VITA
Ashish Gupta

WORK 
Associate Professor of Operations Management (Tenured), 2010 - Present 
Department of Management, School of Business, Minnesota State University Moorhead, MN 
Visiting Associate Professor, Arizona State University, (during Sabbatical leave)
                Biomedical Informatics Department 
Visiting Research Scientist, Mayo Clinic Rochester, July 2011- July 2012 (during Sabbatical leave)
                Critical Care and Epidemiology
Assistant Professor of Operations Management, 2006 - 2010
School of Business, Minnesota State University Moorhead, MN 
Visiting Assistant Professor, 2005 - 2006
 
EDUCATION
Ph.D. May 2007, Management Science & Information Systems
Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Dissertation: Understanding the Rhythms of Email Processing Strategies in a Network of Knowledge Workers
(Dissertation Advisor: Ramesh Sharda)
 
Master of Science, May 2001, Industrial Engineering & Management 
Enterprise Modeling & Supply Chain
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Bachelor of Science, June 1998, Mechanical Engineering, India 
 
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
President, Midwest Association of Information Systems, 2012- present, www.mwais.org 
(Represents AIS membership in 12 mid-western states)
NIH/PCORI (Patient Centered Outcome Research Institute) Review Panel -Biomedical Engineering and Technologies section, 2011-present
Conference Chair, Symposium on Healthcare Advancements in Research & Practice (SHARP 2.0), Moorhead, MN, April 28-29, 2011 (In collaboration with Mayo Clinic)
Program Co-chair, EOMAS 2011, (Enterprise, Organizational Modeling and Simulation), London
Conference Co-Chair, Midwest AIS conference 2010, Minnesota State University Moorhead
 Workshop Chair, Healthcare Service Management and Modeling, Moorhead, MN, 2010
Secretary, MWAIS, 2010- 2011, www.mwais.org 
Advisory Board, AIS Special Interest Group on Modeling & Simulation, http://www.ais-sigmas.org/ 
Ancillary Meeting Chair, AMCIS 2009, San Francisco, http://amcis2009.aisnet.org/ 
Minitrack Chair, HICSS 2010, Hawaii (Analytical and Simulation Models for Knowledge, Enterprise, and Service Networks) http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_43/minitracks/dt-asm.htm 
Track Chair, Simulation and Analytical Modeling, AMCIS 2009, San Francisco (Analytical Modeling and Simulation)
Mini Track Chair, AMCIS 2009, San Francisco (Modeling Knowledge Work Processing and Communication in Networked Environments)
Organized Invited Session, a) Interdisciplinary and Analytical Approaches to Email Management, b) New Approaches to Email Management, INFORMS Annual Meeting 2007, Seattle 
(Industry Participation from Palo Alto Research Center, Microsoft Research, HP Labs)
Vice-President (2002-2003), INFORMS OSU Student Chapter
 
EDITORSHIP 
Editorial Board, Healthcare Journal
Guest co-editor, Special issue of Decision Support Systems Journal on ‘Modeling for Better Healthcare’, 5-year Impact Factor: 2.135, in print, 2012 (with Sharda, R.)- Ranked 4th in OR/MS
Guest co-editor, Special issue of Annals of Information Systems on ‘Advances in Healthcare Delivery and Informatics’, Springer, To appear in Spring 2012 (With Robert Greenes MD, PhD; Patel , V. PhD)
Guest co-editor, Special Issue of Information Systems Frontiers on Knowledge work modeling and communication processes (forthcoming, Nov 2011. Vol. 13, Issue 5), Impact Factor: 1.596 (with Barjis, J. Sharda, R.)
Guest co-editor, Special issue of Information Systems Journal on ‘Negative Impacts of Information Technology Use’ (with Davison, R., Tarafdar, M., Turel, O.), 9 page proposal under review – major emphasis on Healthcare 
Co-editor, Proceedings of MWAIS 2010 conference (with Craig Van Slyke, Harrison McKnight, M. Subramani) (AISeL)
Editorial Board Member, IJDSST- International Journal of Decision Support System Technology (2009- present)
Editorial board Member, IJITSA - International Journal of Information Technologies and Systems Approach (2009-present)
 
