Mary Lacity Explained

Pre-Nominals:Dr.
Mary Lacity
Birth Date:27 May 1963
Birth Place:Atlantic City, New Jersey
Education:PhD in Information Systems
Alma Mater:University of Houston
Occupation:David D. Glass Chair and a distinguished professor of Information Systems
Employer:University of Arkansas
Known For:Automation, Blockchain and Outsourcing Research

Mary Cecilia Lacity (born May 27, 1963)[1] is a David D. Glass Chair and a distinguished professor of Information Systems at the University of Arkansas, Sam M. Walton College of Business.[1]

Lacity was previously the Curators’ Distinguished Professor of Information Systems and International Business Fellow at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.[2] She also held the position of visiting scholar at the MIT Center for Information Systems Research.[3] Additionally, she has held visiting positions at the London School of Economics, Washington University, and Oxford University.[4] She is best known for her research in automation, outsourcing and blockchain.

Early life

Mary Lacity was born May 27, 1963, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.[5] She got her undergraduate degree in Quantitative Business Analysis at Pennsylvania State University in 1985.[6] Before Mary received her PhD, she was a consultant for Technology Partners International and a systems' analyst for Exxon.[7] In 1992, she received her Ph.D. in Information Systems from the University of Houston, C.T. Bauer College of Business.

Career

University of Missouri-St. Louis

Mary Lacity started at the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 1992, and was there for 26 years. Starting as an Assistant Professor of MIS, she moved to associate professor in 1998 and full professor in 2004. In 2012, she became the Curators’ Distinguished Professor of Information Systems, and International Business Fellow.[8] [9] She taught classes on Qualitative Research Methods and The Philosophy of Science and Qualitative Research Methods.[10]

Sam M. Walton College of Business

After her time at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, Mary Lacity moved to Fayetteville, Arkansas, to become a Walton Professor of Information Systems.[11]  She also served as the Director of the Blockchain Center of Excellence for five years.

Other roles

Mary Lacity has served in many different roles in her career. She held the position of visiting scholar at the MIT Center for Information Systems Research. Additionally, she has held visiting positions at the London School of Economics, Washington University, and Oxford University.[11] She is also a Certified Outsourcing Professional.[12] She is a coeditor of the Palgrave Series: Work, Technology, and Globalization, senior editor of MIS Quarterly Executive and Journal of Information Technology Teaching Cases, and on the editorial boards for the Journal of Information Technology, the Journal of Strategic Information Systems, Contributing Editor for Journal of the British Blockchain Association.[13]

Additionally, Mary is a member of the IAOP Outsourcing Hall of Fame. She received the 2000 World Outsourcing Achievement Award and 2008 Gateway to Innovation Award.[14] Her publications have appeared in Harvard Business Review,[15] Sloan Management Review,[16] MIS Quarterly,[17] IEEE Computer,[18] and Communications of the ACM.[19]

Mary became a Fellow of the Association for Information Systems in 2020. The AIS Fellow Award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the information systems discipline in terms of research, teaching and service. Mary is also a Fellow of the British Blockchain Association.

Books

Notes and References

  1. News: Lacity Named Director of Blockchain Center of Excellence. University of Arkansas News. 2018-11-09.
  2. News: Outlook 2028: Working Alongside a Robot. SXSW PanelPicker. 2018-11-09. en-US.
  3. Web site: Visiting Scholars « Center for Information Systems Research - MIT Sloan School of Management. cisr.mit.edu. en. 2018-11-09.
  4. Web site: Mary Lacity Cutter Consortium. www.cutter.com. en. 2018-11-09.
  5. Web site: 9 August 2015 . Mary C. Lacity - Family Tree .
  6. News: University of Arkansas notebook. 2018-09-02. Arkansas Online. 2018-11-09. en.
  7. Lacity. Mary C.. Janson. Marius A.. 1994. Understanding Qualitative Data: A Framework of Text Analysis Methods. Journal of Management Information Systems. en. 11. 2. 137–155. 10.1080/07421222.1994.11518043. 0742-1222.
  8. Web site: Vita - MARY CECELIA LACITY. www.umsl.edu. 2018-11-09.
  9. Web site: Dr. Mary Lacity. www.umsl.edu. en. 2018-11-09.
  10. Web site: Google Docs - create and edit documents online, for free.. docs.google.com. en. 2018-11-09.
  11. Web site: Little Rock Tech Fest. Little Rock Tech Fest. en. 2018-11-09.
  12. Web site: Macy Lacity. Knowledge Capital Partners. en-US. 2018-11-09.
  13. Web site: IAOP - Mary Lacity and Leslie P. Willcocks to be Inducted into IAOP's Outsourcing Hall of Fame. www.iaop.org. 2018-11-09.
  14. Web site: Bloomsbury - Mary Lacity - Mary Lacity. Bloomsbury.com. www.bloomsbury.com. en. 2018-11-09.
  15. News: What Knowledge Workers Stand to Gain from Automation. 2015-06-19. Harvard Business Review. 2018-11-09.
  16. News: A New Approach to Automating Services. MIT Sloan Management Review. 2018-11-09. en-US.
  17. Web site: MIS Quarterly. misq.org. en. 2018-11-09.
  18. The Impact of Outsourcing on Client Project Managers - IEEE Journals & Magazine. en-US. 10.1109/MC.2008.31. 12393040.
  19. Web site: The Myths and Realities of Information Technology Insourcing February 2000 Communications of the ACM. Lacity. Rudy Hirschheim, Mary. cacm.acm.org. February 2000 . 2018-11-09.

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