Rate My Professor Varun Grover

Varun Grover is the George & Boyce Billingsley Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor of Information Systems in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Previously, he served as the David D. Glass Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor of Information Systems in the same college from 2017 to 2021 and as the William S. Lee Distinguished Professor of Information Systems at Clemson University. He earned a Ph.D. in management information systems and a master's in information systems from the University of Pittsburgh, an M.B.A. from Southern Illinois University, and a B.Tech. in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. Grover's research examines the impacts of digitalization on individuals, organizations, and society, with a focus on digital competition, artificial intelligence, process change, data breaches, mobile apps, and ethical implications. He has authored over 450 publications, more than 300 in top refereed journals including MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Journal of Management Information Systems, and Journal of the Association for Information Systems. Notable works include "Not Only Data: The Necessity of Abstract Thinking to Make Sense of Digital Phenomena" with K. Lyytinen (Journal of Information Technology, 2023), "Digital 'x'—Charting a Path for Digital-Themed Research" with A. Baiyere et al. (Information Systems Research, 2023), "An Empirical Investigation of Company Response to Data Breaches" with H. Nikkhah (MIS Quarterly, 2022), and his third book on process change with M. Lynne Markus.