C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry Chair in Business Administration and Professor, Department of Management Information Systems Department Head and Professor of Management Information Systems, Terry College of Business Dr. Gerald C. (Jerry) Kane is a Professor and the C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry Chair in Business Administration at the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia. His research interests include the social and ethical implications of artificial intelligence and machine learning; how companies use digital tools to innovate through disruption (e.g. COVID-19); the success factors associated with the digital transformation of legacy companies; using social media to manage knowledge within, between, and across firm boundaries; and the intersection of information systems and social networks, particularly in healthcare organizations. He speaks about how companies can understand and respond to digital disruption to undergraduate, graduate, and executive education students worldwide. He has published over 100 papers, articles, and reports on these topics in journals such as MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Organization Science, Management Science, Marketing Science, Journal of Management Information Systems, Journal of the AIS, Journal of Business Ethics, Harvard Business Review, MIT-Sloan Management Review, among others. He is the lead author of The Technology Fallacy: How People are the Real Key to Digital Transformation, and The Transformation Myth: Leading Your Organization Through Uncertain Times, both published by MIT Press. He is formerly a Senior Editor at MIS Quarterly. Education: PhD, IS, Emory University, Goizueta Business School, 2006 MBA, CIS, Georgia State University, Robinson College of Business, 2002 M. Div., Theology, Emory University, 1998 BA, Humanities, Furman University, 1994 Research Research Interests: Social and ethical implications of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Exploring how companies use digital tools to innovate through disruption (e.g. COVID-19). Examining the success factors associated with the digital transformation of legacy companies. Using social media to manage knowledge within, between, and across firm boundaries. Investigating the intersection of information systems and social networks, particularly in healthcare organizations. Personal Website: Homepage
