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Department of CIS

Dr. Dawn Medlin
Chair
2103 Raley Hall
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
Phone: (828) 262-2411
Fax: (828) 262-6190
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Walker College of Business CIS Faculty

ALANAH MITCHELL Mitchell

Assistant Professor

Ph.D., University of Nebraska at Omaha
M.S., Creighton University
B.A., Simpson College

Dr. Alanah Mitchell is an Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems in the John A. Walker College of Business at Appalachian State University. Her Ph.D. is from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Professor Mitchell’s research focuses on collaboration through the use of technology and best practices for managing and using collaboration technologies in virtual and face-to-face teams. She has published in such journals as Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, Data Base for Advances in Information Systems, and American Journal of Business as well as others.

Recent Publications

Mitchell, A., & Zigurs, I. (2009). Trust in virtual teams: Solved or still a mystery?. Data Base for Advances in Information Systems, 40(3), 61-83.

Davis, A., Germonprez, M., Petter, S., Drum, D., & Kolstad, J. (2009). A case study of offshore development across IS courses: Lessons learned from a global student project. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 24(21), 351-372.

Owens, D., Davis, A., Murphy, J., Khazanchi, D., & Zigurs, I. (2009). Real-world opportunities for virtual-world project management. IT Professional, 11(2), 34-41.

Davis, A., Murphy, J., Owens, D., Khazanchi, D., & Zigurs, I. (2009). Avatars, people, and virtual worlds: Foundations for research in metaverses. Journal of the Association for Information Systems 10(2), 90-117.