Dr. Laurie G. Giddens
University of North Texas
Information Technology and Decision Sciences
(940) 565-2848
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Education

PhD, Baylor University, 2017.
Major: Information Systems
MS, Baylor University, 2002.
Major: Information Systems
BS, Louisiana State University Shreveport, 2001.
Major: Management and Administration

Professional Positions

Academic - Post-Secondary
Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. (August 16, 2017 – August 15, 2021).

Professional Memberships

Research Scholar Member, Global Association of Human Trafficking Scholars. (October 2023 – Present).

Responsible Research in Business and Management. (August 2020 – Present).

IFIP Working Group 8.11/11.13 on Information Systems Security Research. (October 2019 – Present).

Association for Computing Machinery SIG MIS. (April 2019 – Present).

Academy of Management. (2016 – Present).

Association for Information Systems. (August 30, 2013 – Present).

North Texas Academic Collaborative on Trafficking. (November 2021 – December 2023).

Development Activities Attended

Seminar,"AAAE/Preventing Human Trafficking Through Airports: Tips for an Effective Public Awareness Campaign," American Association of Airport Executives and Department of Homeland Security, United States of America. (November 30, 2023 – November 30, 2023).

Tutorial,"Better Writing and Less Time Grading with Packback Discussions," UNT CLEAR, Denton, TX, United States of America. (November 14, 2023 – November 14, 2023).

Conference Attendance,"Institute for Homeland Security Thought Leaders Conference," IHS at Sam Houston State University, Conroe, TX, United States of America. (October 11, 2023 – October 11, 2023).

Conference Attendance,"83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management," Academy of Management, Boston, MA, United States of America. (August 4, 2023 – August 8, 2023).

Workshop,"Developing Broader Impacts for HSI Universities Workshop," UNT VP Research and Innovation, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (April 13, 2023 – April 13, 2023).

Conference Attendance,"NSF Disruption of Illicit Supply Networks Principal Investigator Meeting," National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, United States of America. (March 27, 2023 – March 28, 2023).

Conference Attendance,"56th Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS)," University of Hawaii, Maui, HI, United States of America. (January 3, 2023 – January 6, 2023).

Seminar,"Inclusive Learning Activities," CLEAR, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (November 10, 2022 – November 10, 2022).

Seminar,"Tech for Good Rally: Collaboration to Combat Human Trafficking," Giant Oak, United States of America. (November 9, 2022 – November 9, 2022).

Seminar,"Inclusively Engaging Discussions Faculty Panel," CLEAR, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (October 20, 2022 – October 20, 2022).

Conference Attendance,"Conference to Combat Human Trafficking: Research and Technology," Trade Borders and Immigration Institute, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America. (September 20, 2022 – September 22, 2022).

Conference Attendance,"NSF Secure and Trustworthy CyberSpace Principal Investigators Meeting," National Science Foundation, Alexandria, VA, United States of America. (May 31, 2022 – June 2, 2022).

Faculty Fellowship,"DC Faculty Research Fellows Program," UNT VPRI, Denton, TX, United States of America. (January 2022 – May 2022).

Other,"Counter Human Trafficking Intelligence Operators Course," DeliverFund, Dallas, TX, United States of America. (May 16, 2022 – May 20, 2022).

Tutorial,"Engaging Students with iClicker," DSI Clear, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, United States of America. (May 10, 2022 – May 10, 2022).

Workshop,"Syllabi Review: Promoting Equity, Belonging, and Growth Mindset," University of North Texas, Denton, TX, United States of America. (April 21, 2022 – April 21, 2022).

Seminar,"Faculty Search Committee Training," University of North Texas, Denton, TX, United States of America. (April 20, 2022 – April 20, 2022).

Conference Attendance,"Resilience to Recovery, A Journey out of Human Trafficking.," University of North Texas, Denton, TX, United States of America. (April 13, 2022 – April 13, 2022).

Tutorial,"Creating Accessible Online Videos with Canvas Studio," DSI Clear, University of North Texas, TX, United States of America. (February 25, 2022 – February 25, 2022).

