Featured Accomplishments

• His PhD advisees, Sykes and Bala, have been ranked the top-two most-productive information systems assistant professors graduating since 2000 (Chen et al. 2015, Communications of the Association for Information Systems; http://aisel.aisnet.org/cais/vol36/iss1/19/) in terms of publications in (a) MIS Quarterly and Information Systems Research; (b) UT Dallas journal list; and (c) Financial Times journal list.

• Microsoft Software Grant, $100,000 (for use in EMBA in College Park, MD and Beijing, China).

• Microsoft Software Grant, $60,000 (for use in BMGT302).

• Krowe Award for General Teaching Excellence, Smith School of Business, 2003.

• Celebrating Teachers Award (university-level award), University of Maryland, 2002.

• Krowe Award for Teaching Innovation, Smith School of Business, 2001, $2,000.

• BMGT406, Undergraduate E-commerce Course was featured in CNN in Spring 2000.

• Krowe Award for General Teaching Excellence, Smith School of Business, 2000, $4,000.

• Krowe Award for Teaching Innovation, Smith School of Business, 1998, $1,000.

• Highest average teaching rating at the entire Smith School in the AY 2002-’03 (first time the Smith School announced this).

• Annual and Semester Teaching Excellence Recognition at the Smith School:

• Highest teaching evaluations in the entire school for AY 2002-’03.

• Fall 2002, Spring 2002, Fall 2001, Spring 2001, Fall 2000, Spring 2000, Fall 1999, Spring 1999, Fall 1998, Spring 1998, Fall 1997

• Notes: Prior to Spring ’03, the School only announced top-15%; in AY 2002-’03, a school-wide ranked list was published for the first time. Fall ’03 and Spring ’04 were semesters where I did not teach.

• First on the Maryland Business School faculty to use the web to enhance learning—in 1997.

• Quoted in local and national newspapers, including Washington Post, for views on IT education.

• Frequently selected by students as his/her “Favorite teacher” to campus dinners.

• Speaker, Ph.D. Student Teaching Workshop, 2001.

• Speaker, Ph.D. Student Teaching Workshop, 2000.

Teaching-Related Articles

Venkatesh, V. “Dedicated to Values: The University of Arkansas’ Walton College of Business Takes an EPIC Approach to Reinforcing Its Foundational Values throughout Its Community,” BizEd Magazine, July/August issue, 2020, 42-45.

Venkatesh, V. “Authorship Credit: Thoughts for PhD Students and Faculty Mentors,” Decision Line (49:3), 2018, 8-14.

Syler, R.A. and Venkatesh, V. “Growing Doctoral Education in Africa: The Story of an Online Course at ICT University in Cameroon,” Communications of the Association for Information Systems (43:1), 2018, 1-21.

Venkatesh, V. “‘One-Size-Does-Not-Fit-All’: Teaching MBA Students Different ERP Implementation Strategies,” Journal of Information Systems Education (19:2), 2008, 141-146.

Other Teaching-Related Activities in Academic Settings

• Short course (2 days; 6h/day) on: “Theory Development and Writing” for PhD students, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, India, Dec 2023.

• Short course (~8h) on: “Theory Development and Writing” for faculty members and PhD students, Sunway University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [hybrid], Nov 2023-Jun 2024.

• Short course (3 days; 3h/day) on: “Theory Development and Writing” for PhD students and faculty members, University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China [remote], Jul 2023.

• Short course (3 days; 8h/day) on: “Theory Development and Writing” for PhD students and faculty members, Pre-conference workshop at the Conference for Information & Communication Technologies for Organization and Society, Paris, France, Jul 2023.

• Short course (6 days; 5h/day) on: “Theory Development and Writing” for PhD students and faculty members, NOVA Information Management School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal [remote], Jun-Jul 2023.

• Short course (5 days; 5h/day) on: “Mixed-Methods Research” for PhD students and faculty members, NOVA Information Management School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal [remote], Jul 2022.

• Short course (3 days; 8h/day) on: “Mixed-Methods Research” for PhD students around Finland, Universityof Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland [remote], May 2022. 

