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