Workshop,"Promotion and Tenure Workshop," University of North Texas, Denton, TX, United States of America. (February 9, 2022 – February 9, 2022).

Workshop,"International Workshop on GTM Research," Association for Information Systems SIG GTM, Austin, TX, United States of America. (December 15, 2021).

Conference Attendance,"International Conference on Information Systems," Association for Information Systems, Austin, TX, United States of America. (December 11, 2021 – December 15, 2021).

Seminar,"Cracking Crypto: How to Use AI-powered OSINT to Screen for Cryptocurrency Risk," Giant Oak, United States of America. (November 16, 2021).

Seminar,"Working with Inclusive Pedagogy and Cultural Responsiveness," University of North Texas, Denton, TX, United States of America. (October 19, 2021).

Workshop,"Mentoring Luncheon Workshop," University of North Texas, Denton, TX, United States of America. (October 14, 2021).

Workshop,"Making the Leap to Large Session 7: Collaboration Across Fields and Disciplines," National Science Foundation, United States of America. (May 18, 2021).

Workshop,"Making the Leap to Large Session 6: People development," National Science Foundation, United States of America. (May 11, 2021).

Workshop,"Making the Leap to Large Session 5: Data Management," National Science Foundation, United States of America. (May 4, 2021).

Workshop,"Making the Leap to Large Session 4: Project Leadership," National Science Foundation, United States of America. (April 27, 2021).

Workshop,"Making the Leap to Large Session 3: Performance Measurement & Feeedback," National Science Foundation, United States of America. (April 20, 2021).

Workshop,"Making the Leap to Large Session 2: Stakeholder Alignment," National Science Foundation, United States of America. (April 13, 2021).

Workshop,"Making the Leap to Large Session 1: Foundations for large scale success and impact," National Science Foundation, United States of America. (April 6, 2021).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas
BCIS 3610, Basic Information Systems, 4 courses.
BCIS 4690, Information Technology Management, 7 courses.
BCIS 5700, Strategic Use of Information Technology, 3 courses.
BCIS 5900, Special Problems, 1 course.
BCIS 6950, Doctoral Dissertation, 2 courses.
DSCI 4330, Enterprise Applications of Business Intelligence/Analytics, 1 course.

Teaching at Other Institutions

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Senior Systems Project, CMIS 470, Spring 2021.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Introduction to Big Data, CMIS 352, Fall 2020.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Senior Systems Project, CMIS 470, Fall 2020.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Structured Systems Design, CMIS 470, Spring 2020.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Introduction to Big Data, CMIS 495, Fall 2019.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Structured Systems Design, CMIS 470, Fall 2019.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Structured Systems Design, CMIS 470, Spring 2019.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Structured Systems Design, CMIS 470, Fall 2018.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Database Design, CMIS 450, Spring 2018.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Information Systems for Business, CMIS 342, Spring 2018.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Information Systems for Business, CMIS 342, Fall 2017.

Baylor University, Business Intelligence, MIS 4342, Fall 2016.

Baylor University, Business Intelligence, MIS 5352, Fall 2016.

Baylor University, Introduction to Information Systems, MIS 1305, Spring 2014.

Directed Student Learning

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Chair, Information Technology and Decision Sciences. (March 2023 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Co-Chair,"Incorporating Ethics in Delegation to and from Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Information Systems," Information Technology and Decision Sciences. (March 2022 – June 2023).

