Welcome! As a professor at a public university, I am a quasi-public figure. But my job is not my life. My life is my family, my friends, my birds, and my hobbies which include traveling (particularly out west as far from civilization as I can get), collecting fossils and horse racing memorabilia, and amateur photography. I'm not getting any younger (even if the photo of me posted here was taken way back in 2004 and will likely remain here until I retire). And the older and closer to retirement that I get, the more I want to focus on my life as opposed to my job. With that said, it's time for my professional bio. I am a Full Professor in the Department of Information Systems & Business Analytics at Kent State University. I received my bachelor's and master's degrees in MIS, as well as my MBA, from the University of South Florida, and completed my Ph.D. in Business Administration at the University of Georgia in 2009. My favorite class to teach is undergraduate Business Modeling and Agile Design (CIS 34034; formerly Systems Analysis & Design). I've covered courses in lots of other things at the undergraduate, masters, and doctoral levels. I've served on important and not so important committees. I've served as the IS PhD program coordinator (2020-2022). I used to have time for research, and I used to be pretty darned good at it (while recognizing that most IS research is completely pointless in the "real world"). My research has focused primarily on individual level behavioral aspects of IS use. My dissertation research stream, for which I am best known, focused on IS habits, resistance to new technology adoption, and the interplay between IS habits and organizational routines. My work has been published in MIS Quarterly (twice), Journal of the AIS (twice), European Journal of Information Systems (thrice), and a number of lesser outlets. I have received several best paper and reviewer awards, including the 2012 Paper of the Year Award from MIS Quarterly, and the 2011 Reviewer of the Year Award from Information Systems Research. I have served frequently as an associate editor, and more recently as a conference track co-chair, for prestigious international conferences. But that's my job, not my life. What accomplishments am I most proud of? I have published a couple of niche papers in the field of invertebrate paleontology, and have two fossil mollusk species named after me. I've won prestigious awards for my educational displays at shell shows throughout Florida. I've had three of my horse racing photos displayed at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga, New York. I was one of the 5,314 micro share owners of Authentic, who won the 2020 Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup Classic, en route to Horse of the Year honors. I was also a micro share owner of Country Grammer, who won the 2022 Dubai World Cup, and Seize the Grey, who won the 2024 Preakness Stakes. More recently, I've shifted to following harness racing, and have a 5% stake in a trotter named Erin who recently won at Saratoga Raceway. Now you know a little more about me -- both my job and my life. My Google Scholar Citations Page KSU Quick Links Association for Information Systems