 
GRANTS
Virtual Worlds in Advanced Cardiac Life Support Training
Funding Agency: Department of Defense, Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center, 
PI: Marshall Smith, Banner Health
 
Improving Care Coordination and Continuity for Chronic Care in HIT context, Proposal under review at Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality,
 with Arizona State University, Mayo Clinic-AZ, Mayo Clinic RST, VA Medical Center (Salt Lake City) and New York Academy of Medicine 
Requested Budget: $2.46M
                                                                                                                                                 
Using Sensor Technology for Mobile Health Monitoring, proposal under review at NSF-IGERT
Requested Budget: $3.48M, with Arizona State University and Florida International University, Banner Health Medical Simulation Center, 
Mayo Clinic Arizona
 
Developing Global Quitline Networks for Tobacco Cessation, submitted to National Cancer Institute
PI: Scott Leischow, Mayo Clinic Arizona (under review)
Improving Diagnosis and Problem List Management at Mayo Clinic (phase I), led by Anton Decker (PI)
Funding Source: Mayo Clinic Charter funds; Total Funding Amount: $30,000
Simio LLC. Grant, $79,200 (2010) Grant received for integrating Simulation Modeling in Teaching
MWAIS 2010 sponsorship from Microsoft, MISQ (University of Minnesota) and five other universities 
Professional Development Grant (2006-2012), Minnesota State University Moorhead
Summer Research Grant (2007-2012), Minnesota State University Moorhead
IT Advisory Grant (2009), Minnesota State University Moorhead
Faculty Grant Writing Funds (2007), Minnesota State University Moorhead 
IPESL Grant (2006) awarded by Minnesota State Colleges and Universities systems (competitive)
 
RESEARCH
RESEARCH INTEREST: Healthcare Delivery, Critical Care, Chronic Care, Simulation and Analytical Modeling, Information Overload and Multitasking in healthcare, Clinical Support Systems, Cognition in clinical systems, 
Usability of HIT systems, Electronic Health Records, Patient Portals, Virtual Worlds in Healthcare, Telemedicine,  Social Network Analysis in Healthcare
 
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
Khanal, P. Gupta. A, Greenes, R., Smith, M. Virtual World in Healthcare: State of Art Review, Annals of IS special issue on Healthcare Informatics, forthcoming 
[This work is supported by Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC), DoD (Award # W81XWH-08-2-0186)]
Gupta, A., Sharda, R., Dong, Y., Sharda, R (Jr), Asamoah, D.,  Pickering, B. Improving Rounding in Critical Care Environments through Management of Interruptions, Decision Support Systems,  (2012), 
Gupta, A., Sharda, R. Improving the Science of Healthcare Delivery and Informatics using Modeling Approaches, Decision Support Systems, forthcoming (in print)
Li, H. Gupta, A., Zhang, J. Sarathy, R. Examining the Decision to Use Standalone Personal Health Record Systems as a Trust-enabled Fair Social Contract, Decision Support Systems Special issue on Healthcare Information Technology, forthcoming
Dong, Y., Chbat, N., Gupta, A. Hadzikadic, M., Gajic, O. Systems Modeling and Simulation Applications for Critical Care Medicine, Annals of Intensive Care, 2012, 2:18
Gupta, A., Li, H., Sharda, R. Being interrupted: does it matter who is interrupting? Decision Support System, Conditionally accepted
Barjis, J., Gupta, A., Sharda, R. Bouzdine-Chameeva, T., Lee, P., Verbraeck, A. Innovative Teaching using Simulation and Virtual Environment, Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge, and Management (impact factor: h-index-11), forthcoming 
Li, H., Gupta, A. Lou., X., Warkentin, M. Exploring the Impact of Messaging on Subjective Task Complexity and User Satisfaction, European Journal of Information Systems, 2011 20, 139–155
Gupta, A., Sharda, R., Greve, R.  You've got email! Does it really matter to process emails now or later?  Information Systems Frontiers, June 2010
Barjis, J., Gupta, A., Sharda, R. Knowledge Work Challenges in Networked Enterprises, Information Systems Frontiers, June, 2010
Lall, V., Gupta,  A.,  A tool based framework for applying Six Sigma methodology to services and transactional data, International Journal of Production and Service Quality, Vol 5, No. 4, 2010, pp-440-451
Kannabiran, G., R. Sharda, A. Gupta, and R. Wilson, Predictors of Effective IS Strategy Implementation: A longitudinal Study of Indian organizations, Asia-Pacific Business Review, Vol. V, No. 2, June 2009, pp. 3-27.
Gupta, A., Sharda, R. SIMONE: Simulator for Interruptions and Message Overload in Network Environments, International Journal of Simulation and Process Modeling, Vol. 4, Nos. 3/4, 2008, pp. 237-247.
( *Received significant national and international media & press coverage: http://web.mnstate.edu/gupta/in_news.htm)
Greve, R., Sharda, R., and Kamath, M., Gupta, A. The Email Strategy Investigation Model (eSIM): A DSS for Analysis of Email Processing Strategies, Annals of Information Systems, Vol. 2, 2007
Gupta, A., Sharda, R., Ducheneaut, N., Zhao, L., and Weber, R. Email Management: A Techno-Managerial Research Perspective, Communications of AIS, Vol. 17, Article no. 43. 2006
 
