Merrill Warkentin
is Professor of Management Information Systems (MIS)
in the College of Business & Industry at
Mississippi State University.
He is also a member of the Research Faculty of MSU's
Center for Computer Security Research.
Professor Warkentin has served as a consultant and advisor to
numerous companies and organizations,
and has been a featured speaker at over one hundred
industry association meetings, executive development seminars, and academic conferences.
He has been a Lecturer at the Army Logistics Management College
and since 1996, he has served as National Distinguished Lecturer for the
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
He won the Organizational Leadership Award from IRMA in 1998.
Dr. Warkentin has been the recipient of several research grants (some as PI), and has also won numerous professional honors.
For details, please see MSU's
MISWeb.
He has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in electronic commerce,
systems analysis and design, database management, decision support systems,
information resource management, electronic research methods, and other
information systems related subjects.
At Northeastern University, Dr. Warkentin designed and directed the
Graduate Certificate in Strategic Internet Management
as well as the undergraduate curriculum in eCommerce
("Electronic Commerce major").
At three institutions, Professor Warkentin has earned recognition for his teaching.
In 1999, the members of Northeastern University's
Chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, the honor society for Business Administration,
voted Professor Warkentin as one of the Top Ten "Best Teachers of the Year"
(out of over 120 professors and instructors), the only member of his department so honored.
Dr. Warkentin is a member of Association for Information Systems (AIS),
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM),
Decision Sciences Institute (DSI),
Information Resources Management Association (IRMA),
Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS), and
International Association for Computer Information Systems (IACIS).
Professor Warkentin holds BA, MA, and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
His website is MISProfessor.com,
and he can be reached at mwarkentin@acm.org.
Details of his professional accomplishments are recorded on MSU's
MISWeb.
| Dr. Merrill Warkentin Professor of MIS Dept of Management & Information Systems College of Business & Industry P.O. Box 9581 Mississippi State University MS STATE, MS 39762-9581 USA |
Email: mwarkentin@acm.org URL: http://www.MISProfessor.com Phone: (662) 325-3928 (department) Phone: (662) 325-1955 (direct) FAX: (309) 422-3608 (direct) Office Location: 3103 McCool Hall |
Ph.D., Management Information Systems (MIS), 1986
University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL),
Lincoln, NE
College of Business Administration
Dissertation title:
Geographically-Referenced Information for Decision Support (GRIDS):
A Study of Spatial Decision Support Environments
(dissertation advisor: Professor Kenneth E. Kendall)
Postdoc Seminar: “The Art & Craft of Discussion Leadership,” Harvard Business School, 1996.
M.A., Economics, UNL, 1983
University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL),
Lincoln, NE
College of Business Administration
B.A., Economics, UNL, 1981
University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL),
Lincoln, NE
Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
Management & Information Systems Department
College of Business & Industry
Professor of MIS, July 2003 to present
Associate Professor of MIS, August 2001 to June 2003
Northeastern University, Boston, MA
MIS Area, Management Science Group,
College of Business Administration
Associate Professor of MIS, Sept 1994 to Aug 2001
MIS Area Coordinator
Joseph G. Riesman Research Professor
Director of undergraduate and graduate eCommerce programs
Warkentin & Associates
Strategic Technology Research and Systems Consulting
President, 1983 to present
Bryant University, Smithfield, RI
Department of Computer Information Systems
Director, Center for Applied Information Technology Research
Associate Professor of CIS, Sept 1992 to Aug 1994
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Department of Decision Sciences and MIS
College of Business Administration, now the School of Management
Co-Director, Center for Business Expert Systems Research
Assistant Professor of MIS, Jan 1987 to Aug 1992
Doane College, Crete, NE
Computer Science Department
Instructor, Fall 1986
University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), Lincoln, NE
Management Department, College of Business Administration
Instructor, Summer 1986
University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), Lincoln, NE
Bureau of Business Research, College of Business Administration
Research Associate, Sept 1983 to Aug 1986
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
(UNL), Lincoln, NE
Economics Department,
College of Business Administration
Research Assistant and Instructor, September 1981 to August 1983
Merrill Warkentin has also held positions in retail management, data processing control, and sales management (details available upon request).
