Gerald Kane

Dr. Gerald C. (Jerry) Kane is a Professor and the C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry Chair in Business Administration at the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia. His research interests include the social and ethical implications of artificial intelligence and machine learning; how companies use digital tools to innovate through disruption (e.g. COVID-19); the success factors associated with the digital transformation of legacy companies; using social media to manage knowledge within, between, and across firm boundaries; and the intersection of information systems and social networks, particularly in healthcare organizations. He speaks about how companies can understand and respond to digital disruption to undergraduate, graduate, and executive education students worldwide. He has published over 100 papers, articles, and reports on these topics in journals such as MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Organization Science, Management Science, Marketing Science, Journal of Management Information Systems, Journal of the AIS, Journal of Business Ethics, Harvard Business Review, MIT-Sloan Management Review, among others. He is lead author of The Technology Fallacy: How People are the Real Key to Digital Transformation, and The Transformation Myth: Leading Your Organization Through Uncertain Times, both published by MIT Press. He is currently a Senior Editor at MIS Quarterly.

Education:

• Ph.D., MIS, Emory University, Goizueta Business School.
• MBA, CIS, Georgia State University, Robinson College of Business.
• M.Div., Emory University, Candler School of Theology.
• BA, Furman University.

Research Interests and Areas of Expertise:

• Social and ethical implications of artificial intelligence and machine learning.
• Exploring how companies use digital tools to innovate through disruption (e.g. COVID-19).
• Examining the success factors associated with the digital transformation of legacy companies.
• Using social media to manage knowledge within, between, and across firm boundaries.
• Investigating the intersection of information systems and social networks, particularly in healthcare organizations.

Awards, Honors and Recognitions:

• 2018. Carroll School Coughlin Distinguished Teaching Award, Graduate Teaching.
• 2017. Citation of Excellence. Emerald Publishing.
• 2009-2016. National Science Foundation CAREER Award ($500,000). Title: Using Social Media to Manage Knowledge, award number 0953285.
• 2014–2016. McKiernan Distinguished Fellow ($30,000). Boston College, Carroll School of Management.
• 2015. Runner-up, Best Published Paper. Academy of Management (OCIS Division).
• 2012. U.S. Department of Defense ($100,000). Title: Inferring Social and Psychological Meaning in Social Media. Small Business Technology Transfer Award with Charles River Analytics.
• 2011, 2012. Boston College Nominee: U.S. Professor of the Year, sponsored by Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
• 2009. Runner-up, Best Published Paper in Information Systems Research. INFORMS Information Systems Society.
• 2009. Best Paper. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, OCIS Division. Chicago, IL.
• 2009. Kelley Award ($8,000) for research associated with the use of social media in organizations, Carroll School of Management, Boston College.
• 2009. Boston College Faculty Fellowship.
• 2007, 2008. Boston College Teaching with New Media (TWIN) Award.