Service

Dr. Yu (Audrey) Zhao
Associate Professor of
Management Information Systems


Zhao

Professional Service

Academic Conference: Moderator / Facilitator

  • 2013: Decision Sciences Institute (International).

Chair: Conference / Track / Program

  • 2019: Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Maui, Hawaii. I was a session chair of the track "E-Learning, Online Training, and Education" at the 52nd HICSS conference.
Reviewer - Article / Manuscript
  • 2019 – 2020: Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education. I reviewed a manuscript under review by Decision Sciences Journal of Innovation Education in July 2019. And then I was invited to review the revised manuscript in Nov 2019.
  • 2019: Information Technology and Management. I was invited to review a manuscript under consideration by Information Technology and Management.
  • 2015: International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) (International).
  • 2014: Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (International).
  • 2014: Journal of Systems Research and Behavioral Science (International).
  • 2013: Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) (International).

Reviewer: Ad Hoc Reviewer For a Journal

  • 2018: International Journal of Information Management. I was invited to review another article by the editor of International Journal of Information Management in August 2018.
  • 2017: International Journal of Information Management. I was invited to review one article by the associate editor of International Journal of Information Management in November 2017. I accepted the invitation and it was finished in February 2018 with two rounds of review.
  • 2017: International Journal of Information Management. I was invited by the editor of International Journal of Information Management and reviewed an article in June 2017 and then reviewed it again in October 2017.
  • 2017: International Journal of Information Management. I was invited by the editor of International Journal of Information Management and reviewed an article in June 2017 and then reviewed it again in October 2017.
  • 2015 – 2016: Information Systems Frontiers.
  • 2014 – 2015: Journal of Information Technology Theory and Application (JITTA).
Reviewer: Conference Paper
  • 2017: Americas Conference on Information Systems. I was invited and reviewed an article from AMCIS in April 2017.

Institutional Service

Department Assignments

Assurance of Learning - Institutional Service

  • 2018-2019: Representing the department to attend the Provost Kick-off table event
Faculty Advisor
  • 2016-2017: Advising junior students in course scheduling

College Assignments

Member

  • 2020-2021: Ph.D. in Information Systems Initiate Task Force
  • 2020-2021: Scholarly Activity Task Force of CoB Strategic Planning
  • 2020-2021: College of Business Strategic Planning (task force - Scholarly Activity)
  • 2019-2020: Graduate Programs
  • 2016-2017 – 2017-2018: Faculty Academic and Professional Impact Committee
  • 2016-2017 - 2017-2018: Committee on Statistics/Quantitative Analysis
  • 2016-2017 – 2017-2018: International Business Concept Development Committee
  • 2015-2016: Undergraduate Programs Committee

Mentoring Activities

  • 2015-2016 – 2017-2018: Supervising M.B.A. exit exams

University Assignments

Assurance of Learning - Institutional Service

  • 2015-2016 – 2016-2017: Security Awareness Committee

Member

  • 2020-2021: Lamar University IRB
  • 2018-2019 – 2019-2020: Larger Strategic Planning Committee
  • 2018-2019 – 2019-2020: Economic and Service Engine of Southeast Texas & Beyond
  • 2017-2018 – 2018-2019: Academic Information Technology Committee
  • 2016-2017: Academic Information Technology Committee: Service term: FALL 2016-SUMMER 2019

Other Institutional Service Activities

  • 2020: Quentin Bellard
  • Writing Student Recommendations 2018, 2017

State-Wide Assignments

  • Chair: 2019-2020: MIS Faculty Search Committee
  • Faculty Advisor: 2016-2017: Lamar University AIS Student Chapter
  • Writing Student Recommendations 2018