Richard Thomas Watson

Education

• PhD, MIS, Universty of Minnesota, 1987
• MBA, Business, Monash University, 1974
• Dip Comp, Computer Science, University of Western Australia, 1970
• BS, Mathematics, University of Western Australia, 1969

Scholarships and Awards

• Association for Information Systems’ Sandra Slaughter Service Award, 2016.
• Honorary Visiting Professor, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China 2015 -.
• University System of Georgia Regents Professor, 2014 -
• Dean’s distinguished visitor, University of Southern Queensland, 2013.
• Association for Information Systems’ LEO award for exceptional lifetime achievement, 2011.
• Visiting professor, University of Innsbruck, 2010 - 2014.
• Visiting professor Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China, 2011.
• Visiting researcher, RISE Viktoria, Göteborg, Sweden, 2011-.
• Association for Information Systems’ VISION award for contributions to ISWorld, 2009.
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, June 2007.
• Fellow of the Association of Information Systems, December 2006.
• Honored by the PhD Project Information Systems Doctoral Student Association, August 2006.
• Terry College Research Award May 2006
• Visiting professor, University of Sydney, Australia May 2005.
• H. L. Hooker Distinguished Visiting Professor, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, April 2005.
• Visiting professor Fudan University, Shanghai, China, 2004.
• Visiting professor, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway, 1998-2011.
• Professor Carlos LLoyd Braga Chair, University of Minho, Portugal, May 2003.
• Alpha Kappa Psi, Alpha Epsilon Chapter Blue Sapphire MIS teaching award, April 2003.
• Selected by MBA students as one of the top five MBA teachers, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2002-3.
• Cecil and Ida Green Honors Professor, Texas Christian University, October 2001.
• Best Academic Competitive Paper Prize
• Academy of Marketing Conference (UK) 1998.
• Vielberth Stiftung Fellow, University of Regensburg, Germany 1997, 2000, and 2002.
• University of Georgia honored for instructional contribution, 1989-90, 1990-91, 1994-1995, 1996-97, and
• 2001-02.
• Best paper Australian Computer Journal 1989.
• Fulbright Award, 1984-1987.
• University of Minnesota School of Management Fellowship, 1986-1987.
• University of Minnesota School of Management Grant, 1984-1985.
• Commonwealth Government Post-graduate Course Award, 1973.
• Commonwealth Government University Scholarship, 1966-1969.
• General Exhibition, University Matriculation Exam, 1965.