Arun Rai (born 1963) is an Indian-born American scientist. Arun Rai is a permanent Regent's Professor at the Robinson College of Business at

Georgia State University Georgia State University (Georgia State, State, or GSU) is a Public university, public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1913, it is one of the University System of Georgia's four research universities. It is al ...

and holds the Howard S. Starks Distinguished Chair at the Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University.

Education and Employment

Arun Rai earned his integrated master's degree in science and technology from

BITS Pilani The Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (BITS Pilani) is a private deemed university in Pilani, Rajasthan, India. It focuses primarily on higher education and research in engineering and sciences. BITS Pilani was one of the first ...

in 1985, MBA from Clarion University of Pennsylvania in 1987, and PhD in Management Information Systems from

Kent State University Kent State University (KSU) is a Public university, public research university in Kent, Ohio, United States. The university includes seven regional campuses in Northeast Ohio located in Kent State University at Ashtabula, Ashtabula, Kent State ...

in 1990. He served as an assistant and later as an associate professor at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale from 1990 until 1997 before moving to Georgia State University in 1997.

Awards and Recognitions

In recognition of his significant global contributions to scientific research in the field of Information Systems, Rai was recognized as the Fellow of the Association of Information Systems (FAIS) in 2010. Rai was awarded the Information Systems Society (ISS) Distinguished Fellow in 2014. Arun Rai was the recipient of the prestigious LEO award (awarded in 2019 in

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), which is named for the world's first business application of computing (The Lyons Electronic Office), and recognizes truly outstanding individuals in the field of Information Systems.

Service to the Field of Information Systems

He served as an Editor-in-Chief of

Management Information Systems Quarterly ''Management Information Systems Quarterly'', referred to as ''MIS Quarterly'', is an online-only quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers research in management information systems and information technology. It was established in 19 ...

(MISQ) for five years between 2016 and 2020. He has previously served as Senior Editor for

Information Systems Research ''Information Systems Research'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers research in the areas of information systems and information technology, including cognitive psychology, economics, computer science, operations research, de ...

, MIS Quarterly, and Journal of Strategic Information Systems and as Associate Editor for several journals (e.g., Journal of Management Information Systems, Management Science, Decision Sciences, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly and Journal of the Association for Information Systems).

References

External links

* http://robinson.gsu.edu/profile/arun-rai/ * http://arunrai.us/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Rai, Arun American people of Indian descent Kent State University alumni 1963 births Living people Georgia State University faculty Information systems researchers Management Information Systems Quarterly editors