Awards and Honors

Nominated for: Outstanding Graduate Instructor, Baylor University. (2017 – Present).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Abstracts and Proceedings
Gerhart, N., Torres, R. R., Giddens, L. (2023). Towards an Agile CRISP-DM Process. Proceedings of the Eighteenth Midwest Association for Information Systems Conference. https://aisel.aisnet.org/mwais2023/17/
Giddens, L., Petter, S., Sunny, C. E. (2021). Exploring the Impact of Online Abuse on IT Identity.. (3), . AISWN International Research Workshop on Women, IS and Grand Challenges 2021.. https://aisel.aisnet.org/aiswn2021/3/
Conference Proceeding
Perez, A. R., Sooksatra, K., Rivas, P., Caballero, E. Q., Turek, J. S., Bichler, G., Cerny, T., Giddens, L. G., Petter, S. (2023). An Empirical Analysis Towards Replacing Vocabulary-Rigid Embeddings by a Vocabulary-Free Mechanism. Honolulu, HI: Proceedings of the 40th International Conference on Machine Learning.
Giddens, L. G., Petter, S., Bichler, G., Rivas, P., Fullilove, M. H., Cerny, T. (2023). Navigating an Interdisciplinary Approach to Cybercrime Research. Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS).
Rivas, P., Bichler, G., Cerny, T., Giddens, L. G., Petter, S. (2022). Bottleneck-based Encoder-decoder Architecture (BEAR) for Learning Unbiased Consumer-to-Consumer Image Representations. 7. Baltimore, Maryland: Proceedings of the 39th International Conference on Machine Learning, PMLR. https://icml.cc/virtual/2022/affinity-workshop/13483
Petter, S., Giddens, L., Fullilove, M. (2020). The Challenges of Using of Information Technology to Counter Human Trafficking. Proceedings of the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS).
Giddens, L., Petter, S. (2020). They Deserved It: Using the Just World Hypothesis to Understand Victim Blaming, Apathy, and Support on Social Media. Proceedings of the 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS).
Amo, L., Giddens, L., Cichocki, D. (2019). Managerial Computer Abuse Behavior and Evaluation of Security Threats. Proceedings of the International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP) WG8.11/WG11.13, 2019 Dewald Roode Workshop on Information Systems Security Research.
Giddens, L., Gonzalez, E., Leidner, D. (2019). Unintended Consequences of Wearable Fitness Devices in Corporate Wellness ProgramsProceedings of the ACM SIGMIS Computers and People Research Conference. Proceedings of the ACM SIGMIS Computers and People Research Conference.
Giddens, L., Leidner, D., Gonzalez, E. (2017). The Role of Fitbits in Corporate Wellness Programs: Does Step Count Matter?. Proceedings of the 50th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS).
Giddens, L., Gonzalez, E., Leidner, D. (2016). I Track, Therefore I Am: Exploring the Impact of Wearable Fitness Devices on Employee Identity and Well-being. Proceedings of the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS).
Giddens, L., Goutas, L., Leidner, D., Sutanto, J. (2016). Engaging Consumers in Ethical Consumption: The Effect of Real-Time Environmental Information on Eco-Friendly Consumer Choice. Proceedings of the 49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS).
Koch, H., Zhang, S., Giddens, L., Milic, N., Yan, K., Curry, P. (2014). Consumerization and IT Department Conflict. Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS).
Giddens, L., Tripp, J. (2014). It’s My Tool, I Know How to Use It: A Theory of the Impact of IT Consumerization on Device Competence and Job Satisfaction. Proceedings of the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS).
Journal Article
Gerhardt, N., Torres, R. R., Giddens, L. G. (2023). Challenges in the Model Development Process: Discussions with Data Scientists. Communications of the Association for Information Systems. 53(1), 591-611.
Petter, S., Giddens, L. (2023). Is it Your Fault?: Framing Social Media Inclusion and Exclusion Using Just World Theory. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 24(5), pp. 1199-1357. https://aisel.aisnet.org/jais_preprints/88
Giddens, L., Petter, S., Fullilove, M. (2023). Information Technology as a Resource to Counter Domestic Sex Trafficking in the United States. Information Systems Journal. 33(1), 8-33.
Giddens, L., Riemenschneider, C. (2020). Emotional Dissonance and the IT Professional: A Replication. AIS Transactions on Replication Research. 6, 17.
Giddens, L., Amo, L., Cichocki, D. (2020). Gender Bias and the Impact on Managerial Evaluation of Insider Security Threats. Computers & Security. 99, .
Moquin, R., Rutner, P., Giddens, L. (2020). Stereotyping and Stigmatizing IT Professionals: Toward a Model of Devaluation. Journal of the Southern Association for Information Systems. 6(1), .
Armstrong, D., Riemenschneider, C., Giddens, L. (2018). The Advancement and Persistence of Women in the Information Technology Profession: An Extension of Ahuja’s Gendered Theory of IT Career Stages. Information Systems Journal. 28(6), .
Watts, S., Giddens, L. (2017). Credibility Assessment for Sustainable Consumption: A Laboratory Study. Cogent Business and Management. 4(1), .
Research Report
Giddens, L., Petter, S. (2021). Reskilling the Workforce with Technology-Oriented Training. Washington, DC: IBM Center for the Business of Government. https://www.businessofgovernment.org/authors/laurie-giddens

