Monideepa Tarafdar

Monideepa Tarafdar is the Charles J. Dockendorff Endowed Professor of Information Systems at the Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst, and PhD Coordinator in her department. Her research focuses on technostress management, social media’s dual impact on users, and ethical challenges in AI-driven hiring. She explores how technology influences workplace well-being, particularly for gig economy workers like Uber drivers, and advocates for societal resilience through responsible technology use.

Education:

• Ph.D. (Major MIS, Minor Strategic Management), Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, India
• Bachelor’s degrees in physics, math, and chemistry
• Master’s in Engineering

Research Interests: Monideepa studies technostress origins (overload, complexity, uncertainty, invasion, insecurity) and coping strategies like distancing or reorientation. She investigates social media’s paradoxical effects—addiction versus activism—and gender/ethnic bias in AI hiring tools. Her work bridges organizational strategies, public interest technology, and labor dynamics in digital economies.

Awards & Recognition:

• 2024 AIS Fellow and Stanford’s Top 2% Cited Scientists
• 2022 AIS Best Publication Award
• Multiple keynote addresses at global conferences
• Research Excellence Awards (2022-2023)

Advising & Grants: As PhD Coordinator, she mentors students and secured grants like the 2023 Provost’s Interdisciplinary Research Grant. She was honored as an Outstanding Faculty Mentor in 2021.

Labs/Initiatives: Active in UMass’s Public Interest Technology (PIT@UMass) initiative. Previously served as Scientific Advisor for Unplug (Dublin) and Visiting Scholar at MIT Sloan and LSE.