Researcher Recognition

C. T. Bauer College of Business Decision & Information Sciences Assistant Professor Dorothy Jiang recently earned the ISS Gordon B. Davis Young Scholar Award, recognizing her early-career accomplishments in the information systems discipline.

Throughout her career so far, Jiang has prioritized her research, with a strong interest in artificial intelligence and digital platform strategies. Additionally, Jiang serves as the Co-Director for Bauer College’s Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Institute where she expands the program’s reach beyond the university.

Jiang was awarded the highly coveted recognition at this fall’s Conference on Information Systems and Technology in Atlanta, surrounded by her colleagues and supporters.

“Ever since I became an assistant professor, this award has been the North Star for me,” Jiang said. “After six years of hard work, research twists and turns and long nights, earning the award felt very fulfilling because this award is the highest recognition an untenured assistant professor can receive in the Information Systems discipline.”

Decision & Information Sciences Department Chair Meng Li has been a mentor for Jiang throughout the years and celebrated her accomplishment. He said he looks forward to the doors this will open for the department.

“Dorothy’s recognition with the ISS Gordon B. Davis Young Scholar Award speaks volumes about the quality and trajectory of research in Bauer’s DISC department,” Li said. “Dorothy receiving this as a non-tenured faculty member underscores both the strength of her intellectual contributions and the broader impact that our faculty are having on the information systems community.”

After achieving this milestone, Jiang reflected back on how the journey wasn’t always easy. She started her career at Bauer College shortly before the pandemic and spent many days alone working through research feedback and doubting if her work would be published.

“I didn't know many people yet and had just started my career; it was a very dark time,” she said. “I felt like my dream of getting this award was disappearing over the horizon. It felt like the world just told me politely, ‘Don't wait up — you won't make it.’ But somehow, after rounds and rounds of revision, I actually made it.”

Despite it all, Jiang encourages others to keep going, stay focused and to be tenacious.

“It's inspiring to experience how quickly things can turn around,” Jiang said.

Jiang looks forward to joining the prestigious group of past award recipients and continuing to advance the information systems fields.