AIS Introduces New Cohort of Distinguished Members

AIS is pleased to introduce 40 new AIS Distinguished Members in the first cohort of 2021.  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.

Applications are due May 1 and November 1 of each year and may be submitted online at https://aisnet.org/page/distinguishedmember. Self-nominations are permitted.

AIS Distinguished Members having earned the designation in 2021 will be recognized at Member Connect at ICIS 2021 in December. 

Deborah Armstrong, Florida State University*

Indranil Bardhan, The University of Texas at Austin*

Roman Beck, IT University of Copenhagen*

Jose Benitez, Rennes School of Business, Rennes, France*

Alexander Benlian, Technische Universität - Darmstadt

Tina Blegind Jensen, Copenhagen Business School

Jacqueline Corbett, Université Laval*

Gurpreet Dhillon, University of North Texas*

Alexandre Graeml, Federal University of Technology - Parana (UTFPR)*

Andrew Hardin, University of Nevada, Las Vegas*

Traci Hess, University of Massachusetts Amherst*

Kai-Lung Hui, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology*

Yujong Hwang, DePaul University*

Marta Indulska, University of Queensland*

Ashish Kumar Jha, Trinity College Dublin

Richard Johnson, Washington State University*

Julie Kendall, Rutgers University*

Kenneth Kendall, Rutgers University*

Harris Kyriakou, IESE Business School

Gene Moo Lee, University of British Columbia

Jan Marco Leimeister, University of St. Gallen*

Eleanor Loiacono, College of William and Mary*

Haibing Lu, Santa Clara University

Yoshimasa Masuda, Carnegie Mellon University / Keio University

Victor Wacham A. Mbarika, East Carolina University and The ICT University. *

Shastri Nimmagadda, Curtin University

Fay Cobb Payton, North Carolina State University*

Liangfei Qiu, University of Florida

Sudha Ram, University of Arizona*

Cindy Riemenschneider, Baylor University*

Lionel Robert, University of Michigan*

Guillermo Rodriguez Abitia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico*

Frantz Rowe, Université de Nantes*

Lazar Rusu, Stockholm University

Shirish C. Srivastava, HEC Paris*

Glenn Stewart, QUT

Ali Sunyaev, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)*

James Thong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology*

Jaime Windeler, University of Cincinnati

Sam Zaza, Middle Tennessee State University