Sara Moussawi

Sara Moussawi is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Information Systems program at Carnegie Mellon University, teaching courses in innovation, information systems consulting, personal intelligent agents, mobile web design and development, and data mining since 2013.

Her educational background includes:

• Ph.D. in Business (Information Systems focus) from Baruch College, City University of New York
• MBA from the American University of Beirut
• B.Sc. in Computer Science from the American University of Beirut

Dr. Moussawi's research centers on behavioral and psychological dimensions of user interactions with information systems, employing social science methods to investigate micro-level phenomena like adoption, continuance, trust, and user experience. Her recent work focuses on personal intelligent agents and online work platforms (crowdsourcing), with significant contributions to IS pedagogy through innovative teaching methods and undergraduate research integration.

Her publication record demonstrates consistent interdisciplinary research bridging information systems, psychology, and human-computer interaction, with a clear trajectory from crowdsourcing task design (2013) to sophisticated analyses of intelligent agent interactions (2022).

Recognition for her work includes:

• John A. Elliot teaching award (2014) for sustained excellence in teaching at CUNY

Dr. Moussawi actively contributes to information systems education through curriculum development and student mentorship, though specific advised students and research grants are not publicly documented.