Faculty Profile

Laurie Giddens

Title
Assistant Professor
Department
Information Technology and Decision Sciences
College
College of Business
Assistant Professor
Information Technology and Decision Sciences
College of Business

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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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





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
BCIS 4690.001, Information Technology Management, Summer 2024 
BCIS 4690.001, Information Technology Management, Spring 2024 Syllabus
BCIS 5900.704, Special Problems, Spring 2024 
BCIS 5700.003, Strategic Use of Information Technology, Spring 2024 Syllabus


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    BCIS 4690.001, Information Technology Management, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BCIS 5700.003, Strategic Use of Information Technology, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BCIS 6950.700, Doctoral Dissertation, Summer 5W1 2023 
                    

                    BCIS 4690.001, Information Technology Management, Summer 5W1 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BCIS 6950.003, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2023 
                    

                    BCIS 4690.001, Information Technology Management, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BCIS 5700.003, Strategic Use of Information Technology, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BCIS 3610.007, Basic Information Systems, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BCIS 3610.008, Basic Information Systems, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BCIS 4690.001, Information Technology Management, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    DSCI 4330.001, Enterprise Applications of Business Intelligence/Analytics, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BCIS 3610.007, Basic Information Systems, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BCIS 3610.501, Basic Information Systems, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BCIS 4690.001, Information Technology Management, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT

          


          
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  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 Publications



  

  
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



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   
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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).



	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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