage and Points Percentage for students during that particular term.
GPA Percentage = [(Term GPA / 4.0)) * 100]
Points Percentage = [(Term Points / 600) * 100]
Score = [GPA Percentage] + [Points Percentage]
Notes about the calculation:
- 600 is the theoretical maximum number of Professional Achievement Points earnable in one term.
- Point and in-term GPA values are expressed as percentages to give each an equal weight in the calculation.
- Students are categorized as Freshmen/Sophomore/Junior/Senior as follows:
- Freshman: 0 to 29 Credits
- Sophomore: 30 to 59 Credits
- Junior: 60 to 89 Credits
- Senior: 90 to 119+ Credits
MIS Researcher of the Year
Recognizes outstanding MIS-focused scholarly research publications appearing in print in the prior year. The primary award criteria is a scoring system for publication of high quality MIS-centric peer-reviewed journal articles. (Criteria updated 2/2010)
Eligibility: Full-time faculty of Temple University
Guidelines
- Published articles qualify only if Temple University is identified as the author’s affiliated organization.
- Published articles qualify only if they have an MIS focus. If the MIS focus of an article is not obvious then the awards coordinator will rely on the author for clarification.
- Only publications with a publication date of the previous calendar year are considered for point scoring (e.g., for the 2010 award, publications in 2009 are considered); the publication date is determined by when the article is in print (e.g., the year used in scholarly citations).
- Articles qualify for Tier I as long as they meet all other criteria and the journal is a Fox A-list publication.
- If one or more faculty published a qualifying Tier I journal article, only those faculty are eligible for the award. If only one faculty member published a qualifying Tier I journal article, they are the award winner, regardless of the point totals of other faculty members. When two or more faculty have qualifying Tier I journal articles, award determination will proceed based on point totals among only those faculty.
Scoring
- Qualifying articles published in MISQ or ISR receive 6 points.
- Qualifying articles published in all other Tier I publications receive 5 points.
- Qualifying articles published in a non-Tier I publication appearing on the Fox target journal list receive 3 points.
- Qualifying articles published in any other refereed journal receive 1 point.
Tie-Breaker
If there is tie in point values from qualifying journal articles, the awards coordinator will form an ad-hoc committee to identify the winner. This committee is instructed to consider the following additional factors in selecting the award winner: other scholarly output (e.g., books, conference proceedings, presentations), scholarly impact of eligible work, best paper awards, scholarly grant applications and awards, and any other activity that promotes the research profile of the Fox MIS Department.
Faculty Teaching Award (full-time)
Recognizes outstanding teaching in the prior year (e.g., the award given at the 2021 ceremony is for courses taught during the 2020 calendar year). (Criteria updated 3/2021)
Eligibility
Full-time faculty of the Management Information Systems department who taught two or more courses in the previous calendar year (summer courses included) and met the departmental teaching rigor requirement.
Selection Process
- MIS Awards Coordinator reviews teaching evaluation data and for each eligible full-time faculty member calculates the average of four questions on the student feedback forms for all courses taught by them in the previous calendar year (including spring, summer, and fall semesters):
- Q13 – The instructor promoted a classroom atmosphere in which I felt free to ask questions. (Before Fall 2020: Q5 – The instructor promoted a classroom atmosphere in which I felt free to ask questions.)
- Q12 – The feedback I received in this class helped improve my learning. (Before Fall 2020: Q6 – The instructor provided useful feedback about exams, projects, and assignments.)
- Q3 – Overall, the instructor was effective in helping me learn the material in this course. (Before Fall 2020: Q8 – The instructor taught this course well.)
- Q4 – Overall, I learned a great deal from this course. (Before Fall 2020: Q11 – I learned a great deal in this course.)
The obtained score is used to select a short list of top five candidates.
- Student nominations are collected by survey sent to all MIS majors through two questions:
- Which instructor was the most impactful for you among the MIS courses you took over the past year?
- In what ways has this instructor made a difference to you.
- The collected information is considered by the MIS Teaching Awards Committee to determine the winner. The criteria for the selection process includes:
- Innovative teaching, including new curriculum development, technology use, novel curriculum and changes to model or delivery method.
- The types of courses and course load of each faculty member (e.g., class size, difficulty and level of classes).
- Impressive teaching evaluation scores.
- Positive comments from the student feedback forms.
- Supporting rationale provided with students’ nominations.
- MIS Awards Coordinator may also request selected instructors to provide any additional information that can potentially support their case.
Faculty Teaching Award (part-time)
Recognizes outstanding teaching in the prior year (e.g., the award given at the 2020 ceremony is for courses taught during the 2019 calendar year). (Criteria updated 1/2020)
Eligibility
Part-time faculty of the Management Information Systems department who taught two or more courses in the previous calendar year (summer courses included) and met the departmental teaching rigor requirement.
Selection Process
Same process as for the full-time Faculty Teaching Award mentioned above.
AIS Officer of the Year Award
This award is given annually to high performing AIS Officers.
Award selection process
- The MIS department chair and the AIS faculty advisor review the annual pre-report provided by AIS. They identify officers that had executed their duties well as described there. The chair and the advisor also considered which officers have shown initiative and leadership. The advisor then provides two nominations to the MIS Awards committee, with a justification for each.
- The nominations then discussed and voted upon by a committee led by the MIS Awards coordinator. The committee is comprised of student, alumni, faculty, administrative, and administration representatives including multiple past Fox IT Award winners, and the department chair.
AIS Member of the Year Award
This award is given annually to high performing students who have been active in AIS.
Award selection process
- The AIS Faculty advisor reviews the attendance data from last semester. AIS members with strong activity in multiple areas (Speaker Series, Professional Development Workshops, TDAP Workshops, Community Service and/or Social events) are highlighted.
- The AIS officers reviews the member list provided by the advisor and makes one primary nomination, and at least one alternate nomination.
- The nominations are discussed and voted upon by a committee led by the MIS Awards coordinator. The committee is comprised of student, alumni, faculty, administrative, and administration representatives including multiple past Fox IT Award winners, and the department chair.
How to apply
BBA in MIS
The Bachelors in MIS produces leaders who initiate, design, and apply technology to transform business functions and produce innovative products and services. To succeed in this challenging program, you will need to have done well in high school (e.g., a 3.5 or above GPA or ranked in the top 20%), and scored in the top 20% percentile (average 1200) on SAT or ACT. The MIS program offers scholarships to top students. Please contact Joe Allegra at jallegra@temple.edu.
If you would like to transfer into the program from another university or community college, please note the rigorous professional achievement requirements. You will need a upfront plan to meet these requirements to graduate on time.
If you are currently a Fox School or Temple student, and would like to transfer into the BBA in MIS, you will need to meet minimum GPA requirements.
The undergraduate programs site provides information about the Fox School and the admissions process.
MIS minors
The Management Information Systems Minor is limited to Fox School students. If you are a Fox School student, and would like to add the MIS minor, please contact the MIS department at misdept@temple.edu.
MS programs
Please click on the links before more information about MIS Master of Science programs.
PhD in MIS
The PhD in MIS provides students with an opportunity to work with the Fox School’s internationally ranked scholars. The full-time program is designed for individuals to pursue an academic career. If you have a high standardized (GMAT or GRE) test score and at least two years work experience, we would like to offer you scholarship and admission assistance. To get started, please view the instructions on the PhD in MIS site.
Please contact the MIS department at misdept@temple.edu or Joe Allegra at jallegra@temple.edu if you need additional assistance.
