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Fred Niederman, Ph.D.

Shaughnessy Endowed Professor
Department of Management

Education

Ph.D. in Business Administration (Management Information Systems), University of Minnesota
MBA, University of Minnesota
B.A. in English Literature, University of California-Santa Barbara

Research Interests

Philosophy of Science Applied to Information Systems, IT Computer Personnel, Ethics, Computer Mediated Group Systems, Project Management

Professional Experience

  • Review for US Department of Labor Standard Occupational Classification for Computer Occupations (2001 - 2016)
  • Participant, Project Management Curriculum Resources Workshop -- PM-2 Design, sponsored by Project Management Institute, Alexandria, Virginia (2016)

Publications and Media Placements

  • "An Immodest Proposal – Going ‘All in’ on Replication Research in Information Systems", with Brendel, A.B. and Diederich, S. European Journal of Information Systems, January 2022. DOI: 10.1080/0960085X.2021.1944822
  • and 78 articles at refereed conferences.  Works cited 5998 times (Google Scholar, October 29, 2025). More than 36,000 ACM digital library downloads; more than 15,000 AIS digital library downloads.
  • Publications in prestigious journals: MIS Quarterly (2), Communications of ACM (3), Journal of AIS (4), Journal of Strategic Information Systems (2), Decision Support Systems (2), Journal of MIS, Journal of Information Technology, European Journal of Information Systems; ACM Transactions on MIS, Decision Sciences, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management.  Cross disciplinary publication in Human Resource Management Journal, Project Management Journal (2) and Journal of International Management.
  • Winner of the Senior Scholars/AIS best paper of the year award for MIS discipline. Winner of annual DATA BASE paper of the year award.  “On the Co-Evolution of Information Technology and Information Systems Personnel,” DATA BASE with Ferratt, T. and Trauth, E., January 2015.
  • Winner of the DATA BASE paper of the year award.  “Broadening the Conceptualization of Theory in the Information Systems Discipline: A Meta-Theory Approach,” with March, S.T., May 2019.
  • Winner of inaugural Paul Gray Award for the Most Thought-Provoking Paper.  "Assessing IS Research Impact," Communications of AIS, with Crowston, K., Koch, H., Krcmar, H., Powell, P., and Swanson, E.B., October 2014.
  • Winner of the Magid Igbaria Best conference paper award. "Stepping through the open door: Elaborating on Bailey and Barley’s observations on the relationship between technology, work, and organizations," Proceedings of the SIGMIS-CPR 2024 conference, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, May, 2024.
  • Winner of annual Information Systems Frontiers paper of the year award (2022), “Ethics and AI Issues: Old Container with New Wine?” with Baker, E. Nominated Senior Scholars/AIS best paper of the year award for MIS discipline.
  • Nominated for best academic research paper for “Ethics and AI Issues: Old Container with New Wine?” with Baker, E., The 20th IFIP Conference e-Business, e-Services, and e-Society I3E2021, Galway, Ireland (conducted remotely), September 2021.
  • Publication of research monograph: Process Theory: Background, Opportunity, and Challenges, Now Publications, formally accepted February 2021.
  • Winner of annual senior editor of the best JAIS paper of the year 2016 and 2018.
  • Co-Editor IT Workers: Human Capital Issues in a Knowledge-Based Environment, with T. Ferratt.  Information Age Press, 2005.
  • Co-edited special issues of Project Management Journal, CACM, Journal of Global Information Management, DATABASE, Human Resource Management, Journal of Database Management, Project Management Journal, Communications of AIS, Journal of Organizational Computing E-Commerce and MIS Quarterly Executive. 
  • Co-Organizer of International Conference on Information Systems College of Senior Scholar panels (2011-2016; 2024).
  • “The Quest for Innovation in IS Research: Recognizing, Stimulating, and Promoting Novel and Useful Knowledge". with Grover, V. Journal of AIS, accepted November 2020.
  • “A Minimalist View of Theory: Why This Promises Advancement for the IS Discipline,” The DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems, accepted September 2020.
  • “Representing Meta-theory in Management Information Systems Studies,” with March, S., The DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems, 2019.  
  • “On the Co-Evolution of Information Technology and Information Systems Personnel,” The DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems, with Ferratt, T. and Trauth, E., January 2015.

Honors and Awards

  • Thomas M. Knapp, S.J. Distinguished Faculty Member Award, Chaifetz School of Business, Saint Louis University, 2024-2025

  • SIGMIS Lifetime Achievement Award (2022)
  • Selected as Fellow of Association of Information Systems (2020)
  • Inducted into “Circle of Compadres” by the KPMG PhD Project Information Systems Doctoral Student Association (2006)
  • Journal of AIS, Senior Editor of the Year, Editor of Annual Best Paper (2016 and 2018)
  • Saint Louis University Business School Research Award (2004, 2007, 2011, 2019)
  • Saint Louis University Business School Service Award (2011, 2017)

