Gaurav Bansal, Ph.D.
Frederick E. Baer, Professor of Business
Editor-in-chief, Journal of IT Case and Application Research Distinguished Member of the Association for Information Systems (cum laude) Chair of Business Administration Full Professor of MIS/Statistics at UW-Green Bay Cofrin School of Business | UW-Green Bay Email: [email protected] |
Dr. Gaurav Bansal is the Frederick E. Baer Professor in Business and Full Professor of MIS / Statistics at the Austin E. Cofrin School of Business at UW-Green Bay. He is also a distinguished member (cum laude) of the Association for Information Systems (AIS). He is the chair of the Business Administration department and served as the Founding Chair and Academic Director of the Master of Science in Data Science program at UW-Green Bay.
Dr Bansal's research interest lies in how the world shapes technology and how the world, and particularly humans, are shaped by technology in return. Some of his recent research examines issues related to how companies can rebuild consumer trust after a data breach, gender issues in IT leadership, the psychology of fake news, and how AI-enabled smart devices are making us smart as a species but less so individually.
He serves as editor-in-chief for the Journal of Information Technology Case and Application Research. Researchwise, Dr. Bansal has published around 72 peer-reviewed journal publications and conference proceedings, including two FT50 research journal publications and twenty-one research papers in journals with the Australian Business Deans' Council's rating A and higher. His research has over 3000 citations on Google Scholar, with more than 25 papers with 10 or more citations each. His papers were nominated for the best paper award at the Americas Conference for Information Systems (AMCIS) 2010, Peru and the International Conference for Information Systems (ICIS) 2008, Paris, and received best paper awards at the Midwest Association for Information Systems (MWAIS) conferences in 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2020, and 2023.
Dr. Bansal has been awarded twice with the prestigious UW-Green Bay Founders Award, first for collaborative achievement in 2018 for advancing the message of Dr. Martin Luther King in the Greater Green Bay community and second for Excellence in Scholarship for the year 2020. He was recognized as a Wisconsin Teaching Fellow for the years 2011-2012. Before starting his academic career, he worked as a Quality Assurance Engineer for General Motors India (1998-2000) and Daewoo Motors India (1996-1998).
Dr Bansal's research interest lies in how the world shapes technology and how the world, and particularly humans, are shaped by technology in return. Some of his recent research examines issues related to how companies can rebuild consumer trust after a data breach, gender issues in IT leadership, the psychology of fake news, and how AI-enabled smart devices are making us smart as a species but less so individually.
He serves as editor-in-chief for the Journal of Information Technology Case and Application Research. Researchwise, Dr. Bansal has published around 72 peer-reviewed journal publications and conference proceedings, including two FT50 research journal publications and twenty-one research papers in journals with the Australian Business Deans' Council's rating A and higher. His research has over 3000 citations on Google Scholar, with more than 25 papers with 10 or more citations each. His papers were nominated for the best paper award at the Americas Conference for Information Systems (AMCIS) 2010, Peru and the International Conference for Information Systems (ICIS) 2008, Paris, and received best paper awards at the Midwest Association for Information Systems (MWAIS) conferences in 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2020, and 2023.
Dr. Bansal has been awarded twice with the prestigious UW-Green Bay Founders Award, first for collaborative achievement in 2018 for advancing the message of Dr. Martin Luther King in the Greater Green Bay community and second for Excellence in Scholarship for the year 2020. He was recognized as a Wisconsin Teaching Fellow for the years 2011-2012. Before starting his academic career, he worked as a Quality Assurance Engineer for General Motors India (1998-2000) and Daewoo Motors India (1996-1998).