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Heshan Sun is a Professor and the Richard Van Horn Professor of IT and Analytics at the University of Oklahoma's Price College of Business, within the Management Information Systems (MIS) division. He coordinates the MIS Ph.D. program and holds editorial roles at prestigious journals like MIS Quarterly and Journal of the Association for Information Systems. His research focuses on human-AI interaction, business analytics, and online crowd behavior, with over 60 publications in top-tier journals.
Dr. Sun teaches at all academic levels and has received multiple teaching awards, including the Houston and Mary Jo Johnson Master Teacher Award (2020). He actively contributes to academic service, shaping research agendas in information systems and technology ethics. His work bridges theory and practice, addressing societal impacts of emerging technologies like algorithmic control and generative AI.
- Affiliations: Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma
- Editorial Roles: Senior Editor at MIS Quarterly, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, and AIS Transactions on HCI
- Research Impact: Over 3,000 citations across Google Scholar
His research emphasizes mindfulness in technology use, adaptation behaviors, and the 'dark side' of technology, such as algorithmic dignity violations and AI failures. He explores how IT systems influence individual and organizational decision-making, particularly in extreme contexts like virtual reality and crisis management.
- Awards:
- Houston and Mary Jo Johnson Master Teacher Award (2020)
- Graduate Teaching Excellence Award
- MBA Professor of the Year Award
Labs/Teams: Leads Price College's MIS research group, collaborating on interdisciplinary projects at the intersection of information systems and sociology. Active in conferences like ICIS and ECIS, promoting rigorous methodological approaches in IS research.
