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Traci J. Hess

Senior Associate Dean, Douglas & Diana Berthiaume Endowed Professor of Information Systems

Operations & Information Management

Education

PhD, Information Systems, Virginia Tech, Pamplin School of Business, 1999
MA, Information Systems, Virginia Tech, Pamplin School of Business, 1997
BS, Accounting, University of Virginia, McIntire School of Commerce, 1988

Professional Experience

Senior Vice President, Valley Financial Corporation, 1994-1995
Senior Vice President, Bank of Hampton Roads, 1990-1994
Senior Accountant, Ernst & Young, 1988-1990

Academic Appointments

Senior Associate Dean, Academic Programs, Isenberg School of Management, 2023-Present
Associate Dean, Graduate and Professional Programs, Isenberg School of Management, 2020-2023
Chair of Graduate Faculty, Isenberg School of Management, 2019-2020
Douglas and Diana Berthiaume Endowed Professor of Information Systems, 2014-Present
IS PhD Coordinator, Isenberg School of Management, August 2013-August 2021
Professor, OIM Department, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2013-Present
IM Coordinator, OIM Department, Isenberg School of Management, 2011-2017
Associate Professor, OIM Department, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2010-2013
Associate Professor of Information Systems, Carson College of Business, Washington State University, 2006-2010

Recent Honors / Awards

Association for Information Systems (AIS) Distinguished Member - Cum Laude, 2021
Isenberg Outstanding Teaching Award, UMass Amherst, 2014-2015
Isenberg Outstanding Research Award, UMass Amherst, 2012
Isenberg Research Excellence Award, UMass Amherst, 2011
Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction, Best Paper Award, 2011
Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction, Reviewer of the Year Award, 2010
MIS Quarterly Reviewer of the Year Award, 2008-2009

Research Interests

Human-Computer Interaction
Decision-Making and Decision Support Systems
Recommendation Agents
Electronic Commerce, Trust and Signaling
User Evaluation and Acceptance of IS

Teaching Interests

General
  • Business Intelligence and Analytics
  • Business Processes and Enterprise Systems
  • Database Management
  • Research Methods

Selected Publications

Wigdor, A., Sheffler, Z., and Hess, T. J. “Reconceptualizing Online Community Participation Behaviors with the Visibility–Cost Framework and Commitment,” Journal of Management Information Systems, forthcoming.

Hao, H., Tarafdar, M., and Hess, T.J. “A Partitioning Model of Control on Digital Labor Platforms,” Journal of the Association for Information Systems, forthcoming. 

Nguyen, L. T., Hess, T. J., Sheffler, Z. J., & Liu, Y. (2024). Mixed Messages: An Examination of Reviewer Badges and Consumer Trust with Online Review Platforms. AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction, 16(2), pp. 1-36.

Agogo, D., and Hess, T.J. “How Does Tech Make You Feel?” A Review and Examination of Negative Affective Responses to Technology Use, European Journal of Information Systems, 2018 27(5), 570-599.

Lee, Y., Chen, A. and Hess, T.J. “The Online Waiting Experience: Using Temporal Information and Distractors to Make Online Waits Feel Shorter,” Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 2017 18(3), 231-263.

Hess, T.J., McNab, A., and Basoglu, A. "Reliability Generalization of Perceived Ease of Use, Perceived Usefulness, and Behavioral Intentions," MIS Quarterly, 2014, 38(1), 1-28.

Hong, W., Hess, T., and Hardin, A. "When Filling the Wait Makes it Feel Longer: A Paradigm Shift Perspective for Managing Online Delay," MIS Quarterly, 2013, 37(2), 383-406.