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Biographical Information

Kerry Ward is an associate professor of Information Systems & Quantitative Analysis at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He received his Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from Indiana University and his M.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame. Kerry holds a B.S. in Accounting from Indiana University – Indianapolis and B.A. in Psychology from Wabash College. He is a CPA with seven years’ experience in consulting and public accounting with firms such as Deloitte and Touché and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. His research interests include IS strategy and alignment, knowledge transfer, technology mediated learning and research methods. Kerry’s work has been published in journals such as the Journal of the AIS, European Journal of Information Systems, IEEE IT Professional, and the International Journal of Business Information Systems. He serves as the co-chair for Research Methods track at AMCIS and has served as the co-chair for the Research Methods mini-track for HICSS 2007and 2008 and for the Paradigmatic Diversity in IS Research Methods mini-track for AMCIS 2013.

Teaching Interests

Current teaching assignment includes courses related to SAP and research methods.

Research and Creative Interests

My research interests include IS strategy, knowledge transfer, technology mediated learning, serious games and research methods.

Education

Ph D - MIS - Strategy
Indiana University (Bloomington, IN) 2005

MBA - MIS/FIN
University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN) 1999

BS - Accounting
Indiana University (Indianapolis, IN) 1992

BA - Psychology - Religion
Wabash College (Crawfordsville, IN) 1985

Honors

UNO Alumni Outstanding Teaching Award (Teaching) 2010