Detailed Information for Guoying (Grace) Zhang

Dr. Guoying (Grace) Zhang 
Management Information Systems
 » Assistant Professor
Office Location
Dillard College of Business Administration 273 
Phone
Voice: (940) 397-3289
Fax: (940) 397-4693
 
 

Contact Information

grace.zhang@mwsu.edu

My Websites

Interests

Research Interests
Information security, Network design and optimization, Social network analysis, Enterprise systems, Data mining and business intelligence
Teaching Interests
Database management, Business programming, Data mining and business intelligence, Decision making and decision support systems, Dynamic web development, Business statistics, Quantitative methods, System analysis and design implementation

Course Information

  Semester Course #    Section Course Name Location Days / Times
Details Spring 2013 MIS 5113  270  Information Technology Mgmt    Dillard College of Business Administration 335

W 1900 2150

Details Spring 2013 MIS 3113  201  Business Programming Language    Dillard College of Business Administration 335

TR 1100 1220

Details Fall 2012 MIS 4113  101  Web Application Development    Dillard College of Business Administration 335

TR 930 1050

Details Fall 2012 MIS 3123  101  Database Design & Mgmt    Dillard College of Business Administration 335

TR 1100 1220

Details Summer II 2012 MIS 4663  X40  Spec Topics in MIS: DSS    Dillard College of Business Administration 

ONLINE

Details Summer II 2012 MIS 3003  X40  Management Information Systems    Dillard College of Business Administration 

ONLINE

Details Spring 2012 5113  290  Information Technology Mgmt    Dillard College of Business Administration 336

S 9:00-11:50

Details Spring 2012 3113  201  Business Programming Language    Dillard College of Business Administration 336

MW 11:00-12:20

Details Fall 2011 6553  101  Independent Graduate Study in MIS - Data Mining    Dillard College of Business Administration 273 T 6:00pm
Details Fall 2011 3123  101  Database Design and Management    Dillard College of Business Administration 335

TTh 11:00-12:20

Details Summer II 2011 5113  470  Information Technology Mgmt     Dillard College of Business Administration 306 MTWR 1730-1930
Details Summer II 2011 4153   401  Decision Making & D.S.S.     Dillard College of Business Administration 335 MTWR 1220-1420
Details Spring 2011 5113  201  Information Technology Management    Dillard College of Business Administration 335

S 9:00-11:50am

Details Spring 2011 3113  201  Business Programming Language    Dillard College of Business Administration 335

MW 9:30-10:50

Details Fall 2010 4663  101  Special Topics in MIS - PhP and MySQL    Dillard College of Business Administration 335

MW 2:00-3:20

Details Fall 2010 3123  101  Database Design and Management    Dillard College of Business Administration 335

TR 12:30-1:50




Education Background

Institution Degree    Graduation Date
Shanghai Jiao Tong University B.E., Computer Science 1997 
Shanghai Jiao Tong University M. Econ., International Trade 2000 
University of Washington PhD, Information Systems, Operations Management 2007 



Employment Background

Institution Position Start Date / End Date
 Motorola China  Business Analyst  2000 Feb  2002 Sep
 Midwestern State University  Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems  2007-09-01  Present



Research and Publications

Refereed Articles 

Winzent, D., Wilson, P. H., Shao, C. Y. , & Zhang, G. (2012).  Effectiveness of Celebrity Voice-overs in Advertising Recall.  Journal of Management and Business Research, 2 (1), 6-20.  

Peng, J., Fu, Z., Zhang, G., & Tan, Y. (in press, 2011).  Exploring Innovation in the Context of Employee Relationship and IT-Enabled Knowledge Sharing.  Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing.  

Dey, D., Lahiri, A., & Zhang, G. (in press, 2012).  Hacker Behavior, Network Effects, and the Security Software Market.  Journal of Management Information Systems.  

Zhang, G., Dubinsky, A. J., & Tan, Y. (2011).  Impact of Blogs on Sales Revenue: Test of a Network Model.  International Journal of Virtual Communities and Social Networking, 3 (2), 68-82.  

Zhang, G. & Johnston, C. R. (2010).  Employment and the Academic Performance of Undergraduate Business Students.  Southwestern Business Administration Journal, 10 (2), 54-83.  

Peng, J., Zhang, G., Chen, R., & Tan, Y. (2011).  Impacts of Essential Elements of Management on IT Application Maturity - A Perspective from Firms in China.  Decision Support Systems, 51 (1), 88-98.  

Wierschem, D., Zhang, G., & Johnston, C. (in press, 2011).  Information Technology Certification Value: an initial response from employers.  Journal of International Technology and Information Management.  