Journal Articles under Review 
Gupta, A., Greenes, R., Patel, V. New Frontiers in Clinical Informatics, Annals of IS special issue on Healthcare Informatics
Prabal, K., Gupta, A. Smith, M.  Understanding the impact of Advanced Cardiac Life Support Training for persuasive and face-face scenarios, to be submitted to HEART (impact factor 4.223) 
[This work is supported by Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC), DoD (Award # W81XWH-08-2-0186)]
D’Arcy, J. Gupta, A, Tarafdar, M., Turel, O. Reflecting on the ‘Dark-Side’ of Information Technology Use. Communications of AIS, Invited paper (all authors share equal authorship)- Emphasis on Healthcare 
 
BOOKS
Enterprise and Organizational Modeling and Simulation URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24175-8 Eds. Joseph Barjis, Tillal Eldabi and Ashish Gupta
 
Conference Proceedings / Panel Sessions / Presentations
Khanal, K*. Vankipuram, A.*, Ashby, A.*, Josey, K. Gupta, A., Smith, M. Virtual World for Advanced Cardiac Life Support Training, WITS 2012, Orlando, Fl 
[This work is supported by Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC), DoD (Award # W81XWH-08-2-0186)]
(* students)
Tarafdar, M., Gupta, A., D’Arcy, J., Turel, O., Czerwinski, M. The digital future: reflecting on the “dark side” of Information Technology use. AMCIS 2012 Aug 8-10, Seattle- Focus on Healthcare context (PANEL)
Hackbarth, G., Tremblay, M. C., Fruhling, A., Gupta, A. Effective Healthcare Informatics Teaching Strategies: Finding the Right Road, AMCIS 2012: Health-IS Professional Development Workshop, Seattle
Hosak, B., Germonprez, M., Gupta, A., Nelson, K. Panel on Grant Writing Do’s and Don’ts: A discussion of what you need to know about securing external funds. MWAIS 2012 conference (May 17-19), Green Bay, WI (PANEL)
Gupta, A., Dong, Y., Pickering, B., Gajic, O., Herasevich, V. Understanding and Improving Multidisciplinary Rounds in Intensive Care Units: A View from the Trenches, 5th International Conference on Improving Competitiveness Through Decisions Sciences, 
Jan 4-6, 2012, India
Dong, Y., Gupta, A., Herasevich, V., Enders, F., Smairat, R., Gajic, O., Pickering, B. ICU Rounding Resident Tasks Analysis Using Computer Modeling and Simulation, 12th International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH), Jan28 -Feb1, 2012, San Diego, CA
Dong, Y., Smairat, R., Giri, J., Litell, J., Gupta, A., Herasevich, V., Enders, F., Gajic, O., Pickering, B. Tasks Analysis of Residents and Fellows Participating in ICU Morning Rounds, Society for Critical Care Medicine, Feb 4-8, 2012, Houston, Texas
Dong, Y., Gupta, A., Pickering, Herasevich, V. Gajic., O. Systematic Approach to Analyze Unwarranted Variations Within ICU Multidisciplinary Rounds, United States Critical Injury and Trials Group, NIH 2011 meeting, Nov 8-9 2011, Bethesda, Maryland
Pickering, B., Gajic, O., Gupta, A., Herasevich, V. Dong, Y. Health Information Technology to Build Better Acute Care Delivery Environments (HIT BACeD): A Proposal for a Multicenter Collaborative Initiative,  United States Critical Injury and Trials Group, 
NIH 2011 meeting, Nov 8-9 2011, Bethesda, Maryland 
Dong Y., Gupta, A., Schieffer, C., Amirahmadi, F., Simulation and Modeling Application in ICU System Operational Analysis: Case Study of Sepsis Resuscitation, Mayo Clinic Conference on Systems Engineering and Operations Research, Aug-10-12, 2011, 
Rochester, MN (PANEL)
Gupta, A., Sharda, R., Dong, Y. MD, Gajic, O., Pickering, B., Sharda, R. Improving  Rounding Process at Intensive Care Unit, 2nd Symposium on Healthcare Advancements in Research & Practice (SHARP 2.0), April 28-29, 2011, Moorhead, MN
Li, H., Gupta, A., Zhang, J. Patient Health Record Systems: Trust and Privacy Perspective, 2nd Symposium on Healthcare Advancements in Research & Practice (SHARP 2.0), April 2011, Moorhead
Li, H., Gupta, A., Zhang, J. Understanding the Willingness to Use Standalone Patient Health Record Systems as a Privacy Calculus, MWAIS 2010, May 2010, Moorhead
Gupta, A., Sharda, R., Barjis, J. Introduction to Modeling and Simulating Knowledge, Enterprise, and Service Networks Minitrack, HICSS 43, 2010, Kauai, Hawaii 
