Dr. ROBERTO J. MEJIAS, Ph.D.
Dept. of Management Information Systems

Eller College of Management
The University of Arizona

EDUCATION:

Ph.D., Management Information Systems (University of Arizona), Dec., 1995 
C.I.E., Industrial Engineering Certification in Production and Manufacturing (IBM), 1985
M.S., Production Management and Org. Theory (University of Arizona), 1980 
B.S., (Cum Laude), Business Administration and Production Management (University of Arizona),1978

BRIEF CURRICULUM VITAE:

Dr. Roberto J. Mejias is currently a member of the Teaching Faculty in the Dept. of Management Information Systems (MIS) in the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona. Dr. Mejias teaches at the Undergraduate, Exec MBA and Evening MBA levels. 

Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Arizona, Dr. Mejias was a Visiting Clinical Professor of Information Systems in the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University-Bloomington where he taught at the MBA/Acc, MBA, and MS-IS programs. Previously, Dr. Mejias was an Assistant Professor of Information Systems at the Krannert Graduate School of Management at Purdue University.

Dr. Mejias received his B.S. ( cum laude ), and M.S. degrees in Business Administration, Production Management, and Organizational Behavior, and his Ph.D. in Management Information Systems (MIS) from the University of Arizona in December, 1995. The University of Arizona 's MIS program has been ranked as one of the top five MIS departments in the U.S. for the past sixteen years ( U.S. News & World Report, 2005 ).

Dr. Mejias' teaching interests are in the areas of Principles of Information Technology (MBA, MBA/Acc, and Executive MBA level ), Electronic Commerce (EC) Infrastructure / Architecture International Topics in Information Technology, and E -Commerce Information Security / Internet Cyberterrorism.

While a professor at Purdue University, Dr. Mejias was awarded the Purdue, Krannert School of Management, "Outstanding Teacher of the Year" (2002), and was the "Runner-Up Outstanding Teacher of the Year" (2003), and has been cited on the MBA Distinguished Teacher List (2001,2004). Dr. Mejias is the first U.S. Hispanic-American Professor of MIS at the Krannert School of Management at Purdue. Dr. Mejias is currently a member of CEER (Center for E-Business Education and Research), CIBER (Center for International Business and Education and Research), HSI (Homeland Security Institute) , and CERIAS (Center for Education and Research Information Assurance and Security).

Dr. Mejias' research interests are in the structural equation modeling (SEM) of human computer interaction (HCI) particularly, the impact of computer mediated communication (CMC) technology such as Group Support Systems (GSS) upon organizational and individual productivity, performance, satisfaction, and consensus levels. Additional research interests are in the areas of cyber-terrorism, information security,  the international applications of computer technology, E-Commerce infrastructure, and E-commerce website user satisfaction. Dr. Mejias has undertaken extensive GSS field research in Monterrey , Mexico and Hong Kong and international IT research in South America ( Argentina , Brazil , Uruguay , and Paraguay ). He has published his research in the Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS) , the Communications of the ACM (CACM) , the Journal of Global Information Technology Management Journal (JIGTM), the Journal of Information Technology Management , (JITM), the Journal of Global Marketing, (JGM), and the Journal of Small Group Research (SGR) in addition to foreign journal publications. Dr. Mejias was recently named to the Decision Sciences Journal Editorial Review Board.

Dr. Mejias has been a member of Society of Hispanic Engineers (SHPE), the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), Decision Science Institute (DSI), Human Factors Society (HFS) (Engineering ergonomics), Association for Information Systems (AIS), Academy of International Business (AIB) associate, Institute for Operations Research and the Mgmt. Sciences (INFORMS), American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS).

While a professor at the University of Oklahoma (OU), (1995-2000), Dr. Mejias provided faculty support for the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) and was the faculty advisor for the OU Hispanic Business Student Association (HBSA), and the Native American Business Students (NABS). Dr. Mejias was awarded several competitive grants to conduct cross-cultural research in Mexico (1996) and Hong Kong (1997) and received the 1996 and 1997 American Brands International Research Award from OU's Price College of Business. In 1996, he also received OU's Presidential International Travel Fellowship to conduct international IT research in Monterrey , Mexico and Hong Kong . Dr. Mejias was also one of only 24 professors at the University of Oklahoma to receive the OU Junior Faculty Competitive Research Program Fellow to conduct international IT research.

While at OU, Dr. Mejias also received nine teaching excellence and teaching recognition awards. These awards are: the Hurley Roberson Award for Teaching Excellence (1996), the Advancia Award for Teaching Excellence in MIS (1997), Delta Sigma Pi Professor of the Year (1998), the OU BP-AMOCO Teaching Excellence Award (1999), OU Student Business Association, Faculty Member of the Year (1999), the OU Price College of Business, MIS Faculty Member of the Year (1999) Delta Sigma Pi Professor of the Year (2000), and the University of Oklahoma Student Association 2000 Professor of the Year . Dr. Mejias was also selected for inclusion into the 1998 edition of Who's Who Among America 's Teachers, and the 2003 Who's Who in America,

While at the University of Arizona's, Department of Management Information Systems, Dr. Mejias was the first Hispanic-American to complete a Ph.D. in Management Information Systems. He was named the 1992 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year , and the 1993 and 1994 Outstanding Teacher of the Year by the College of Business and Public Administration (BPA) Student Council. He has been the only U of Arizona graduate teaching assistant to receive such a recognition for two years in a row. Dr. Mejias received several teaching and research fellowships while at the University of Arizona in addition to one of only ten, U.S. Dept. of Education (DOE) Research Dissertation Fellowships granted to the University of Arizona (1995). Dr. Mejias was also the 1995 finalist for the University of Arizona Centennial Award for the Outstanding Minority Doctoral Student.

Dr. Roberto J. Mejias is a fourth generation U.S. citizen from a pioneer Spanish and Mexican Arizona family in Tucson, Arizona . Dr. Mejias speaks fluent Spanish and has partial fluency in Italian and Portuguese. Dr. Mejias has ten years of professional industry experience with the IBM Corporation as an industrial engineer, manufacturing support engineer, time-motion engineer, I.E. manpower planner, and HR college recruiter. Dr. Mejias also has two years work experience in the public and governmental sector (U.S. Dept. of Commerce).

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Last updated: 8 Nov. 2006