Professional Organizations and Associations

  • Editor in Chief of Communications of Association for Information Systems journal (2020 - 2023)
  • Chair, ACM Special Interest Group on MIS (2017 - 2021)
  • Editorial Board Departmental Co-Editor, IS Project Management, Project Management Journal (2014 - 2020)
  • Senior Editor for Journal of Association for Information Systems (2008 - 2019)
  • Co-Program chair, International Conference on Information Systems (2000)
  • Facilitator/Coordinator, AIS College of Senior Scholars (2012 - 2016)

Community Work and Service

  • Editor in chief of Communications of AIS, July 2020-June 2023.  Initiated special issues on teaching and pedagogy resulting from Covid-19 knowledge creation and on environmental sustainability and IS.
  • Chair of the ACM special interest group on MIS (SIGMIS) 2017-2021; computer personnel research 1999-2002; member SIGMIS executive committee; member executive committee for ACM special interest.  Initiator of the Magid Igbaria conference paper award, lifetime and emerging scholar awards; and annual research grants program.
  • International Conference on IS co-program chair, 2010.
  • International Conference on IS co-track chair, Breakthrough ideas, 2009, Global IS, 2017, IS Development and Project Management, 2018.
  • International Conference IS associate editor for organizational track 2004, knowledge management track 2005-2007, human behavior and IT track 2008. 
  • Senior Editor Emeritus Journal of AIS, Transactions on Replication Research, and Project Management Journal.
  • Member Board of Editorial Advisors, Decision Support Systems.
  • Associate Editor Communications of AIS, Transactions on MIS, Journal of Global Information Systems, Journal of International Management, and Human Resource Management.
  • Designed and co-implemented first International Conference IS Junior Faculty consortium 2000 (Brisbane Australia, with Dennis Galletta); co-organizer ICIS 2001 (with Laurie Kirsch); facilitator ICIS 2002-2004.
  • Doctoral consortium faculty mentor: International Conference IS, 2018; Australian Conference on IS, 2014; co-chair Computer Personnel Research conference (SIGMIS of ACM), 2013; AMCIS, 2010; Computer Personnel Research conference (SIGMIS of ACM), 2009.
  • Facilitator AIS Senior Scholars 2012-2016; co-coordinator for annual best paper awards 2011-2013; facilitated formalization of relationship with AIS as a college 2016-2017.
  • Reviewer and discussant, Journal of AIS Theory Building Workshop, pre-ICIS, 2008-2016, 2019.
  • Co-Track Chair and Mini-track chair, Grounded Theory Track, AMCIS, Lima, Peru, August 2010.
  • Co-editor and facilitator, “Optimizing the Digital Workforce,” Society for Information Management pre-ICIS workshop and MISQ Executive special issue, Seoul, South Korea, December 2017.
  • Review for US Department of Labor Standard Occupational Classification for computer occupations, November 2001-2016 (intermittent).
  • More than 130 presentations to faculty and doctoral students on 5 continents spanning local, regional, national and international venues.  Recent examples include – Tel Aviv University, March, 2020; Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, September 2020, University of Sydney, February 2024.
  • Chair University Tenure and Promotion committee, July 2015-July 2018. Business School committee member, July 2019-June 2023.
  • Chair Undergraduate curriculum review task force, Cook School of Business, Saint Louis University, August 2015 – July 2017.
  • Member Saint Louis University Strategy Committee, Research Subcommittee, January 2015-June, 2015.
  • Chair Undergraduate program review, Cook School of Business, Saint Louis University, July 2014-June 2015.
  • Member executive committee Chaifetz School of Business, May 2014-Januaray 2020.
  • Founding member, Gateway Higher Education Consortium on Cybersecurity, St. Louis, MO, 2017-2019.
  • Organized Women in IT Leadership seminar co-sponsored with Society for Information Management and Alpha Beta Psi, October 2010.
  • Organized Future Potential of IT seminar sponsored by Society for Information Management and Microsoft, March 2007.
  • Member, University Committee Social Science Institutional Review Board (human subjects) 2002-2011.
  • Member University Information Technology Advisory Committee, 2004-2008.
  • Co-presenter of pre-conference workshop. “Using Grounded Approach to Generate Indigenous MIS Theory,” American Conference on Information Systems, San Francisco, August 2009.
  • Co-Chair AIS Special Interest Group on Systems Analysis and Design, SIGSAND, St. Louis, MO, May-June 2014.
  • Program chair Society for Information Management St. Louis chapter, 2007-8; organizer leadership workshop 2008; board member 2007-8; academic liaison, 2008-ongoing.
  • Cook School of Business Service Award, Saint Louis University 2011 and 2017.
  • Co-conference chair, MidWest AIS conference, moderator practitioner panel discussion; senior faculty participant in research developmental session. Omaha, Nebraska, May 2011.
  • Eighty-four assessment letters for promotion and tenure review, 2000-2025.
  • Participant in KPMG PhD project 2005-2010, 2012, 2015, and 2024.  Elected to “Circle of Compadres” 2006.
  • Awarded Thomas M. Knapp, S.J. Distinguished Faculty Member Award, Chaifetz School of Business, Saint Louis University, 2024-2025.