AIS Welcomes New Cohort of Distinguished Members

In concert with the upcoming International Conference on Information Systems, AIS is pleased to welcome 42 new colleagues to the Distinguished Member program.

The AIS Distinguished Member program recognizes members who have made a significant impact on the association. Qualifications for the designation include a minimum of five years of continuous AIS membership, service in a significant role in AIS or AIS-related activity, and at least one publication in an AIS or AIS-affiliated journal.

The Distinguished Member - Cum Laude designation is for those who exceed the requirement by holding continuous AIS membership for at least 10 years, service in a leadership role in AIS or AIS-related activity and have been published in at least four publications in an AIS or AIS-affiliated journal.

Par Agerfalk, Uppsala University*
Salman Alharthi, Umm AlQura University
Francis Andoh-Baidoo, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley*
Shamshul Bahri, University of Malaya
Aaron Baird, Georgia State University
Jose Benitez, Rennes School of Business, Rennes, France
Ricardo Buettner, Aalen University
Arturo Castellanos, Baruch College (CUNY)
Michael Chau, The University of Hong Kong
Wynne W. Chin, University of Houston*
W. Alec Cram, University of Waterloo*
Amit Deokar, University of Massachusetts Lowell*
Amany Elbanna, Royal Holloway University of London
Daniel Farkas, Pace University*
Lior Fink, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev*
Rajiv Garg, Emory University
Sumeet Gupta, Indian Institute of Management Raipur
Babita Gupta, California State University Monterey Bay*
Jonny Holmstrom, Umeå University
Kevin Hong, University of Houston
Pei-Hsuan Hsieh, National Chengchi University*
Murray Jennex, San Diego State University*
Zhenhui Jiang, The University of Hong Kong
Steven Johnson, University of Virginia*
Mary Jones, University of North Texas
Elena Karahanna, University of Georgia*
Dorothy Leidner, Baylor University*
Annette Mills, University of Canterbury, New Zealand*
Min-Seok Pang, Temple University
Adriane Randolph, Kennesaw State University*
Sandra Richardson, University of Memphis*
Rajiv Sabherwal, University of Arkansas*
Hani Safadi, University of Georgia
Ramesh Sharda, Oklahoma State University*
Thomas Stafford, Louisiana Tech*
Joseph Taylor, California State University, Sacramento
Mark Thouin, The University of Texas at Dallas*
Joseph Valacich, University of Arizona*
Jan vom Brocke, University of Liechtenstein
Nianxin Wang, JUST
RIck Watson, University of Georgia*
Jingjun (David) Xu, City University of Hong Kong*