Tamara Heidi Roth

Tamara Heidi Roth is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Information Systems Department at the Sam M. Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas. She previously served as a Post Doctoral Researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) at the University of Luxembourg and has an interdisciplinary background spanning information systems and educational psychology.

Dr. Roth holds two PhDs: one in Information Systems from the University of Luxembourg (2021-2024) and another in Educational Psychology from the University of Bayreuth, Germany (2020-2022). Her educational background reflects her interdisciplinary approach to research that bridges technology adoption with human and organizational factors.

Dr. Roth's research focuses on the adoption and integration of emerging technologies, particularly blockchain and digital identity systems, within structured organizational environments such as government agencies and utilities. Her work explores how these technologies can drive innovation while addressing cultural and structural barriers to implementation. Through an interdisciplinary lens, she examines the intersection of technology, organizational behavior, and human-centric innovation. Her research spans multiple domains including public sector technology implementation, responsible innovation, digital identity systems, and the social implications of emerging technologies.

Dr. Roth has published extensively in top-tier journals including the Journal of Information Technology, Government Information Quarterly, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Nature Machine Intelligence, and MIT Sloan Management Review. Her recent work shows a strong focus on blockchain applications in government, digital identity systems, and the social implications of emerging technologies. She has developed a distinctive research trajectory examining how structured organizations adopt and implement blockchain and digital identity technologies, with particular attention to institutional barriers and cultural factors.

• Excellent Thesis Award, University of Luxembourg, 2024 (awarded to only the top 10% of Science, Technology, and Medicine PhD graduates)

Dr. Roth serves as an Associate Editor for major conferences including the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) and has provided editorial reviews for numerous prestigious journals such as Journal of Information Technology, Management Information Systems Quarterly, and Journal of the Association for Information Systems. She teaches undergraduate courses at the University of Arkansas on Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence and Technology Ethics, and Introduction to Business Information Systems.

Her research activity spans Innovation Management, Behavioral Research, Responsible Innovation, Organizing Visions, Digital Identities, and both Qualitative and Computationally Intensive Research approaches.