Li, H., Gupta, A., Understanding the Impact of Self-Similarity on Network Utilization in Multimedia Networks, AMCIS 2009, August 2009, San Francisco
Gupta, A., Sharda, R., Greve, B. Overcoming Email Addiction: Understanding the ‘Leave Me Alone!’ Approach, AMCIS 2009, August 2009, San Francisco
Li, H, Gupta, A. Understanding the impact of Instant Messaging on Subjective Task Complexity and User Satisfaction, Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, July 2009, Hyderabad, India
Barjis, J., Gupta, A., Sharda, R., Lee, P. Using simulation and visualization for innovative teaching, 39th Annual Meeting of DSI, Nov 2008, Baltimore (WORKSHOP)
Sharda, R., Gupta, A. Managing email overload in organizations: research opportunities and recent results research perspective, The 3rd Knowledge and Project Management Symposium, Aug 2008, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Gupta, A., Sharda, R. Simulating Email Flow within Knowledge Networks, Proceedings of the EOMAS 2008, June 2008, Montpellier, France  
Gupta, A. Li, H. Exploring the Impact of Instant Messaging on User Performance and Perceived Workload, Proceedings of MidWest AIS conference, May 2008, Eau Claire, WI 
Gupta, A., Li, H. Being Interrupted by Instant Messaging: Does it Matter who is Interrupting - the Boss or the Coworker?, Proceedings of 14th AMCIS, Aug 2008,Toronto, Canada
Gupta, A. Sharda, R. Evaluation and Validation of Parameters for Computational Models, 38th Annual Meeting Decision Sciences Institute, Nov 2007, Phoenix, AZ 
Gupta, A., Sharda, R., Kamath, M. Modeling Email Overload within Service Organizations, DSI Mini Conference on Service Science, Carnegie Mellon University, May 2007, Pittsburgh
Greve, R. A., R. Sharda, M. Kamath, and, A. Gupta. The Email Strategy Investigation Model (eSIM): A DSS for Analysis of Email Processing Strategies, 9th International Conference on Decision Support Systems, Jan 2007, Kolkata, India
Sharda, R., Gupta, A., Weber, R., Ducheneaut. N., Zhao, L. Email Management: A Techno-Managerial Research Perspective, ICIS, 2005, Las Vegas. (PANEL)
Gupta, A., Sharda, R., Greve, R., Kamath, M., Chinnaswamy, M. How often should we check our email? Balancing interruptions and quick response times, Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), 2005, San Francisco 
(This study was in part funded by Department of Education Grant and Institute for Research in Information Systems)
Greve, R., Sharda, R., Gupta, A., Kamath, M. Modeling and Simulation of Email Processing Strategies," 36th Annual Decision Sciences Meeting, 2005, San Francisco, CA
Gupta, A., Sharda, R., Greve, R., Kamath, M., Chinnaswamy, M. On Email Overload and Interruptions, Presented at Big XII IS Research Symposium, 2005, University of Oklahoma, Norman
Gupta, A., Sharda, R. Analysis of Email Response Policies under Different Arrival Patterns, INFORMS Computing Society Meeting, 2005, Annapolis, MD
Yadati, C., Kamath, M., Sharda, R., Gupta, A. Mitigating the Detrimental Effects of E-mail Overload: A Stochastic Optimization Approach, Presented at INFORMS Annual Meeting, 2005, San Francisco
Gupta, A., Sharda, R., Greve, R., Kamath, M. An exploratory analysis of email processing strategies, Proceedings of 35th Annual Decision Sciences Meeting, 2004, Boston
Gupta, A., Sharda, R., Greve, R., Kamath, M. Scheduling Email communication to reduce Information Overload and Interruptions, Presented at Big XII IS Research Symposium, 2004, Ames, Iowa
With Kamath, et al., An Integrated Framework for Process and Performance Modeling of Next-Generation Enterprise Systems: Design and Development Issues. 5thBAAN – University Synergy Program Conference, March 2002, 
Lubbock Texas University - 2nd best overall paper
 (This study was funded by National Science Foundation Grant, DMI-0075588)
With Kamath, et al., A User-Oriented Framework for Process and Performance Modeling of Enterprise Systems, Presented at Scalable Enterprise Systems Workshop, 2001, Dallas, TX 
(This study was funded by National Science Foundation Grant, DMI-0075588)
 
