Alanah Mitchell, PhD
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
Owens, D., Mitchell, A. J. D., Khazanchi, D., & Zigurs, I. (2011). An exploratory study of virtual world projects and metaverse technology capabilities Data Base for Advances in Information Systems, (vol. 42, issue 1, pp. 74-101).
Owens, D., Mitchell, A. J. D., Murphy, J., Khazanchi, D., & Zigurs, I. (2010). Real-world opportunities for virtual-world project management In T. Tuten (Ed.), Enterprise 2.0: How Technology, E-Commerce, and Web 2.0 Are Transforming Business Virtually Praeger Publishers.
Mitchell, A. J. D., & Khazanchi, D. (2010). The Importance of Buzz: Can online word of mouth increase product sales? Marketing Research, (vol. 22, issue 2, pp. 20-25).
Mitchell, A. J. D., Chen, C.-H., & Medlin, B. D. (2010). Teaching and Learning with Skype In C. Wankel (Ed.), Cutting-edge Social Media Approaches to Business Education: Teaching with LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Second Life, and Blogs Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Murphy, J., Mitchell, A. J. D., & Yurkovich, J. (2009). Engineering for interdisciplinary collaboration. In J. Salmons & L. Wilson (Eds.), Handbook of research on electronic collaboration and organizational synergy (pp. 192-204). Information Science Reference.
Mitchell, A. J. D., de Vreede, G.-J., & Pietron, L. (2009). A repeatable collaboration process for incident response planning. In K. J. Knapp (Ed.), Cyber-security and global information assurance: Threat analysis and response solutions (pp. 250-264). Information Science Reference.
Mitchell, A. J. D., & Zigurs, I. (2009). Trust in virtual teams: Solved or still a mystery? Data Base for Advances in Information Systems, (vol. 40, issue 3, pp. 61-83).
Mitchell, A. J. D., 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, (vol. 24, issue 21, pp. 351-372).
Mitchell, A. J. D., 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, (vol. 10, issue 2, pp. 90-117).
Owens, D., Mitchell, A. J. D., Murphy, J., Khazanchi, D., & Zigurs, I. (2009). Real-world opportunities for virtual-world project management. IT Professional, (vol. 11, issue 2, pp. 34-41).
Mitchell, A. J. D., Kamal, M., Schoonover, T. V., Nabukenya, J., Pietron, L. R., & de Vreede, G.-J. (2008). Incident response planning using collaboration engineering process development and validation. Journal of Information System Security, (vol. 4, issue 3, pp. 24-45).
Contact
Contact
Chair:
Dr. Dawn Medlin
Room 2103 Raley Hall
Boone, NC 28608
Phone: (828) 262-2411
Fax: (828) 262-6190
medlinbd@appstate.edu
Administrative Assistant:
Chelsie Eldreth
Room 2101 Raley Hall
Phone: (828) 262-2034
Fax: (828) 262-6190
eldrethcm@appstate.edu
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