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Faculty Bio

Namchul Shin is Professor of Information Systems in the Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems, �鶹ֱ��. He received his Ph.D. in Management (specialization in MIS) from the University of California at Irvine. His current research focuses on the areas of IT value, environmental sustainability, open data, geographic information systems (GIS), and nonprofit organizations. He is a co-founder of the Special Interest Group of Geographic Information Systems (SIGGIS) under the Association for Information Systems (AIS) and has organized workshops and minitracks on GIS and location analytics at the conferences sponsored by the AIS for many years. He is associate editor of Journal of Electronic Commerce Research and editorial board member of Business Process Management Journal. He has served the Office of the Provost and the Wilson Center at �鶹ֱ�� as Faculty Fellow.

Awards and Honors

• The Helene and Grant Wilson Center for Social Entrepreneurship, �鶹ֱ��, New York, NY, 2013, Faculty Fellow [2013–2014], [2017–2018] and [2021–2022]
• The Office of the Provost, �鶹ֱ��, New York, NY, 2012, Faculty Fellow [2012–2014]
• Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations, University of California, Irvine, 2009, Faculty Research Associate [2009–2012]
• Personal Computing Industry Center, University of California, Irvine, 2009, Faculty Research Associate [2009 to 2015]
• �鶹ֱ��, School of Computer Science and Information System, 2001, The School of CSIS Excellence in Research Award [2001]

PhD, University of California at Irvine, Graduate School of Management, 1997
Management - MIS

MBA, The University of Toledo, 1988
General Administration

BA, Seoul National University, 1985
Linguistics

Research Interest

His current research focuses on the areas of IT value, environmental sustainability, open data, geographic information systems (GIS), and nonprofit organizations.

Past Courses

BUS 294: Business Internship
CIT 196: Tpc: Intro to Lctn Intlgnc GIS
CIT 221: Global Networking Technology
CIT 241: Database Management
CIT 346: Database Programming
CIT 471: Information Tchnlgy Internship
CIT 481: Cpstn in Infrmtn Tchnlgy
CIT 490: Independent Study in Infor Tec
CS 387: Database Design
CS 623: Database Management Systems
IS 351: Global Data Communications
IS 397: Strategic IS & IT Strategy
IS 397: Tpc: Technology for E-Commerce
IS 481: Database Mgmt and Orgztn
IS 600: Grad Independent Study in IS
IS 613: Database Management Systems
IS 632: Business Data Communications
IS 632: Business Telecommunications
IS 660: Tpc: Mgt Issues in Info System
IS 664: Database Programming
IS 665: Data Warehousing, Mining & Vis
IS 665: Intro to Data Mining & Vslztn
IS 669: Big Data & Information Systems
IS 673: Mngrl Issues in Info Systems
IS 673: Mngrl Issues in Info Systms
IS 678: Location Analytics & Web GIS
IS 680: Data Sci I: Intro to Data
IS 688: Lctn Analytics & GIS Research
IS 692: Research Project Seminar
IT 605: Database Management Systems
IT 634: Introduction to Data Mining

Publications

Invited Editorial: Preparing Students for a Spatially Driven Business World: Why Location Analytics Belongs in Every IS Curriculum
Corsor, A., Erskine, M., Farkas, D., Shin, N., Garfield, J., Pick, J., Satpathy, A. & Zhang, X. (2026). Journal of Information Systems Education.

Transformation to a Circular Economy through Public Procurement? An analysis of local and regional calls for tender using GPT-4
Shin, N., Morris, J. & Junge, L. (2026).

Measuring Sustainability Maturity Stages and Charitable Giving: Leveraging NLP-based Textual Analysis
Shin, N. (2026).

The Chilling of Data Sharing and Reuse for Clinical Therapeutics: Lives at Risk in the Current Era
Cutcher-Gershenfeld, J., Beninger, P., Blatecky, A., Canavan, P., Gemmill, J., Hanson, B., Klensin, J., Maffe, M., Ogbo-Gebhardt, E., Sampath, R., Shin, N., Winter, S. & Zarecor, K. (2025). Clinical Therapeutics.

Assessing Biodiversity Reporting in the Coal Mining Industry: Leveraging Large Language Models
Shin, N., Baersch, S., Braun, V. & Sassen, R. (2025).

Driving the Circular Transition in Practice through Public Procurement: An Exploration of Tender Documents
Morris, J., Junge, L. & Shin, N. (2025).

The Consortia Century: Aligning for Impact
Cutcher‐Gershenfeld, J., Anderson, K., Baker, K. S., Berente, N., Berman, H. M., Blatecky, A., Borgman, C. L., Canaban, P., Clark, B., Diaz-Linhart, Y., Garmulewicz, A., Rock, A. G., Haberman, M., Hildreth, P. D., Hutchins, R., King, J. L., Kirkpatrick, C. R., Klensin, J. C., Leary, K., Lewis, S., Lenhardt, C., Maffie, M. D., Michael, L. A., Mittleman, B. B., Sampath, R., Soroui, S., Shin, N., Ward, M., Winter, S. J. & Zarecor, K. E. (2025). The Consortia Century: Aligning for Impact.University of Oxford, Oxford , United Kingdom : Oxford University Press. , pages 219.

