Kuanchin (KC) Chen
Haworth College of Business
Western Michigan University
1903 W Michigan Ave
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5412 USA
Research Interests:
- Artificial intelligence
- Electronic business
- Social networking
- Business analytics, data mining and data science
- Human computer interaction
- Privacy, security and trust
- IT and culture
Teaching Interests:
- Artificial intelligence
- Business analytics, data mining & data science
- Electronic business
- Database design
- Software development
- Emerging technologies
- Project management
- D.B.A., Information Systems, Cleveland State University
- M.S., Information Systems, University of Colorado
- B.B.A., Tunghai University
Dr. Kuanchin Chen is a professor of computer information systems and business analytics, director of the Center for Business Analytics and the John W. Snyder Fellow at Haworth College of Business, Western Michigan University. Dr. Chen is an active researcher whose work has been published in reputable journals and other academic publication outlets, including:
- Information Systems Journal
- Decision Support Systems
- Information & Management
- International Journal of Information Management
- IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics
- Journal of Global Information Management
- DATA BASE
- Journal of Database Management
- Internet Research
- Communications of the Association for Information Systems
- Electronic Commerce Research and Applications
- Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education
- International Journal of Medical Informatics
- Tourism Management
He has held various editorial positions on a variety of publications including editor-in-chief, associate editor and editorial board member at Behaviour & Information Technology, Information Resources Management Journal, International Journal of Information Systems and Change Management, Journal of Website Promotion, Communications of the ICISA, and several other academic publishers. He is a former Editor-in-Chief of the Communications of ICISA journal, and the president of the association. He has also given over 40 research presentations at several organizations and major conferences.
Awards and Recognition:
- John W. Snyder Faculty Fellow (2017 - present)
- Institutional Winner of the MAC Outstanding Faculty Award for Student Success (2024)
- Excellence in Research Award, Office of Research and Innovation, WMU (2024)
- Fulbright Specialist Award to France (2024)
- Best research award, Department of Business Information Systems (2022)
- U.S. Fulbright specialist (2019-2023)
- U.S. Fulbright specialist roster (2019)
- Best research award, Department of Business Information Systems (2017)
- Outstanding research paper of the year, Internet Research Journal (2015)
- Outstanding research award, Haworth College of Business (2015)
- Best research award, Department of Business Information Systems (2015)
- Best research award, Department of Business Information Systems (2013)
- U.S. Fulbright specialist (2011 - 2017)
- U.S. Fulbright specialist roster (2011)
- Best teaching award, Department of Business Information Systems (2011)
- University emerging scholar award, Western Michigan University (2008)
- Best teaching award, Department of Business Information Systems (2007)
- Best teaching award, Department of Business Information Systems (2006)