Peng, J. & Zhang, G. (2011).  Path Analysis of IT Application Maturity.  International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations, 10 (3/4), 2012.  

Dubinsky, A. J., Zhang, G., & Wood, M. (2010).  Revelations from Data Mining: A Case Study of a Sales Territory.  Journal of Selling and Major Account Management, 10 (2), 8-26.  

Kaya, C. C., Zhang, G., Tan, Y., & Mookerjee, V. S. (2009).  An Admission-Control Technique for Delay Reduction in Proxy Caching.  Decision Support Systems, 46 (2), 594-603.  

Refereed Proceedings 

Full Paper

Dey, D., Lahiri, A., & Zhang, G. (in press, 2012).  Network Externality in Security Software Market.  Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS).  

Peng, J., Fu, Z., Zhang, G., & Tan, Y. (in press, 2011).  Exploring Innovation in the Context of Employee Relationship and IT-enabled Knowledge Sharing.  the 10th Workshop on E-Business (WEB).  

Shao, C. Y., Martinez, J. E., Wilson, P. H. , & Zhang, G. (2009).  The Moderating Influence of Cultural Values on the Relationship Between Dress and Customer Affect.  Association of Collegiate Marketing Educators (ACME).  

Zhang, G. & Shao, C. Y. (2009).  Optimal Diffusion Strategy of Advertising using a Facebook Application.  15th Americas Conference on Information Systems.  

Dey, D. & Zhang, G. (2009).  Vertical Differentiation in the Market for Security Software.  Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems 2009.  

Zhang, G. & Tan, Y. (2009).  Word-of-Mouth Communication in a Network of Blogs.  The 3rd China Summer Workshop on Information Management.  

Zhang, G., Kannan, K., & Tan, Y. (2006).  Optimal Patching Effort against Internet Worms.  Workshop On Information Technology and Systems 2006.  

Abstract Only

Wierschem, D. C., Zhang, G., & Johnston, C. R. (in press, 2012).  Information Technology Credential Value - From the Perspective of Industry Employers.  Decision Sciences Institute, Southwest Region.  

Zhang, G., Johnston, C., & Shao, C. (2011).  Advertising using Facebook Application.  Decision Sciences Institute, Southwest Region.  

Zhang, G. & Johnston, C. R. (2010).  Student Employment and Academic Performance at the University Level.  Decision Sciences Institute, Southwest Region.  

Zhang, G. & Johnston, C. (2009).  The Role of Employment in Academic Performance.  Decision Sciences Institute, Southwest Region.  

Presentation of Refereed Papers 

International

Zhang, G. & Shao, C. Y. (2009). Optimal Diffusion Strategy of Advertising using a Facebook Application.   15th Americas Conference on Information Systems, San Francisco, California.

Zhang, G. & Tan, Y. (2009). Word of Mouth Communication in a Network of Blogs.   The 3rd China Summer Workshop on Information Management, Guangzhou, China.

Zhang, G. (2006, December). Information Security: Patch Management, Security Market, and Vendor Learning.   Doctoral Consortium, International Conference on Information Systems, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

National

Zhang, G. (2005, June). Optimal Security Patching Policies.   Doctoral Consortium, Centers for International Business Education and Research, Seattle, Washington.

Regional

Wierschem, D., Zhang, G., & Johnston, C. (2012). Information Technology Credential Value  from the Perspective of Industry Employers.   Southwest Region of the Decision Sciences Institute, Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Zhang, G., Shao, C., & Johnston, C. (2011). Advertising using Facebook Application.   Southwest Region of the Decision Sciences Institute, Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas.

Zhang, G. & Johnston, c. (2010). Student Employment and Academic Performance at the University Level.   Decision Sciences Institute, Southwest Region, Dallas, Texas.

Zhang, G. & Johnston, C. (2009, February). The Role of Employment in Academic Performance.   Decision Sciences Institute, Southwest Region, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Presentation of Non-Refereed Papers 

International

Zhang, G. & Tan, Y. (2009). Learning from Past Failures: an Empirical Study of Security Vulnerabilities.   INFORMS, San Diego, California.

Local

Zhang, G., Shao, C., & Johnston, C. (2011). Do 'Good Students' that work just find a way to be good?   MSU Scholarship Colloquium, Wichita Falls, Texas.

Research Grants 

Funded

2011: Zhang, G., Faculty Research Grant, Midwestern State University

2009: Zhang, G. & Johnston, C., Faculty Research Grant, Midwestern State University