Elena Karahanna


Service

Professional Service

Editorial Appointments

Senior Editor

  • Information Systems Research (2008-2012)
  • Journal of AIS (2004-2007)
  • MIS Quarterly (2004-2007)

Associate Editor

  • Information Systems Research (2004-2005)
  • Management Science (2007-present)
  • MIS Quarterly (2001-2004)

Editorial Board

  • European Journal of Information Systems (2003-2005)
  • IEEE Transaction on Engineering Management (2003-2007)
  • Journal of AIS (2002-2004)
  • International Journal of Information Systems and Management (IJISAM – Taiwan)
  • Computer Personnel (1995-2000)

Special Issue Editor

  • Special issue of IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management on IS Leadership (2006) (with Rick Watson)
  • Special issue of MISQ Executive on “New IS Leadership Roles in a Digital World” (2012) (with Omar El Sawy and Varun Grover)
  • Special issue of MIS Quarterly on “The Role of Information Systems and Analytics in Chronic Disease Prevention and Management” (2017-2018) (with Indranil Bardhan and Hsinchun Chen)
  • Special Issue of the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science on “The Future of Technology and Marketing” (2019) (with Dhruv Grewal, John Hulland, and Praveen Kopalle)
  • Special Issue of Journal of Management Information Systems on “Information Technology to Foster Mental Health” (with Corey Angst, Alan Dennis, and Gondy Leroy)

Other Professional Service

  • Information Systems Research, EIC Search Committee, 2016.
  • IEEE-WIE Women Leadership Summit 2016, Planning Committee
  • International Conference for Smart Health (ICSH), Conference Co-Chair, 2017.
  • Academic Advisory Board, University of Cyprus MBA Program, 2018-

    International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS)

  • Co-founder (with Rick Watson) of the Senior Scholars Consortium (2004)
  • ICIS 2020 Program Co-Chair
  • ICIS 2019, Track Co-Chair, General Topics Track 
  • ICIS Doctoral Consortium Reunion (Co-Chair), 2018-

  • ICIS Conference Program Task Force (Chair), 2016
  • ICIS Program Chairs Committee (Chair), 2016-2017
  • ICIS Doctoral Student Corner, Mentor, 2015, 2016
  • ICIS 2016, Mid-Career Faculty Consortium Mentor, Dublin, Ireland
  • ICIS Executive Committee (2013-2015, 2019-)
  • ICIS Site Advisory Committee (2014-2015)
  • ICIS 2014 Program Co-Chair, New Zealand.
  • ICIS 2015, Mid-Career Faculty Consortium Mentor, Fort Worth, Texas
  • ICIS 2014, Junior Faculty Consortium Faculty, Auckland, New Zealand
  • ICIS 2013, Track Co-Chair, General Topics Track (with Ananth Srinivasan & Bernard Tan)
  • ICIS 2013, Doctoral Consortium Faculty, Milan Italy.
  • ICIS 2009, Associate Editor, Culture and IS Track
  • ICIS 2007, Junior Faculty Consortium Faculty, Montreal, Canada
  • ICIS 2005, Doctoral Consortium Faculty, Las Vegas, NV
  • ICIS 2005, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014  Senior Scholar Consortium Participant, Las Vegas, NV, Montreal Canada, Paris, France
  • ICIS 2004, Senior Scholar Consortium Co-chair, Washington, DC
  • ICIS 2001, Program Committee, New Orleans, LA
  • ICIS 2000, Tutorial Co-chair, Brisbane, Australia
  • ICIS 1999, Program Committee, Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Session Chair and Discussant at several ICIS

   Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS)

  • Co-founder (with Sandy Slaughter) of the Doctoral Student Corner (2014)
  • AMCIS Doctoral Consortium Co-Chair, Americas Conference on Information Systems, 2023, Panama-City, Panama.
  • AMCIS Doctoral Consortium Co-Chair, Americas Conference on Information Systems, 2014, Savannah, GA.
  • AMCIS Doctoral Student Corner, Mentor, 2014, 2015, 2016
  • AMCIS 2016, Doctoral Consortium Faculty, San Diego, CA
  • AMCIS 2015, Doctoral Consortium Faculty, Puerto Rico
  • AMCIS 2013, Doctoral Consortium Faculty, Chicago, IL
  • AMCIS 2012, MIS Camp Counselor, Seattle, WA
  • AMCIS 2003, 2004, 2005, Track Chair IS Leadership Track

 European Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS)  

  • Conference Co-Chair, European Conference on Information Systems, 2024, Cyprus.

 

Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems (MCIS)

  • Conference Co-Chair, Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems, 2016, Cyprus.
  • Conference Co-Chair, Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems, 2011, Cyprus.
  • Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems 2010, Track Chair, Health Informatics, Tel-Aviv Israel

   Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS)

  • PACIS 2019, Doctoral Consortium Faculty, Xi’an, China
  • PACIS 2016, Doctoral Consortium Faculty, Taiwan
  • PACIS 2013, Doctoral Consortium Faculty, Jeju, S. Korea

   Association for Information Systems (AIS)

  • AIS Conference Reviewing Systems Assessment Task Force (2017)
  • AIS ScholarOne Task Force (2016)
  • Association for Information Systems (AIS), Conference Advisory Committee (2014-2015)
  • AIS Best Paper Award Reviewer (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
  • AIS Doctoral Student Service Award Committee (2015-2017)
  • AIS Bylaws-Constitution Committee

   Special Interest Group on IS Leadership (SIGLead)

  • Co-founder of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) Special Interest Group on IS Leadership (SIGLead).
  • Co-chair (with Rick Watson) of SIGLead IS Leadership Conference, UGA, April 2004.
  • Co-chair SIGLead 2002 and 2003 ICIS meetings

   INFORMS Information System Society 

  • INFORMS ISS Inaugural Paper Development Workshop Organizing Committee, 2023
  • INFORMS ISS Distinguished Fellow Award Selection Committee, 2023
  • INFORMS ISS Gordon Davis Early Career Award Selection Committee, 2022
  • INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST 2022) – Best Paper Selection Committee
  • INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST 2016), Best Paper and Best Student Paper Awards, Judge
  • INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST 2002) – Program Committee
  • INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST 2003)- Program Committee

  Other Conference Involvement

  • IEEE-WIE Women Leadership Summit 2016, Panel Chair “Paths and Strategies to Successful Academic Careers”
  • Co-chair (with Omar El Sawy and Varun Grover) of SIM Academic Workshop on New IS Leadership Roles in a Digital World, St. Louis, MO, December 2010.
  • Academy of Management 2017, OCIS Division, Doctoral Consortium Faculty, Atlanta, GA
  • Academy of Management 2006, OCIS Division, Doctoral Consortium Faculty, Atlanta, GA
  • DIGIT 2000, 2001, and 2002 Panel Coordinator
  • International Symposium for Information Systems, 2006 and 2007, Program Committee, Hyderabad, India
  • Session Chair and Discussant at several Academy of Management Conferences.

   Other

  • Fulbright Senior Specialists Program Discipline Peer Review Committee (2003-2005)
  • Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC) Grant Proposal External Referee (2003; 2009; 2010; 2011, 2012)
  • Board of Directors Centaur Labs (The Collaboration for Excellence in Network Testing, Analysis and Unique Research Lab) 2002-2003.