Presentations Given

Invited Talk

Giddens, L. G. (Presenter), UNT Retiree Association, Detecting and Disrupting Human Trafficking with Technology, UNTRA, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Giddens, L. G. (Author & Presenter), Research on Tap, The Role of Technology in the Fight Against Human Trafficking, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Giddens, L. G. (Author & Presenter), Conference to Combat Human Trafficking: Research and Technology, Minding the Gap: How Innovative Information Technologies are Used (or not Used) to Counter Human Trafficking, BTI Institute - University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America. (2022 – 2022).

Giddens, L. (Presenter), Latin American and Caribbean Association for Information Systems, A Conversation about the Pros and Cons of Responsible Research in Information Systems, Association for Information Systems, Virtual, Brazil. (2021 – 2021).

Paper

Giddens, L. G. (Author & Presenter), 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Navigating an Interdisciplinary Approach to Cybercrime Research, University of Hawaii, Maui, HI, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Giddens, L. G. (Author & Presenter), ITDS Faculty Research Forum, Is it Your Fault?: Framing Social Media Inclusion and Exclusion Using Just World Theory, ITDS Department at UNT, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2022 – 2022).

Giddens, L. (Author & Presenter), AISWN International Research Workshop on Women, IS and Grand Challenges 2021, Exploring the Impact of Online Abuse on IT Identity, Association for Information Systems, Austin, TX, United States of America. (2021).

Giddens, L. (Author & Presenter), Petter, S. (Author & Presenter), JAIS Research Development Workshop for Special Issue on Social Inclusion, It’s (Not) Your Fault: Considering How Just World Theory Promotes Social Media Exclusion (Inclusion), Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Online, India. (2020).

Poster

Giddens, L. G. (Author & Presenter), ACM SIGMIS-CPR 2019, Unintended Consequences of Wearable Fitness Devices in Corporate Wellness Programs, ACM SIGMIS Computer and People Research, Nashville, TN, United States of America. (2019 – 2019).

Professional Meeting Contribution

Giddens, L. G. (Presenter), DFW Wisdom Wednesdays, Innovating to Counter Human Trafficking, DFW Airport Department of Innovation, DFW Airport, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Media Contributions

Internet
"Combatting Sex Trafficking with Technology," The Cyber Ways Podcast. (July 14, 2022).
"The Pros and Cons of Responsible Research in IS," The Latin American and Caribbean Association for Information Systems (LACAIS). (December 8, 2021).
"IBM Center Report Outlines Recommendations for Achieving Effective Technology-Oriented Training," ExecituveGov. (November 29, 2021).
Newspaper
"Baylor Researcher Exploring Technology's Role in Sex Trafficking Fight," Waco Tribune-Herald. (February 5, 2021).

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Grant - Research
Bichler, G. (Principal), Aros-Vera, F. (Co-Principal), Petter, S. (Co-Principal), Giddens, L. G. (Supporting), "D-ISN: Constraining Illicit Decision Making Within and Across Dynamic Supply Networks," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $992709 Funded. (September 15, 2023 – July 31, 2027).
Giddens, L. (Co-Principal), Rivas, P. (Principal), Petter, S. (Co-Principal), Bichler, G. (Co-Principal), "EAGER: DCL: SaTC: Enabling Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Using NLP to Identify Suspicious Transactions in Omnichannel Online C2C Marketplaces," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $330284 Funded. (May 1, 2022 – April 30, 2024).
Giddens, L. (Co-Principal), Petter, S. (Principal), "D-ISN: Building a Multifaceted Research Team to Examine the Use of Information Technology in the Creation and Disruption of Domestic Sex Trafficking Supply Networks," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $249998 Funded. (January 2021 – June 2022).
Giddens, L. (Principal), Petter, S. (Principal), "Reskilling the Workforce with Technology-oriented Training," Sponsored by IBM Center for the Business of Government, Private, $20000 Funded. (September 2020 – December 2021).

