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This week, I had to eat my own dog food. Last week, I posted about what I learned from having papers rejected. The next day, a rejection...

A few people have asked what is my favorite journal list? It's a question that popped up since I posted about journal lists, my antipathy...

Rejection is a tough part of every academic life. This past week, I received a text message from a junior colleague, an email from a...

What better way to spend a Thursday morning? Then spending it debating the Darkside of Digitization with Daniel J Veit and his students...

I am delighted to accept an invitation to serve on the editorial advisory board of Decision Support Systems. DSS is recognized as a top 5...

The first year in Ph.D. programs can be confusing. When recruited to a Ph.D. program, you are told that you are elite - one of a chosen...

Going on the academic job market is a funny thing. You are expected to make life-altering decisions after a short campus visit. And...

About a year ago, a couple of students asked if I would be interested in working on their projects. When I agreed to collaborate, I did...

Great to see Sebastian Hermes and Maximilian Schreieck present our work on which digital platforms require more regulation than others as...

Recently, a senior scholar asked me for job search advice. While my friend had coached Ph.D. students on a first job search, they asked,...

Academics often struggle with #worklifeconflict - especially during winter & summer breaks. Many (including me) can't seem to set down...

Congratulations to Maung Sein for being named an AIS Fellow. Maung was named a Fellow for many reasons - his scholarship, his ideas, and...

Congratulations to Alok Gupta for being named an AIS LEO for a lifetime of career achievement! Alok's commendation cites many of his...

Congratulations to Manju Ahuja! For being named as AIS Fellow. Manju was one of the first people to mentor me in the Information Systems...

It’s the time where Ph.D. students on the job market start recieving offers. Some students have delusions of grandeur - expecting low...

Sparked by Black Lives Matter & more, ICIS held a town hall to discuss diversity in the Information Systems discipline. I learned three...

Changing universities is always a challenge - you have to retool and build new teams - the best surprise about Temple has been how...

Kudos to Alok Gupta for taking on a tough issue. He called for everyone to take a more sensitive approach to #diversity and to listen to...

While serving as an Association president, a member asked what was I going to do? About two famous scholars? Notorious for making sexual...

When I was a young person, we lived in an academic world of peaks & valleys. Some academics lived at the peak - at elite schools - having...