Professor Rachel Chung, Director of Business Programs at Chatham
University, is passionate about engaged scholarship and evidence-based
decision making. Her research activities range from fundamental issues
in Knowledge Management Systems and Cybersecurity, to community-based
research that makes real differences in businesses and organizations.
Professor
Chung has published in top journals including Communications of the
ACM, and has given numerous presentations at international conferences,
including International Conferences on Information Systems (ICIS) and
Academy of Management (AOM).
Professor Chung is highly engaged in the Information Systems
community. She has served as associate editor for the European
Conferences on Information Systems (ECIS), guest associate editor for
the Omega journal, and as ad hoc reviewer for numerous journals,
including MIS Quarterly (MISQ), Data Base, and Small Group Research. She
has also served as reviewer for all major Information Systems
conferences, including ICIS, AMCIS, and ECIS.
In 2012 Professor Chung received a $10,000 research grant from the Institute of Fraud Prevention (IFP) for her research study on the genetic basis for Internet fraud detection with Professor Dennis Galletta of the University of Pittsburgh, and a BBC World News interview about this research study. In 2013, the project is funded as a signature project by the Grace Ann Geibel Institute for Social Justice and Responsibility.
In 2013, Professor Chung received another $10,000 research grant from the Institute of Fraud Prevention (IFP) for her research study on the genetic basis for deception detection with Professor Chih-Chen Lee of Northern Illinois University.
In
addition to academic research, Professor Chung is also very involved in
the application of scientific research methods to solving business
problems. Her MBA course Research has engaged students in over twenty
client projects with executives from City of Pittsburgh, WQED, AllFacilities Energy Group, Ardex Americas, TingWall, and other organizations. Professor Chung also established Center for Evidence-Based Fraud and Forensics to promote the discipline of evidence-based practices.
To
support evidence-based decision making, and scientific thinking in
general, Professor Chung has served as grant awards judge for the 2012 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) and will also judge for Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair (PRSEF) in 2013.
In addition to Business Analytics, Professor Chung also teaches the MBA course Global Business with study-abroad travel to China, and the Masters of Science in Fraud and Forensics (MFF) course on Evidence-Based Fraud and Forensics.
Professor
Chung is member of Association of Information Systems, Academy of
Management, Association of Computing Machinery, Society of Applied
Research in Memory and Cognition, and Net Impact.