Zhongju (John) Zhang

Zhongju Zhang is Dean's Council Distinguished Professor of Information Systems at the W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University. Prior to that, Zhang was a tenured faculty member and the founding director of the MS degree program in business analytics and project management (MS-BAPM) at the School of Business, University of Connecticut. Zhang has formal training in the fields of information systems, data science, computer science, management science, operations research/management, and economics. He has extensive knowledge and strongly believes in experiential learning in higher education. Zhang has consulted extensively for various industries on data centric, operations, and strategic decision problems, and has experience developing strategic analytics initiatives for organizations. Zhang has also successfully sought external funding from both the industry and government agencies.

Zhang’s research primarily focuses on how information systems/technology and data analytics impact consumer behavior, create business value, and transform business models. He has specific interests in financial technologies and social media, platform economy and business models, social and economic aspects of digital transformation, machine learning and data science. Zhang's work has appeared in academic journals including Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, Production and Operations Management, INFORMS Journal on Computing, Journal of Management Information Systems, Decision Support Systems, European Journal of Operational Research, Decision Sciences. Zhang is the co-EIC for the journal of Information Technology and Management and also serves as a senior editor for Production and Operations Management. He has won numerous research and teaching awards, including the Best IS Publications of the Year Award, Research Excellence Award, MBA Teacher of the Year Award, Ackerman Scholar Award.