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Ari Wigdor

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: Information Technology and Decision Sciences

College: College of Business

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2023
    Major: Management
    Specialization: Information Systems
    Dissertation: User Participation and Commitment in Online Communities: An Interactivity-Cost Framework
  • BBA, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2016
    Major: Operations and Information Management
    Specialization: Intergrated Operations & Information Management

Current Scheduled Teaching

DSCI 5360.403Data VisualizationSpring 2025
BCIS 5420.006Foundations of Database Management SystemsSpring 2025
DSCI 5360.401Data VisualizationFall 2024
DSCI 5360.404Data VisualizationFall 2024
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

BCIS 5420.002Foundations of Database Management SystemsSpring 2024 SPOT
BCIS 5420.006Foundations of Database Management SystemsSpring 2024 SPOT
BCIS 5420.010Foundations of Database Management SystemsFall 2023 SPOT
BCIS 5420.011Foundations of Database Management SystemsFall 2023 SPOT
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Abstracts and Proceedings

  • Wigdor, A.D., Kolotylo-Kulkarni, M., Maruping, L.M. (2020). On the positive and negative facets of online community involvement: The divergent effects of members’ psychological ownership. Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems. https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2020/paperathon/paperathon/3

    • Conference Proceeding

  • Young, A.G., Wigdor, A.D. (2021). “Ideal speech” on Wikipedia: Balancing social marginalization risks and social inclusion benefits for individuals and groups. 2574-2584. Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/c3059314-47af-4ba2-aa18-ddd700200957/content
  • Wigdor, A.D., Hess, T.J., Zou, Y. (2019). A review of knowledge contribution measurement in online communities. Americas Conference on Information Systems. https://aisel.aisnet.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=amcis2019
  • Young, A.G., Wigdor, A.D., Kane, G.C. (2018). Theorizing human and bot co-production effects on information quality. Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems. https://aisel.aisnet.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1219&context=icis2018
  • Young, A.G., Wigdor, A.D., Kane, G.C. (2016). It’s not what you think: Gender bias in information about Fortune 1000 CEOs on Wikipedia. Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems. https://aisel.aisnet.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1226&context=icis2016
  • Pettinico, G., Milne, G.R., Wigdor, A. (2015). Exploring the quantification of self phenomenon in health and fitness: The perfect storm of technology, personal well-being and social media sharing. Association for Marketing and Health Care Research Conference.

    • Journal Article

  • Young, A.G., Wigdor, A.D., Kane, G.C. (2020). The gender bias tug-of-war in a co-creation community: Core-periphery tension on Wikipedia. Journal of Management Information Systems. 37 (4) 1047-1072. Taylor & Francis. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07421222.2020.1831773
  • Ortiz, J., Young, A., Myers, M.D., Bedeley, R.T., Carbaugh, D., Chughtai, H., Davidson, E., George, J., Gogan, J., Gordon, S., Grimshaw, E., Leidner, D.E., Pulver, M., Wigdor, A. (2019). Giving voice to the voiceless: The use of digital technologies by marginalized groups. Communications of the Association for Information Systems. 45 20-38. Atlanta, GA, Association for Information Systems. https://aisel.aisnet.org/cais/vol45/iss1/2/
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Overall
Summative Rating		 Challenge and
Engagement Index		 Response Rate

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out of 7		 %
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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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