Invited Presentations, Sessions, Panels 
Invited Talk at National and International Universities:
Invited Speaker, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Arizona State University, October 16, 2012: Understanding Multitasking Behaviors, Cognition and Human Performance in the Healthcare Context
Distinguished Speaker, Robinson School of Business, Georgia State University- March 30th, 2012: Critical care research, Virtual World and Improving EMR systems
Invited Speaker, College of Business, Mississippi State University – March 28th, 2012 (Title: Opportunities for Research in Healthcare Informatics)
Invited talk on Biomedical Informatics Department, Arizona State University- March 14th 2012(Cognitive Bias and Decision Making in Healthcare) & April 4th 2012 (Workflow, Team cognition, Shared Decision Making, Visualization in Healthcare)
Invited Speaker, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Invited Speaker, Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, India (Top Management Institute in India)
Invited Speaker, American University of Sharjah, UAE
Invited Speaker, German Institute of Technology in Oman 
Invited Speaker, Waljat College of Life Sciences, Oman 
Gupta, A., Li, H., Sharda, R. The Science of Email Management: A managerial and Research Perspective. Dean’s Lecture Series, Minnesota State University Moorhead, September 2010, MN
Gupta, A. (Panel Chair), Bernardo, H., Ducheneaut, N., Barjis, J., Verbraeck, A., Li, H., Sharda, R. (August 2009) Social Computing: Emerging Area of Research, International Conference on Decision Support Systems 2009- 
(PANEL- with industry participants from Palo Alto Research Center,  HP Labs)
Gupta, A., Sharda, R. Simulating, Visualizing, Gaming and Analyzing: Modeling your Way towards Innovative Teaching Approaches. Proceedings of the EOMAS 2008, June 2008, Montpellier, France (PANEL) 
Gupta, A. Sharda, R. Understanding the Performance of Email Processing Strategies in a Network of Knowledge Workers, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Nov 2007, Seattle
Sharda, R. Gupta, A. Modeling Opportunities in Email Management Issues, INFORMS International, July 2007, Puerto Rico
Gupta, A. Conducting an Effective Literature Review: Key to a Good Research, Department of Industrial Engineering, North Dakota State University, Feb 2007, Fargo, ND
Sharda, R., Gupta, A. Managing email infrastructure within organizations: An ORMS framework, 38th Annual convention of ORSI, 2005, Bangalore, India
Sharda, R., Greve, R., Gupta, A., Kamath, M. Chinnaswamy, M. Beyond Spam: OR/MS Modeling Opportunities for Email Response Management, Presented at Applied Mathematical Programming and Modeling (APMOD) Workshop, 2004, London.
 
