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Isenberg’s Monideepa Tarafdar Named AIS Fellow

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Monideepa Tarafdar
Monideepa Tarafdar

Monideepa Tarafdar, Charles J. Dockendorff Endowed Professor in Information Systems in the Isenberg School of Management, has been named an AIS Fellow by the Association for Information Systems.

The AIS Fellow Award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the information systems discipline in research, teaching, and service. The fellow is also expected to have made significant global contributions to the information systems discipline as well as outstanding local contributions in the context of their country and region.

Tarafdar, a world leader in her field who has published many influential papers concerning the positive and negative impacts of modern technology use and artificial intelligence, was awarded the fellowship on Dec. 15 at the International Conference on Information Systems in Bangkok, Thailand.

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“Being an AIS Fellow is a recognition of the cool topics that we, as professors of information systems, study and teach,” says Tarafdar, who was appointed editor-in-chief of the Journal of AIS in July. “It’s also an exciting reminder of the huge opportunity and responsibility we face as we make sense of how technologies such as AI affect every aspect of our work and personal lives.

“I’ve been fortunate to have studied and written about such topics,” adds Tarafdar, who began teaching at UMass Amherst in 2021 and serves as the Information Systems doctoral program coordinator. “I’m also happy that my students, colleagues in the information systems discipline, and collaborators from the world of practice and policy have found my work impactful.”

More information about the AIS Fellow Award can be found on the AIS website.