Sean Hansen
Department Chair
Sean Hansen
Department Chair
Education
BA, Harvard University; MBA, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University
Bio
Sean Hansen is the Department Chair of MIS, Marketing, & Analytics and a Professor of Management Information Systems (MIS) in RIT's Saunders College of Business. He received his PhD from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. His research interests are in software design and development, health IT, IT strategy, and the application of contemporary cognitive theory to information systems development. Prior to embarking on a career in research and teaching, Sean provided management and technology consulting services to companies across the industrial spectrum. His research has been published in leading journals in the MIS field, including MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Communications of the ACM, Information Systems Journal, Information and Organization, The Information Society, and Decision Sciences, as well as multiple edited volumes. He regularly presents his research at leading academic conferences.
Currently Teaching
In the News
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September 27, 2024
Two faculty members named inaugural endowed professors at RIT’s Saunders College of Business
Saunders College of Business Professors Chun-Keung “Stan” Hoi and Sean Hansen were installed as endowed professors during a Sept. 26 ceremony.
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June 3, 2024
2023-24 Saunders Faculty and Staff Go Above and Beyond
Saunders College of Business recognizes the accomplishments of its outstanding employees throughout the 2023-24 academic year.
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June 13, 2022
2021-22 Saunders Faculty and Staff Go Above and Beyond
Saunders College of Business recognizes the accomplishments of its outstanding employees.
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January 21, 2022
Akdevelioglu, Hansen co-author article on wearable technologies
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April 14, 2021
Crisci receives 2020-21 Norman Miles Award
Featured Work
Research Insights: Ethics and algorithmic decision-making systems
Sean Hansen
Should Australian banks monitor gambling tendencies
Research Insights: Balancing innovation and sustainability
Manlu Liu, Sean Hansen, John Tu
Balancing innovation and sustainability in consortium-based open source software development. Can exploration and exploitation be balanced effectively?
Research Insights: Wearable Tech: “I want to live to be 100!”
Sean Hansen
Fitbit, brand communities, and the transhumanist vision