• Short course (3 days; 3h/day) on: “Theory Development and Writing” for PhD students and faculty members, Universityof Nottingham, Ningbo, China [remote], Jun-Jul 2022. 

• Short course (3 days; 3h/day) on: “Mixed-Methods Research” for PhD students and faculty members, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong [remote], Jun-Aug 2021.

• Short course (3 days; 3h/day) on: “Theory Development and Writing” for PhD students and faculty members, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong [remote], Jun 2021.

• Short course (3 days; 4h/day) on: “Mixed-Methods Research” for PhD students and faculty members, University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China [remote], Jun 2021.

• Short course (6 days; 5h/day) on: “Theory Development and Writing” for PhD students and faculty members, NOVA Information Management School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal [remote], May-Jun 2021.

• Short course (½ day) on: “Writing a Journal Article” for PhD students and faculty members, KJ Somaiya Institute of Management, Mumbai, India [remote], Apr 2021.

• Short course (½ day) on: “Problem Definition and Writing” for PhD students and faculty members, IFIP WG8.6 Working Conference, Trichy, India [remote], Dec 2020.

• Short course (2 days; 3h/day) on: “Problem Definition and Writing” for PhD students and faculty members, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong [remote], Aug 2020.

• Short course (3 days; 3.5h/day) on: “Problem Definition and Writing” for PhD students and faculty members, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong [remote], Jul 2020.

• Short course (6 days; 5h/day) on: “Mixed-Methods Research” for PhD students and faculty members, NOVA Information Management School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal [remote], Jul 2020.

• Short course (3 days; 4h/day) on: “Theory Development and Writing” for PhD students and faculty members, University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China [remote], Apr 2020.

• Short course (3 days) on: “Mixed-Methods Research” for PhD students and faculty members, University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany, Oct 2019.

• Short course (1 day) on: “Mixed-Methods Research” for PhD students and faculty members, Monash University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Jul 2019.

• Short course (4 days) on: “Theory Development and Writing” for PhD students and faculty members, NOVA Information Management School, Lisbon, Portugal, Jun 2019.

• Short course (3 days) on: “Theory Development and Writing” for PhD students and faculty members, University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China, May 2019.

• Short course (½ day) on: “Writing an Introduction” for PhD students and faculty members, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, UK, Jun 2019.

• Short course (½ day) on: “Contextualized Theory Development” for PhD students and faculty members, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK, Jun 2019.

• Short course (3 days; 3.5h/day) on: “Organizational-level IS Theories” for PhD students, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, Apr 2019.

• Presentation on: “Instilling Good Values in Students: An Experience at the Walton College of Business, Center for Teaching Effectiveness,” Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, Feb 2019.

• Short course (3 days) on: “Theory Development and Writing” for PhD students and faculty members, Toulouse Business School, Toulouse, France, Jul 2018.

• Short course (3 days; 3.5h/day) on: “IS Research for Societal Good” for PhD students, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, Mar 2018.

• Short course (1 day) on: “Theory Development” for Masters students and faculty members, Goodman School of Business, Brock University, St. Catharines, Canada, Mar 2018.

• Guest lecture for 2 sessions (3h each) in a PhD course on “Theories in Business” that I coordinated for ICT University, Cameroon, Africa, Summer 2017.

• Short course (3 days) on: “Theory Development” for PhD students, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, Jun 2017.

• Short course (2 days) on: “Theory Development and Writing” for faculty members, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, Nov 2016.

• Short course (1 day) on: “Mixed-Methods Research” for PhD students and faculty members, Monash University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Oct 2016.

• Short course (2 days) on: “Theory Development and Writing” for faculty members, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India, Sep 2016.

• Short course (1 day) on: “Theory Development and Writing” for PhD students, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India, Sep 2016.

• Short course (1 day) on: “Theory Development” for PhD students and faculty members, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, UK, Sep 2016.

• Short course (1 day) on: “Theory Development” for PhD students and faculty members, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, Sep 2016.

• Short course (½ day) on: “Theory Development” for PhD students, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Dec 2015.

