I am the FCOB Distinguished Associate Professor in the Department of Accounting & Management Information Systems at The Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business. My research focuses on Generative AI, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Human-AI Interaction, and Digital Platforms. I currently serve as a Department Editor for Decision Sciences Journal, an Associate Editor for Electronic Commerce Research, and on the Review Board of the Journal of Business Analytics.

My work has been published in premier journals such as Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, Production and Operations Management, and INFORMS Journal on Computing, as well as leading computer science and data science conferences including AAAI, IJCAI, ICWSM, and CHI.

My research has received numerous awards and recognitions. I have received 10 Best Paper awards and nominations at major venues such as the Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (2018, 2020, 2024), the Conference on Information Systems and Technology (2017, 2023), the International Conference on Information Systems (2021), the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (2021), the INFORMS Annual Meeting eBusiness Cluster (2017, 2022), and the ACM CHI Conference (2013). My dissertation on social media mining earned a Letter of Commendation from the President of Arizona State University (2014). In 2025, I received the INFORMS Information Systems Society Sandy Slaughter Early Career Award.

Before joining OSU, I was a tenured Associate Professor at the University of Illinois Chicago’s College of Business Administration and previously a Research Staff Member at IBM Research, where I worked on various AI systems. I earned my Ph.D. in Computer Science from Arizona State University and previously worked as a research intern at Microsoft Research and Avaya Labs.

I regularly teach courses in Data Mining, Machine Learning, Text Mining, Big Data, Generative AI, and Accounting Information Systems at the undergraduate, MS, MBA, and PhD levels. My teaching has been recognized with several awards, including the Teaching Recognition Program Award (2024), one of the highest teaching honors at the University of Illinois Chicago.

I am also deeply committed to mentoring. My PhD graduates have gone on to faculty positions at universities such as Penn State, the University of South Florida, Baruch College, and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, among others. In addition, I work closely with high school, undergraduate, and master students on various data-driven research projects.

Outside of work, I enjoy watching American football and baseball, cooking, and working on hands-on projects.