Awards and Honors

Nominated for: Early Career Award, The Association for Information Systems. (October 2020 – Present).

Outstanding Dissertation Award, Baylor University. (April 2018 – Present).

Service

University Service

Committee Member, Academic Integrity Committee. (September 2022 – Present).

Committee Member, Committee on the Status of Women Faculty. (August 1, 2022 – Present).

Attendee, Graduation, RCOB. (December 17, 2023).

Attendee, Graduation, RCOB Undergraduate Graduation. (May 15, 2023).

Committee Member, ITDS TT Faculty Search Committee. (September 2022 – April 2023).

Other, ITDS Faculty Meeting Secretary. (August 2021 – September 2022).

Committee Member, Ad hoc: Inclusive Curricula and Pedagogy. (February 2022 – June 2022).

Attendee, Graduation, RCOB Graduation. (May 13, 2022 – May 13, 2022).

Committee Member, ITDS TT Faculty Search Committee. (September 2021 – April 2022).

Professional Service

Editor, Conference Proceedings, Journal of the Association for Information Systems. (January 1, 2022 – Present).

Editor, Conference Proceedings, JAIS Author Development Workshop - HICSS. (February 2023 – January 2024).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of the Association for Information Systems. (December 26, 2023 – December 26, 2023).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, Americas Conference on Information Systems (AmCIS). (June 9, 2023 – June 9, 2023).

Reviewer, Journal Article, AIS Transactions on Human Computer Interaction. (June 6, 2023 – June 6, 2023).

Guest Speaker, DC Fellows Workshop- How To Find Funding Overview, Denton, TX. (January 24, 2023 – January 24, 2023).

Reviewer, Journal Article, The DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems.. (August 27, 2022 – October 12, 2022).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Management Information Systems Quarterly. (September 11, 2022 – September 18, 2022).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of the Association for Information Systems. (July 2022 – August 2022).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Data & Policy. (February 8, 2022 – March 10, 2022).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of the Association for Information Systems. (January 2022 – March 4, 2022).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Information & Management. (2021 – 2021).

Reviewer, Journal Article, European Journal of Information Systems. (October 2021 – November 2021).

Workshop Organizer, Workshop on Detecting, Disrupting, Dismantling Domestic Sex Trafficking Networks, Dallas, TX. (November 11, 2021 – November 12, 2021).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of the Association for Information Systems. (September 2021 – October 2021).

Editor, Conference Proceedings, International Conference on Information Systems. (May 2021 – July 2021).

Workshop Organizer, Workshop on Detecting, Disrupting, Dismantling Domestic Sex Trafficking Networks, St. Louis, MO. (June 24, 2021 – June 25, 2021).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Database for the Advances in Information Systems. (2020 – 2020).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, Global Information Technology Management Association Conference. (2020 – 2020).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of the Association for Information Systems. (September 2020 – October 2020).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, International Conference on Information Systems. (June 2020 – July 2020).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, Americas Conference on Information Systems. (April 2020 – April 2020).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences. (July 2019 – July 2019).

Editor, Conference Proceedings, International Conference on Information Systems. (May 2019 – July 2019).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, IFIP Dewald Roode Workshop on IS Security. (June 2019 – June 2019).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, Americas Conference on Information Systems. (April 1, 2019 – April 30, 2019).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, Midwest Association for Information Systems Conference. (April 2019 – April 2019).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, European Conference on Information Systems. (March 2019 – March 2019).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Information Systems Research. (February 2019 – March 2019).

Awards and Honors

Doctoral Student Service Award, Association for Information Systems. (December 2016 – Present).