Zachary Sheffler : Isenberg School of Management : UMass Amherst

Office

Isenberg N364

Tel.

413.545.5504

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Education

PhD Information and Decision Science, University of Minnesota, 2018

MBA Finance, Thunderbird School of Global Management, 2012

BA History, University of California San Diego, 2008

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor of Operations and Information Management, Isenberg School of Management, UMass Amherst, 2018-Present

Recent Honors / Awards

Isenberg College Outstanding Teaching Award, 2024

Isenberg Teaching Excellence Award, 2023

Research Interests

Behavior and IS

Decision Making

Games and Gamification

Ethical Decision Making

Teaching Interests

General

Business Intelligence
Analytics
Statistical Methods

Selected Publications

Nguyen, L. T., Sheffler, Z.. (forthcoming) "Tell Me What I Want to Hear: The
Effects of Matching Review Themes on Consumers’ Decision Making." Information & Management

Wigdor, A. D., Sheffler, Z., Hess, T.J. (forthcoming) Reconceptualizing Online Community Participation Behaviors with the Visibility-Cost Framework and Commitment. Journal of Management Information Systems

Nguyen, L. T., Hess, T.J. Sheffler, Z.. Liu, Y. (2024) Mixed Messages: An Examination of Reviewer Badges and Consumer Trust with Online Review Platforms. AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction

Babar, Y., Curley, S. Ke, Z. Liu, D., Sheffler, Z. (2023) The Effects of Digitally Delivered Nudges in a Corporate Wellness Program. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 24(1), 136-160. DOI: 10.17705/1jais.00783 (alphabetical authorship)

Sheffler, Z., Liu, D., Curley, S. (2020). Ingredients for successful badges: evidence from a field experiment in bike commuting. European Journal of Information Systems, 29:6, 688-703, DOI: 10.1080/0960085X.2020.1808539