2021 Annual Conference Award Winners

2021

SPECIAL RECOGNITION AS NEWEST DSI FELLOWS

Mark Ferguson | University of South Carolina

DENNIS E. GRAWOIG DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

Janet Hartley | Bowling Green State University

DSI LIFETIME DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR AWARD 

Cliff Ragsdale | Virginia Tech

ELWOOD S. BUFFA DOCTORAL DISSERTATION AWARD

Telesilla O. Kotsi | The Ohio State University

Resource Allocation Decisions of Nonprofit Organizations

INSTRUCTIONAL INNOVATION AWARD

Natalie Simpson | State University of New York at Buffalo

Vax Ensemble: Six Core OM Applications Drawn from the Covid Vaccination Effort

BEST PROBLEM-DRIVEN ANALYTICAL RESEARCH PAPER

Nagesh Murthy | University of Oregon
Haikady Nagaraja | The Ohio State University
Hoseein Rikhtehgar Berenji | Pacific University

Managing Concurrency in Projects under Stochastic Environments: Understanding Vaccine Development for Pandemics

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Miao Bai | University of Connecticut
Ying Cui | University of Minnesota
Guangwen Kong | Temple University
Anthony Zhenhuan Zhang | University of Minnesota

No Panic in Pandemic: The Impact of Individual Choice on Public Health Policy and Vaccine Priority

BEST INTERDISCIPLINARY PAPER 

Seokjun Youn | University of Arizona
Gregory Heim | Texas A&M University

Does Underuse Variation in Test-Ordering Practice Relate to Higher Care-Delivery Cost?

BEST THEORY-DRIVEN EMPIRICAL RESEARCH PAPER

Catherine Helmuth | Central Michigan University
Brian Connelly | Auburn University
David Ketchen | Auburn University
Christopher Craighead | University of Tennessee
Kang Lee | Auburn University
Sebastien Vendette | Central Michigan University

Driving or Deterring Pre-Recall Consumer Harm? An Examination of Institutional Investor Orientation

DOCTORAL RESEARCH SHOWCASE AWARD

HONORABLE MENTION
RJ Niewoehner | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Traffic, Shots, and Coarse Signals: The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic of Healthcare Clinic Outcomes

WINNNER
Fan Zou | University of South Carolina

Delegation with Technology Migration: An Empirical Analysis of Mobile Virtual Network Operators

BEST STUDENT PAPER

Shu Wang | Georgia Institute of Technology
Pan Zou | Georgia Institute of Technology
Xuejian Gong | Georgia Institute of Technology
Mulang Song | Georgia Institute of Technology
Jianyuan Peng | Georgia Institute of Technology
Dr. Jianxin Jiao | Georgia Institute of Technology

Artifical Intelligence-based Visual Defect Detection for Part Surface Inspection

EMERGING MARKETS SHOWCASE AWARD

HONORABLE MENTION
Nitin Jain | IIM Udaipur

School Dropout in Rural India: Key Household Characteristics and Tipping Points from a Survival Analysis Perspective

WINNER
Shailly Chaurasia | IIM Kozhikode

Is Localization Better than Globalization? Evidence from the Nutraceuticals for Indian Malnourished Children

DECISION SCIENCES JOURNAL BEST PAPER AWARD

Tao Zhang | University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Gang Li | Xi’an Jiaotong University
T.C. Edwin Cheng | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Stephen Shum | City of University of Hong Kong

Consumer Inter-Product Showrooming and Information Service Provision in an Omni-Channel Supply Chain

DSI REGIONAL BEST PAPER AWARD

Felix Bergmann | ETH Zurich
Fabian Alber | ETH Zurich
Stephan Wagner | ETH Zurich

The Impact of a Delivery and Return Service on E-Commerce Customers’ Purchase Decisions

DECISION SCIENCES JOURNAL OF INNOVATIVE EDUCATION BEST TEACHING BRIEF AWARD

Ju Myung Song | University of Massachusetts Lowell
Arim Park | North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Yao Zhao | Rutgers Business School

The Hunger Chain: A Competitive Simulation for Teaching Supply Chain Management

DECISION SCIENCES JOURNAL OF INNOVATIVE EDUCATION BEST RESEARCH PAPER AWARD

Tiffany Bayley | University of Western Ontario
David Wheatley | Wilfrid Laurier University
Ada Hurst | University of Waterloo

Assessing a Novel Problem-based Learning Approach with Game Elements in a Business Analytics Course

DECISION SCIENCES JOURNAL BEST DEPARTMENT EDITOR AWARD

Nicholas Petruzzi | The Pennsylvania State University

DECISION SCIENCES JOURNAL BEST REVIEWER AWARD

Christopher Zobel | Virginia Tech

DECISION SCIENCES JOURNAL OF INNOVATIVE EDUCATION BEST REVIEWER AWARD

John K. Visich | Bryant University

DECISION SCIENCES JOURNAL BEST ASSOCIATE EDITOR AWARD

Jason Miller | Michigan State University

DECISION SCIENCES JOURNAL OF INNOVATIVE EDUCATION BEST ASSOCIATE EDITOR AWARD

Peter Mykytynn | Southern Illinois University

DECISION SCIENCES JOURNAL OF INNOVATIVE EDUCATION BEST REVIEWER AWARD

David Albritton | Northern Arizona University

Trivia Nite Contest Winners

Science/Geography Category

TEAM DASI
Robert Andrews | Virginia Commonwealth University
Kellie Keeling | University of Denver
David Stephan | Two Bridges Instructional Technology
Sabine Baumann | Jade University
Mohan Rao | Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi
Pamela Rogers | Stephen F. Austin State University

Entertainment/Pop Culture Category

TEAM DASI
Robert Andrews | Virginia Commonwealth University
Kellie Keeling | University of Denver
David Stephan | Two Bridges Instructional Technology
Sabine Baumann | Jade University
Mohan Rao | Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi
Pamela Rogers | Stephen F. Austin State University

DSI Category

TEAM A
Joy Field | Boston College
Manus (Johnny) Rungtusanatham | York University
Gangaraju Vanteddu | Southeast Missouri State University
Micheline Al Harrack | Marymount University
James Minas | St. John’s University
Xiaojun (Gene) Shan | University of Houston, Clear Lake
Rachit Agrawal | SJMSOM, IIT Bombay

Overall Winners

TEAM DASI
Robert Andrews | Virginia Commonwealth University
Kellie Keeling | University of Denver
David Stephan | Two Bridges Instructional Technology
Sabine Baumann | Jade University
Mohan Rao | Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi
Pamela Rogers | Stephen F. Austin State University