Expertise

Areas of Expertise

  • Collaboration Technologies, Priming Nonconscious Cognition, Data Communications, The Internet

My research focuses on fake news on social media, AI agents, team collaboration, and the Internet.

My teaching focuses on research methods, and data communications and networking.

My primary research focus is on information technologies that enable teams to work more effectively and efficiently, whether in the same room at the same time or as virtual teams spread across the Internet.

My second research area is fake news.

My third area of research is how humans respond to AI agents.

My final area of focus is designing technology for the subconscious (behavioral economics).

Affiliations

Professor, Internet Systems
2000 - current

John T. Chambers Chair, Internet Systems
2000 - current

Professor, Information Systems Program, Department of Operations and Decision Technologies, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University Bloomington

Communities
Management Information Systems, Information Science/Systems
Degrees
PhD, University of Arizona, Business Administration, 1991
MA, Queen's University, Business Administration, 1984
BS, Acadia University, Computer Science, 1982
Keywords
information science or systems internet or world wide web (www)
Honors

Research Excellence Award, Kelley School of Business, 2002

Ranked 7th in the world in MIS research productivity (P. Beckman and A. Forsman, “Kevin Bacon, Degrees-of-Separation, and MIS Research Productivity,” Proceedings of the 35th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2002)

Recognized as an author of two 'classic' articles in Information Systems by K. A. Walstrom and L. N. K. Leonard based on an analysis of citations from 1986-1995 ('Citation Classics from the Information Systems Literature', Information and Management, (38)

Ranked 2nd in the world in groupware research productivity (Pervan, G.P. 'A Review of Research in Group Support Systems: Leaders, Approaches, and Directions,' Decision Support Systems, 23: 2, 1998, 149-159.)