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Faculty Profile
Ritu Agarwal is Professor and the Dean’s Chair of Information Systems at the
Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park. She is
also the founder and Director of the Center for Health Information and Decision
Systems at the Smith School. Dr. Agarwal has published over 75 papers on information
technology management topics in journals such as Information Systems Research, MIS
Quarterly, Management Science, Communications of the ACM, Journal of Management
Information Systems, Decision Sciences, IEEE Transactions, and Decision Support
Systems, and has made presentations at a variety of national and international conferences.
Her current research is focused on the use of IT in healthcare settings, technology-enabled
transformations in the auto-retailing and printing sectors; and appropriate strategies
for the management of IT human capital.
Professor Agarwal has worked extensively with Fortune 500 companies including
3M, Freddie Mac, Dow Chemicals, Rohm and Haas, AstraZeneca, NCR, and others on a
variety of research and consulting engagements and made several presentations to
groups of senior IT and business executives. Her research has been sponsored by
the Society for Information Management, U.S. Department of Labor, and DARPA. She is
also active in executive education, and participates in the Smith School’s
Executive
MBA program.
Professor Agarwal is currently serving as a Senior Editor for Information Systems
Research, and an Associate Editor for Management Science. Other editorial appointments
include MIS Quarterly Executive, Journal of the Association of Information Systems,
Decision Support Systems, and Information Technology and Management. She recently
completed a three year term as Senior Editor at MIS Quarterly. She is a member of
ACM, AIS, INFORMS, and the Academy of Management. Dr. Agarwal is a member of the
INFORMS board as Vice President for Subdivisions and served as a Vice President
in the Association for Information Systems from 2003-2006.
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