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PhD core courses are taught by tenured faculty. The group meets regularly to integrate topics between PhD courses and to relate current business phenomena to academic concepts. They also discuss PhD program strategy and publishing opportunities.
Offices for the core faculty are located in the Information Systems Department within the Hankamer School of Business, right off the John Graham Jones Student Center.
Ferguson Professor of Information Systems, Director PhD in IS Program
View Full ProfileDorothy Leidner
Ferguson Professor of Information Systems
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- PhD, University of Texas - Austin
- MBA, University of Texas - Austin
- BA, University of Texas - Austin
- Dorothy is the Ferguson Professor of Information Systems at Baylor University and the Director of the PhD program in Information Systems, the only doctorate offered in the school of business. She holds an appointment as a visiting professor at the University of Lund, Sweden. During the summer, she also serves as a visiting professor at the University of Mannheim, Germany. She became AIS Fellow in 2011.
Dr. Leidner's most cited research has been on the topics of knowledge management, virtual teams, and the use of IT in education. According to scholar.google.com, there are over 20,000 citations to Dr. Leidner's research. She has given invited seminars and presentations at more than 50 universities around the world. Her current research projects focus on IS strategy, social media use in organizations, and the role of IS in crisis response.
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- Phone: 254-710-3493
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Assistant Director, PhD in Information Systems Program
View Full ProfileDebra Burleson
Assistant Director, PhD in Information Systems Program
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- PhD, Texas Tech University
- M.Ed, Texas Tech University
- BBA, Baylor University
- Debra instructs on communication in business based on theory, effective style, and the strategic approach to documents in the workplace. Information technology support of business research and reporting is also included. Her research focus has been on the perceptions of communication in the medical field.
Contact
- Phone: 254-710-4752
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Associate Professor of Information Systems
View Full ProfileJohn Carlson
Associate Professor of Information Systems
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- Ph.D., Florida State University
- MBA, University of Oklahoma
- BSEE, University of Oklahoma
- John teaches desktop and mobile app development and has a longstanding interest in the impacts of software design on users and organizations. Research interests include the effects of computer-mediation on communication, decision-making, and workplace deception as well as the effects of social networking in the organization.
Contact
- Phone: 254-710-4604
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Associate Professor of Information Systems
View Full ProfileHope Koch
Associate Professor of Information Systems
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- PhD, Texas A&M University
- MBA, Baylor University
- BBA, University Mary Hardin-Baylor
- Hope instructs on research that impacts business and society. Students in her qualitative II doctoral seminar design and execute qualitative research projects which are published in journals and conference proceedings. Her most recent research is the next generation of IT employees and how organizations can leverage new technologies like social networking.
Contact
- Phone: 254-710-4071
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Professor of Information Systems
View Full ProfileRobin Wakefield
Professor of Information Systems
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- PhD, University of Mississippi
- MTA, University of Mississippi
- BS, Southwest Baptist University
- Robin teaches advanced business analytics research methodology and likes guiding the PhD students through the research process. Her interests are in quantitative methods including PLS, covariance-based SEM, decision trees, network analysis, and neural networks. Her research interests are information security and social media.
Contact
- Phone: 254-710-4240
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Professor of Information Systems
View Full ProfileStacie Petter
Professor of Information Systems
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- PhD, Georgia State University
- MBA, Georgia State University
- BS, Berry College
- Stacie teaches Business Analytics for Decision Making, which is an introductory business analytics course for graduate students. Her research interests include impacts of information systems, software project management, and research methods. She is currently the Region 1 Representative for the Association for Information Systems.
Contact
- Phone: (254) 710-4239
