Viswanath Venkatesh
Current University
Virginia Tech
Research Areas
Technology diffusion, cybersecurity, health care IT, societal impacts of research
Background
Venkatesh is an eminent scholar and Verizon Chair at Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business, where he is also director of the Executive Ph.D. program.
His research focuses on understanding the diffusion of technologies in organizations and society. His most impactful project focuses on improving the quality of life of the poorest of the poor in India, which he has presented in such forums as the United Nations.
His work has appeared in leading journals in human-computer interaction, information systems, organizational behavior, psychology, marketing, medical informatics, and operations management.
Venkatesh received the Association for Information Systems’ Technology Legacy Award and has served in editorial roles in various journals.
He is a Fellow of the AIS and the Information Systems Society, INFORMS.
Alma Mater
University of Minnesota