• Short course (3 days) on: “Theory Development” for faculty members, Telecom ParisTech, Paris, France, Oct 2015.

• Short course (1 day) on: “Advanced Theory Development” for PhD students and faculty members, Monash University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Jul 2015.

• Short course (1 day) on: “Theory Development” for PhD students, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany, Aug 2014.

• Short course (1 day) on: “Theory Development” for PhD students and faculty members, Monash University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Jul 2014.

• Short course (3 days; 3.5h/day) on: “Readings in Healthcare IT” for PhD students, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, Jun 2014.

• Short course (3 days; 3.5h/day) on: “Theory Development and Writing” for PhD students, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Mar 2014.

• Short course (½ day) on: “Theory Development” for PhD students and faculty members, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, Jun 2013.

• Short course (3 days; 3.5h/day) on: “Theory Development” for PhD students, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, Jun 2013.

• Short course (1 day) on: “Writing Empirical Journal Articles” for PhD students and faculty members, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, Jul 2012.

• Short course (3 days; 3.5h/day) on: “Individual-level Research” for PhD students, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, Jun 2012.

• Short course (1 day) on: “Theory Development,” for PhD students, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Apr 2012.

• Short course (2 days) on: “Theory Development and Writing” for PhD students, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, Jul 2011.

• Short course (3 days; 3.5h/day) on: “Research Methods” for PhD students, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, Jun 2011.

• Short course (2 days) on: “Road to Success: A Guide for Researchers in the Behavioral and Social Sciences,” Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Mar 2011. (listed earlier under book-related presentations)

• Short course (3 days; 3.5h/day) on: “Managing Research Programs and Writing Papers” for PhD students, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Jun 2010.

• Short course (2 days) on: “Theory Development,” Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Mar 2010.

• Short course (3 days; 3.5h/day) on: “Data Analysis” for PhD students, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, May-Jul 2009.

• Short course (1 day) workshop on: “Theory Development,” Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, May 2009.

• Short course (2 days) on: “Theory Development,” Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Mar 2009.

• Short course (3 days; 3.5h/day) on assorted research topics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, May-Jul 2008.

• Short course (3 days; 3.5h/day) on assorted research topics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, Jun-Aug 2007.

• Short course (3 days; 3.5h/day) on assorted research topics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, Jun-Jul 2006.

• Short course (3 days; 3.5h/day) on assorted research topics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, Jun-Jul 2005.

• Short course (3 days; 3.5h/day) on assorted research topics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, Jun-Jul 2004.

• 1½-credit (20 hours) course on: “Internet-enabled Technologies: Challenges and Business Opportunities,” Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India, February-April 2006.

• 3-credit course on: “Management Information Systems,” Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland, August 2004.

• 3-credit course on: “Introduction to Information Technology and E-Business Fundamentals,” Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland, June 2004.

• 3-credit course on: “Introduction to Information Technology and E-Business Fundamentals,” Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland, June 2003.

• 3-credit course on: “Management Information Systems,” Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland, March 2003.

• 3-credit course on: “Electronic Commerce Applications: Evaluation, Design, and Development,” Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland, December 2002,.

• 3-credit course on: “Introduction to Information Technology and E-Business Fundamentals,” Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland, June 2002.

• 3-credit course on: “Electronic Commerce Applications: Evaluation, Design, and Development,” Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland, December 2001.

• 3-credit course on: “Electronic Commerce Applications: Evaluation, Design, and Development,” Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland, July 2001.

• Speaker, Ph.D. Student Teaching Workshop, Smith School of Business, 2001.

• 3-credit course on: “Electronic Commerce Applications: Evaluation, Design, and Development,” Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland, June-July 2000,.

• Curriculum design for 18-day electronic commerce executive education series for the Smith School—for delivery at American Management Systems (AMS)—Smith School won the contract and is now delivering the e-commerce certification for AMS executives, Feb 2000.

• Speaker, Ph.D. Student Teaching Workshop, Smith School of Business, 2000.

• 3-credit course on: “Business Telecommunications,” Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Mikkeli, Finland, November-December 1999.

• 3-credit course on: “Introduction to Internet Technologies and Web Application Development,” Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland, June-July 1999.