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Laurie G. Giddens

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: Information Technology and Decision Sciences

College: College of Business

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

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

Current Scheduled Teaching

BCIS 4690.001Information Technology ManagementSpring 2025
BCIS 4690.002Information Technology ManagementSpring 2025
BCIS 4690.001Information Technology ManagementFall 2024 Syllabus
BCIS 4690.002Information Technology ManagementFall 2024 Syllabus

Previous Scheduled Teaching

BCIS 4690.001Information Technology ManagementSummer 5W1 2024 Syllabus SPOT
BCIS 4690.001Information Technology ManagementSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
BCIS 5900.704Special ProblemsSpring 2024
BCIS 5700.003Strategic Use of Information TechnologySpring 2024 SPOT
BCIS 4690.001Information Technology ManagementFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
BCIS 5700.003Strategic Use of Information TechnologyFall 2023 SPOT
BCIS 6950.700Doctoral DissertationSummer 5W1 2023
BCIS 4690.001Information Technology ManagementSummer 5W1 2023 Syllabus SPOT
BCIS 6950.003Doctoral DissertationSpring 2023
BCIS 4690.001Information Technology ManagementSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
BCIS 5700.003Strategic Use of Information TechnologySpring 2023 SPOT
BCIS 3610.007Basic Information SystemsFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
BCIS 3610.008Basic Information SystemsFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
BCIS 4690.001Information Technology ManagementFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
DSCI 4330.001Enterprise Applications of Business Intelligence/AnalyticsSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
BCIS 3610.007Basic Information SystemsFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
BCIS 3610.501Basic Information SystemsFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
BCIS 4690.001Information Technology ManagementFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT

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

  • Patel, J., Giddens, L.G., Wang, P., Young, A., Ahuja, S. (2024). Fostering Responsible IS Research. (41) Salt Lake City, UT, Proceedings of the Americas Conference on Information Systems. https://aisel.aisnet.org/treos_amcis2024/41
  • Mansour, J., Giddens, L.G., Posey, C., Van Slyke, C. (2024). Engaging Public Scholarship for the Greater Good. (47) Salt Lake City, UT, Proceedings of the Americas Conference on Information Systems. https://aisel.aisnet.org/treos_amcis2024/47
  • Perez, A., Rivas, P., Turek, J., Sooksatra, K., Quevedo, E., Bichler, G., Cerny, T., Giddens, L., Petter, S. (2023). Decoding the Obfuscated: Advanced NER Techniques on Commercial Sex Advertisement Data. Las Vegas, NV, 2023 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI), IEEE.
  • 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.
  • Perez, A., Sooksatra, K., Rivas, P., Quevedo, E., Turek, J., Bichler, G., Cerny, T., Giddens, L.G., Petter, S. (2023). Aligning Word Embeddings from BERT to Vocabulary-Free Representations. 108-115. Las Vegas, 23rd Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, & Applied Computing (CSCE), IEEE.
  • 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

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. (2023 - 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. (2022 - 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. (2021 - 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. (2020 - 2021).
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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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