Lessons from Multi-Stakeholder Consortia for Public Higher Education Systems
Cutcher‐Gershenfeld, J., Baker, K. S., Berente, N., Berman, H. M., Blatecky, A., Chan, A. S., Garmulewicz, A., Hutchins, R., Mikytuck, A., Mittleman, B. B., Rock, A. G., Sampath, R., Shin, N., Veazey, P., Winter, S. J. & Zarecor, K. E. (2024). Jim Johnsen (Eds.), Baltimore, ML , USA:Johns Hopkins University Press.

Location Analytics in Information Systems: Opportunities for Research and Teaching
Erskine, M., Pick, J., Satpathy, A., Diaz Lopez, A., Sarkar, A. & Shin, N. (2024). Communications of the Association for Information Systems. Vol 55 (Issue 1) , pages 535-565.

Smartphones and Environmental Sustainability: A Country-Level Analysis
Shin, N. (2024). Communications of the Association for Information Systems. Vol 54 , pages 662-679.

The Impact of Social Media on Charitable Giving for Nonprofit Organizations
Shin, N. (2024). Journal of International Technology and Information Management. Vol 32 (Issue 1) , pages 121-140.

Introduction to the HICSS-56 Minitrack on GIS, Industry 4.0, and Sustainability
Shin, N. & Farkas, D. (2023).

When Launching A Collaboration, Keep It Agile
Cutcher-Gershenfeld, J., Baker, K. S., Berente, N., Berkman, P. A., Berman, P., Canavan, P., Feltus, F. A., Garmulewicz, A., Hutchins, R., King, J. L., Kirkpatrick, C., Lenhardt, C., Levin, S., Lewis, S., Maffe, M., Mayernik, B., Mittleman, B., Nusser, B., Plale, R., Sampath, R., Shin, N., Stall, S., Town, S., Winter, S., Veazey, P. & Zarecor, K. (2022). Stanford Social Innovation Review. Vol 20 (Issue 2) , pages 40-47.

Introduction to the HICSS-55 Minitrack on GIS, Industry 4.0, and Sustainability
Shin, N. & Farkas, D. (2022).

Presentations

An LLM–assisted Content Analysis of Tender Documents: Assessing Circular Economy Integration in Public Procurement
Shin, N., Morris, J. & Junge, L. (2026). ICIS 2026 TREO Track. Association for Information Systems,

Is Digitalization Green? Mobile Broadband, Energy Structure, and CO₂ Emissions Across Developed and Developing Economies
Mistry, H. & Shin, N. (2026). ISCAP Conference 2026. Information Systems & Computing Academic Professionals,

Leveraging Location Analytics for IS Education and Interdisciplinary Research
Farkas, D. & Shin, N. (2026). ISCAP Conference 2026. Information Systems & Computing Academic Professionals,

Driving the Circular Transition in Practice through Public Procurement: An Exploration of Calls for Tender Documents
Morris, J., Shin, N. & Junge, L. (2026). The 4th IOER Conference. Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development,

Transformation to a Circular Economy through Public Procurement? An analysis of local and regional calls for tender using GPT-4
Morris, J., Shin, N. & Junge, L. (2026). The 65th ERSA Congress. European Regional Science Association,

Geospatial Analysis of Social Media Discourse and Neighborhood Crime
Shin, N. (2026). Location Analytics and Spatial AI Workshop at Americas Conference on Information Systems. Association for Information Systems,

Mapping Social Media Discourse and Neighborhood Crime: A Geospatial Analysis
Shin, N. (2026). Location Analytics in Business Symposium. Multiple Institutions,

Measuring Sustainability Maturity Stages and Charitable Giving: Leveraging NLP-based Textual Analysis
Shin, N. (2026). AAAI 2026 Summer Symposium Series. The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence,

Location Analytics for Interdisciplinary Research
Farkas, D. & Shin, N. (2026). Annual Spring Conference, �鶹ֱ�� . Office of Research and Graduate Education, �鶹ֱ��,

Biodiversity Reporting in the Coal Mining Industry: A Content Analysis Leveraging Large Language Models
Shin, N., Baersch, S., Braun, V. & Sassen, R. (2025). The 10th Annual Pre-ICIS Workshop by SIG AI. SIG AI,

Biodiversity Reporting in the Coal Mining Industry: A Content Analysis Leveraging Large Language Models
Shin, N., Baersch, S., Braun, V. & Sassen, R. (2025). The 2025 Autumn Conference of the Sustainability Management Section (“WK NAMA”) of the German Academic Association of Business Research (VHB) . the German Academic Association of Business Research (VHB) ,

Leveraging Location Analytics and AI for Research Using U.S. Census Data
Farkas, D. & Shin, N. (2025). Annual Spring Conference, �鶹ֱ�� . Office of Research and Graduate Education, �鶹ֱ��,