 
SERVICE 
Program Committee:
International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications” - SIMULTECH 2011, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands
MWAIS 2012, Green Bay, Wisconsin; MWAIS 2011, Omaha, Nebraska; MWAIS 2009, Madison, SD
EOMAS 2010, Tunisia, EOMAS 2009 (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), EOMAS 2008 workshop, Montpellier, France (in Conjunction with CAISE)
CACS 2010: International Congress on Computer Applications & Computer Science, Dec 2010, Singapore
AMCIS 2009, San Francisco (Americas Conference on Information Systems)
 
Reviewer:
 (Journals)
Decision Sciences
Journal of Biomedical Informatics
ACM Transactions of MIS
Decision Support Systems
Information Systems Frontier Journal
Journal of AIS
Annals of IS
International Journal of Decision Support Systems and Technology
International Journal of Information Technologies and Systems Approach
International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management
 
(Conferences)
ICIS 2012, 2011, 2006
AMCIS 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007
MWAIS 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009
EOMAS workshop proceedings (in Conjunction with CAISE), 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 
Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting 2007, 2004
Big XII IS symposium, Norman
(Other-Books)
Encyclopaedia Q-Finance: The Ultimate Resource 
Session Chair:
MWAIS 2011, Omaha
AMCIS 2009, San Francisco
PACIS 2009, Hyderabad, India
MWAIS 2009, Madison, SD
Workshop Barjis, J., Gupta, A., Sharda, R., Lee, P. Using Simulation and Visualization for Innovative Teaching, 39th Annual Meeting of DSI, Baltimore, Nov 2008
Student Academic Conference 2008, Minnesota State University Moorhead
Decision Science Institute Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Nov 2007
 
SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY/DEPARTMENT 
Chair, Online Curriculum Committee, 2012- Present
Chair, Business Research Prize, 2008-Present  
Peer Review Grant Committee, 2012-Present
MBA Task Force, 2012-Present
Strategic Planning Committee, School of Business, 2009- 2010
Scholarly Enhancement Committee, 2009-2011
Business School Web Site Design Coordinator, 2008-2010
Online Program Committee, School of Business, 2009-2011
Community Relations Committee, 2008-Present
Chair, Assessment committee, School of Business, 2009- 2010
Chair, Operations Management Faculty search committee 2008-2009
Advisor, Delta Mu Delta, 2009-2010
Curriculum Committee, 2006-2008
Student Academic Conference Committee, 2006- 2010
Faculty Search Committee member, Department of Management, 2008-2009
Outside member of new faculty search committee for IE Department, 2007-2008
Member, Search Committee for Assistant Professor of Finance/Accounting, Spring 2007-Summer 2008
 
TRAINING WORKSHOP 
Interoperable Mobile Computing (Invited Meeting), Arizona State University, Feb 2012
SAP Curriculum Congress, March 10-12 2011, Monterrey, CA 
IS Security in Computing (2005), Las Vegas 
MIS Quarterly’s New Author Workshop, December 2005 
Doctoral Consortium (2005), Decision Sciences Institute 34th Annual Meeting
Mini Doctoral Consortium (2005), Big XII IS symposium, University of Oklahoma   
SAP R/3 Workshop (2004), hosted by SAP AG
Oracle and Developer Certification Course (2000), conducted by APTECH Ltd. (6 months)
 
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM)
Association of Information Systems (AIS)
Decision Science Institute (DSI)
Midwest Association of Information Systems (MWAIS)
Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS)
AWARDS
Outstanding Instruction (2006), Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University 
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Associate Award (2005), Oklahoma State University 
Phillip Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (2005), Oklahoma State University
MSIS Department Nominee for ICIS (2005) Doctoral Consortium
2nd Best Article at 5thBAAN – University Synergy Program Conference
Employee Appreciation and Tenure Award (2001), Oklahoma State University