Zachary Sheffler

Assistant Professor Operations & Information Management

Office: Isenberg N364

Tel: 413.545.5504

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Academic Background

Education

PhD Information and Decision Science, University of Minnesota, 2018

MBA Finance, Thunderbird School of Global Management, 2012

BA History, University of California San Diego, 2008

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor of Operations and Information Management, Isenberg School of Management, UMass Amherst, 2018-Present

Research Interests

Behavior and IS
Decision Making
Games and Gamification
Ethical Decision Making

Teaching Interests

Business Intelligence
Analytics
Statistical Methods

Recent Honors & Awards

University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management Ph.D. Student Teaching Award, 2015-2016

Selected Publications

Sheffler, Z., Liu, D., Curley, S. (2020) “Ingredients for successful badges: evidence from a field experiment in bike commuting”, European Journal of Information Systems, 29:6

Nguyen, L. T., Hess, T. J., Liu, Y., Sheffler, Z. (December 2020) Credible and Biased: An Experimental Study of Online Reviews, International Conference on Information Systems, Hyderabad, India

Sheffler, Z., Liu, D., Curley, S. (December 2019) Do We Need Different Levels of Badges for Users with Different Participation Levels? A Field Experiment from a Bicycle Commuting Program, International Conference on Information Systems, Munich, Germany

Babar, Y., S. Curley, Z. Ke, D. Liu, Z. Sheffler (June 2018) Using IT to Nudge Wellness Behaviors: The Effects of IT-Enabled Social Support and Motivational Messaging, Statistical Challenges in E-Commerce Research, Rotterdam, Netherlands