AIS Early Career Award

About the Award

The AIS Early Career Award was established in 2014 and was granted for the first time in 2015. This award recognizes individuals in the early stages of their careers who have already made outstanding research, teaching, and/or service contributions to the field of information systems.

Qualifications for the Award

Nominees for the AIS Early Career Award should have made global contributions to the discipline as well as local contributions in the context of their country and region. Nominees should be role models to colleagues and students within the discipline, as well as garner the respect of individuals from outside the discipline and be esteemed for their high levels of professional and personal integrity.

Nominees must have been AIS members for at least two consecutive years and be current members of AIS at the time of nomination and receipt of recognition. Individuals may only win the Early Career Award once. For the purpose of this award, AIS defines “early career” as individuals who, at the time of nomination:

• have received their doctoral degrees no more than seven (7) years prior to nomination; OR
• be within the first seven (7) consecutive years of their academic career if they do not have a doctoral degree.

2018 Winners:

• Brad Greenwood, University of Minnesota
• Kevin Hong, Arizona State University
• Thomas Kude, ESSEC Business School
• Mari-Klara Stein, Copenhagen Business School
• Lynn Wu, University of Pennsylvania
• David (Jingjun) Xu, City University of Hong Kong

2017 Winners:

• Gordon Burtch, University of Minnesota

• Jeffrey Jenkins, Brigham Young University

• Aaron Baird, Georgia State University

• Jaime Windeler, University of Cincinnati

• Alvin Leung, City University of Hong Kong

2016 Winners:

• Robert Gregory, IESE Business School
• Michelle Carter, Washington State University
• Daniel Schlagwein, UNSW Australia
• John Tripp, Baylor University

2015 Winners:

• Greg Moody, University of Nevada Las Vega
• James Gaskin, Brigham Young University
• Jennifer Gerow, Virginia Military Institute 
• Attila Marton, Copenhagen Business School
• Ning Su, University of Western Ontario 

AIS Early Career Award Committee

The Early Career Award committee is comprised of AIS members as established in the Council Policy Manual. Current committee members include:

• Chair: Ryan Wright, University of Virginia (term ends June 30, 2020)
  
• Kevin Hong, Arizona State University (term ends June 30, 2021)
• Alvin Leung, City University of Hong Kong (term ends June 30, 2021)
• Attila Marton, Copenhagen Business School (term ends June 30, 2021)

The Selection Process

A description of the nomination and selection process can be found in Council Policy. To submit a nomination for this award, please use the online nomination form that will be available on August 1.

If you have any questions about this award, please contact the Early Career Award chairman, Suzanne Rivard.