Leveraging AI and U.S. Census Data for Location-Based Research
Farkas, D. & Shin, N. (2024). ISCAP Conference 2024. Information Systems & Computing Academic Professionals,

Assessing Biodiversity Reporting in the Coal Mining Industry: Leveraging Large Language Models
Shin, N. (2024). Research Seminar at Yonsei University. Graduate School of Information at Yonsei University,

Assessing Biodiversity Reporting in the Coal Mining Industry: Leveraging Large Language Models
Shin, N. (2024). The Korean Chapter of the Association for Information Systems Summer Workshop. The Korean Chapter of the Association for Information Systems,

Smartphones and Environmental Sustainability: A Country-Level Analysis
Shin, N. (2023). Research Colloquium Sustainability & Management. Technical University of Dresden,

Smartphones and Environmental Sustainability: A Country-Level Analysis
Shin, N. (2023). Academic Coordination Centre Forum. Academic Coordination Centre,

GIS and Sustainable Development Goals
Shin, N. (2023). DigiStep Summer School. Technical University of Dresden (TUD),

Tutorial: Location Analytics with ArcGIS and Business Analyst Online
Shin, N. (2023). Research Seminar at Yonsei University. Graduate School of Information at Yonsei University,

Tutorial: Location Analytics with ArcGIS and Business Analyst Online
Shin, N. (2023). The Korea Society of Management Information Systems Spring Conference. The Korea Society of Management Information Systems,

Social Media and Charitable Giving for Nonprofit Organizations
Shin, N. (2022). The 33rd Annual Meeting of the International Information Management Association . International Information Management Association,

Cloud GIS and Location Intelligence in the Undergraduate Curriculum
Farkas, D. & Shin, N. (2022). Esri Education Summit. Esri,

GIS for Sustainable Development: Course Module and Research Agenda
Shin, N. (2022). Invitation-Only Workshop for the Need for location Analytics Competencies in Business. Arizona State University, Tempe,

Professional Memberships

• Association for Information Systems [Distinguished Member Cum Laude]
• Special Interest Group in Green IS
• Korean Chapter of AIS
• Stakeholder Alignment Collaborative
• Industry Studies Association [Founding Member]
• AIS Special Interest Group Geographic Information Systems [Executive Committee Member (Co-Founder)]
• Association for Information Systems [Member]

Department Service

• IT Curriculum Committee [Committee Chair]
• Department Associate Chair [Associate Chair]

College Service

• Seidenberg Faculty Council [Other]
• Seidenberg School Dean Search Committee [Committee Chair]
• School Tenure and Promotion Committee [Committee Chair]

University Service

• Graduate Advisory Committee [Committee Member]
• Scholarly Research Committee [Committee Member]
• Academic Plan Steering Committee [Committee Member]

Professional Service

Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences [Minitrack Co-Chair]
Review of International Political Economy [Reviewer, Journal Article]
Americas Conference on Information Systems [Minitrack Co-Chair]
Americas Conference on Information Systems [Workshop Co-Organizer]
International Journal of Information Management [Reviewer, Journal Article]
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences [Minitrack Co-Chair]
Bright Internet Global Summit [Reviewer, Conference Paper]
Journal of Information Systems Education [Reviewer, Journal Article]
Americas Conference on Information Systems [Workshop Co-Organizer]
Communications of the Association for Information Systems [Reviewer, Journal Article]
Americas Conference on Information Systems [Reviewer, Conference Paper]
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences [Minitrack Co-Chair]
Bright Internet Global Summit [Reviewer, Conference Paper]
Americas Conference on Information Systems [Minitrack Co-Chair]
Americas Conference on Information Systems [Workshop Co-Organizer]
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences [Reviewer, Conference Paper]
Americas Conference on Information Systems [Reviewer, Conference Paper]
Information Systems Frontier [Reviewer, Journal Article]
Information Systems for Crisis Responses and Management Global Conference [Reviewer, Conference Paper]
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences [Minitrack Co-Chair]
Bright Internet Global Summit [Reviewer, Conference Paper]
Americas Conference on Information Systems [Minitrack Co-Chair]
Americas Conference on Information Systems [Workshop Co-Organizer]
Americas Conference on Information Systems [Reviewer, Conference Paper]
Information Technology for Development [Reviewer, Journal Article]
Spatial Business Academic Forum [Faculty Discussant]
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences [Minitrack Co-Chair]
Bright Internet Global Summit [Reviewer, Conference Paper]
Americas Conference on Information Systems [Panel Moderator]
Americas Conference on Information Systems [Minitrack Co-Chair]
Americas Conference on Information Systems [Reviewer, Conference Paper]
Decision Support Systems [Reviewer, Journal Article]
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences [Minitrack Co-Chair]
International Conference on Information Systems [Workshop Organizer]
Bright Internet Global Summit [Reviewer, Conference Paper]
Journal of Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge [Reviewer, Journal Article]
Workshop on Sustainability and IS, International Conference on Information Systems [Reviewer, Conference Paper]