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Robert Fuller

Robert Fuller

EY Professor in Accounting

Location Room - 609, Haslam Business Building , United States

Department:

Accounting & Information Management

Program:

MAcc

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Biography

Robert M. Fuller, Ph. D., is the EY Professor in Accounting who joined the faculty in 2006. He received his Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from Indiana University, an MBA from Middle Tennessee State University and a BSBA in finance from Tennessee Technological University. His research interests include the design and implementation of collaborative technologies for virtual team performance, individual participation and use of communication technologies, and the improvement of requirements elicitation through semi-structured communication techniques. Dr. Fuller’s research has been published in MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, the Journal of the Association for Information Systems, and other IS journals. He has presented his work at numerous academic conferences. Dr. Fuller currently teaches database design and administration and business process analysis in the undergraduate program. Prior to entering academia, Dr. Fuller worked in Nashville as a Midrange Server Specialist for IBM.

Expertise:

Information Systems Management, Technology-Mediated Collaboration

Education:

2003 Indiana University, Ph.D., Management Information Systems

1995 Middle Tennesee State University, M.B.A., Operations Management

1989 Tennessee Technological University,, B.S.B.A, Finance

Awards/Honors
  • Rudolph J. Joenk, Jr. Award for Best Paper in the IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, 2017
  • HICSS-50, nomination for best paper 2017
  • Decosimo Faculty Leadership Award, 2017
  • Linda and Herbert Rhea Excellence in Teaching Award, 2016
  • PwC Inquires Grant, Data Analytics and Mindset in Accounting Curriculum, 2016
  • Jan R. Williams Professorship, 2012
  • Pugh & Company Accounting Excellence Award, 2012
  • MIS Quarterly Reviewer of the Year Award for 2010 (awarded in 2011)
  • Linda and Herbert Rhea Excellence in Teaching Award, 2009
  • College of Business, Keally Outstanding Teacher Award Finalist, 2008, 2009
  • MIS Quarterly Best Research Paper for 2008
  • Dixon Hughes, PLLC, Academic Promise Award, 2008
  • College of Business, Reagan Scholar Designation, 2008
  • Beta Alpha Psi, Excellence in Teaching Award, 2007
  • Hewlett-Packard, Technology for Teaching Initiative, $69000, 2006, awarded