Education
Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from Washington State University
M.B.A (with a focus in Marketing) from University of Cincinnati
B.A. from Calcutta University, India

Courses
Emergent Technologies and Management Information Systems at the MBA

Research Interests
Globally-distributed teams
IT-enabled value creation within inter-firm collaboration
Ethical behavior within firms

Research and Publications

Articles/Papers Published:

• Article (Refereed journal): "Exploring Value Co-Creation in Relationships between an ERP Vendor and its Partners: A Revelatory Case Study," MIS Quarterly, Conditional Acceptance, 2012
• Article (Refereed journal): "Offshore Vendors' Software Development Team Configurations: Preliminary Findings from an Exploratory Study," Journal of Global Information Management (JGIM), Forthcoming, 2011
• Article (Refereed journal): "Path to Stardom in Globally Distributed Hybrid Teams: An Examination of a Knowledge-Centered Perspective using Social Network Analysis," Decision Sciences, Forthcoming, 2011
• Article (Refereed journal): "Revisiting the Role of Trust and Communication in Globally-Distributed Teams: A Social Network Analysis Perspective," Journal of MIS (JMIS), Forthcoming, 2011
• Article (Refereed journal): "An Alternative to Methodological Individualism: A 'Non-Reductionist' Approach to Studying Technology Adoption by Groups," MIS Quarterly, 2010
• Article (Refereed journal): "Examining the Role of the Communication Channel Interface and Recipient Characteristics on Knowledge Internatlization: A Pragmatist View," IEEE Transactions (TPC), 2010
• Article (Refereed journal): "The Impact of the Nature of Globally Distributed Work Arrangement on Work-Life Conflict and Valence: The Indian GSD Professionals' Perspective," European Journal of Information Systems, 2010
• Article (Refereed journal): "Unearthing the Process of Requirements Elicitation: A Grounded Approach," Journal of the AIS (JAIS), 2010
• Article (Refereed journal): "Media Effects on Group Collaboration: An Empirical Examination in an Ethical Decision Making Context," Decision Sciences, 2010
• Article (Refereed journal): "Mapping the Need for Mobile Collaboration Technologies: A Fit Perspective," International Journal of e-Collaboration, Forthcoming, 2010
• Article (Refereed conference proceedings): "Interpreting a Case of IT Offshore Insourcing: A Work-Life Balance Perspective," Academy of Management Conference, 2010
• Article (Refereed journal): "Trends in Mobile Computing within the IS Discipline 2000-2009: A 10-Year Retrospective," Communications of the AIS, 2010
• Article (Refereed journal): "Examining the Success Factors for Mobile Work in healthcare: A Deductive Study," Decision Support Systems, 2009
• Article (Refereed conference proceedings): "Exploring Work-Life Conflict in Global Software Development (GSD) Contexts: A Survey of IT Professionals based in India," Proceedings of International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Phoenix, AZ, 2009
• Article (Refereed journal): "Seeing remote members as leaders: A study of US-Scandinavian collaboration teams," IEEE Transactions (TPC), 2009
• Article (Refereed journal): "Understanding Risk-taking Behavior of Groups: A Decision Analysis Perspective," Decision Support Systems, 2009
• Article (Refereed journal): "Assessing the Relative Contribution of the Facets of Agility to Distributed ISD Success: An Analytic Hierarchy Process Approach," European Journal of Information Systems, 2009
• Article (Refereed journal): "Exploring Agility in Distributed Information Systems Development (ISD) Teams: An Interpretive Study in an Offshoring Context," Information Systems Research, 2009

Academic Experience

• Assistant Professor, Washington State University, 2002-2008
• Teaching Assistant, Washington State University, 1998-2002

Professional Experience

• Learning Tree International (in Washington D.C.)
• Strategic Decisions, Inc. (in Cincinnati)
• South African Airways (in India)
• Serving as the Principal Investigator of a large National Science Foundation Grant that was awarded to study work-life balance in globally-distributed software development teams.

Part-time and Consulting Engagements

• Association for Faculty Women, President
• IMT Ghaziabad, Visiting Associate Professor
• MIS Quarterly, Guest Associate Editor
• Washington State University Strategic Planning Committee, Member
• Washington State University Faculty Senate, Member
• BETA GAMMA SIGMA, Coordinator
• Calcutta Business School (http://www.calcuttabusinessschool.org), Visiting Professor
• International Conference on Information Systems, Associate Editor
• Department of Information Systems, Ph.D. Program Coordinator
• HICSS, Minitrack Co-chair
• ICIS 2003, Exhibit Co-Chair

Achievements and Awards

• Dean's Fellow , College of Business, WSU , 2011
• Summer Research Grant , College of Business, WSU , 2011
• Outstanding Faculty Research Award , College of Business, WSU , 2010
• Dean's Fellow , College of Business, WSU , 2010
• PI, National Science Foundation Grant , VOSS Program, NSF , 2009
• Dean's Fellow , College of Business, WSU , 2009
• Granted Tenure and Promoted to Associate Professor , Washington State University , 2008
• Huber Research Innovation Grant , WSU , 2007
• Best Research Paper Award , SIGHCI Pre-ICIS Workshop , 2006
• International Business Institute Research Grant , IBI, WSU , 2005
• International Business Institute Research Grant , IBI, WSU , 2004
• Teaching Innovation Grant , CBE , 2004
• CBE Outstanding Graduate Student for Research Award , WSU , 2000
• BETA GAMMA SIGMA , WSU , 2000