Service

Dr. Yu (Audrey) Zhao
Associate Professor of Information Systems

Professional Service

Academic Conference: Moderator / Facilitator

Chair: Conference / Track / Program

2019: Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Maui, Hawaii. I was a session chair of the track "E-Learning, Online Training, and Education" at the 52nd HICSS conference.

Reviewer - Article / Manuscript

2019 – 2020: Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education. I reviewed a manuscript under review by Decision Sciences Journal of Innovation Education in July 2019. And then I was invited to review the revised manuscript in Nov 2019.
2019: Information Technology and Management. I was invited to review a manuscript under consideration by Information Technology and Management.
2015: International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) (International).
2014: Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (International).
2014: Journal of Systems Research and Behavioral Science (International).
2013: Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) (International).

Reviewer: Ad Hoc Reviewer For a Journal

2018: International Journal of Information Management. I was invited to review another article by the editor of International Journal of Information Management in August 2018.
2017: International Journal of Information Management. I was invited to review one article by the associate editor of International Journal of Information Management in November 2017. I accepted the invitation and it was finished in February 2018 with two rounds of review.
2017: International Journal of Information Management. I was invited by the editor of International Journal of Information Management and reviewed an article in June 2017 and then reviewed it again in October 2017.
2017: International Journal of Information Management. I was invited by the editor of International Journal of Information Management and reviewed an article in June 2017 and then reviewed it again in October 2017.
2015 – 2016: Information Systems Frontiers.
2014 – 2015: Journal of Information Technology Theory and Application (JITTA).

Reviewer: Conference Paper

2017: Americas Conference on Information Systems. I was invited and reviewed an article from AMCIS in April 2017.

Assurance of Learning - Institutional Service

2018-2019: Representing the department to attend the Provost Kick-off table event

Faculty Advisor

Member

2020-2021: Ph.D. in Information Systems Initiate Task Force
2020-2021: Scholarly Activity Task Force of CoB Strategic Planning
2020-2021: College of Business Strategic Planning (task force - Scholarly Activity)
2019-2020: Graduate Programs
2016-2017 – 2017-2018: Faculty Academic and Professional Impact Committee
2016-2017 - 2017-2018: Committee on Statistics/Quantitative Analysis
2016-2017 – 2017-2018: International Business Concept Development Committee
2015-2016: Undergraduate Programs Committee

Mentoring Activities

Assurance of Learning - Institutional Service

Member

2020-2021: Lamar University IRB
2018-2019 – 2019-2020: Larger Strategic Planning Committee
2018-2019 – 2019-2020: Economic and Service Engine of Southeast Texas & Beyond
2017-2018 – 2018-2019: Academic Information Technology Committee
2016-2017: Academic Information Technology Committee: Service term: FALL 2016-SUMMER 2019

Other Institutional Service Activities

Recent Selected University Service

Committee member, Lamar University Research Council Committee. (August 2025-August 2028).
Committee member, COB Operations & Scholarship and Research Committee. (September 2022-Present).
Committee member, COB Assessment and Assurance of Learning Committee. (August 2025-August 2028).
Faculty Mentor. (April 2025-Present).
MIS program review. (April 2025-June 2025).
Committee member, College of Business Undergraduate Curriculum. (September 2022-August 2025).
Committee member, 2026 IS Department Personnel Committee.
Chair of the committee, 2024-2025 College Personnel Committee.
Committee member, College of Business Dean Search Committee. (March 2024-May 2024).
Committee member, Institutional Review Board Committee. (June 2020-July 2023).
Chair of the committee, MIS Faculty Recruitment. (2022-2023).
Committee Member, Associate Dean Search Committee. (2022).
Committee Member, COB Graduate Curriculum. (2021-2022).
Committee Member, COB Personnel Committee. (September 1, 2021-August 31, 2022).
Committee Member, Scholarship and Research. (September 1, 2021-August 31, 2022).