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EDUCATION
Ph.D. Student, Information Sciences and Technology:  (2007- present)
Syracuse Univeristy (& Penn State), USA
GPA: 3.96 on a 4 scale

MSc in Analysis, Design, and Management of Information Systems: (2005- 2006)
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London, UK
Earned a mark of Distinction (First) for both exams and the master’s dissertation, (normally awarded to the top 8% of my class)

BSc in Public Administration: (2000-2005)
Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
GPA: 17.94 on a 20 scale

High School Diploma : Mathematics and Physics Discipline (1996-2000) Alavi high school, Tehran, Iran

EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant

The Informal Network of Innovation Between SU and JPMorgan Chanse-  Research Assistant to Dr Steve Sawyer,  Syracuse University (Fall 2009 - present)

The Innovation Journey of Surface Computing – Research Assistant to Dr Steve Sawyer,  Penn State and Syracuse University (Spring 2008 - present)

Web Developer, Afranet Co. (afranet.com),  February 2001 – October 2002
In Afranet Involvements included :

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching Practicum

Teacher Assistant

REFEREED PAPERS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Jarrahi, M.(2010) “A Socio-Technical Analysis of the Interplay between Inter-Organizational Information Technologies and the Network Forms of Inter-Organizational Governance" The 2010 I-Conference, 3-6 February,() University of Illinois,Urbana-Champaign, IL. Available online at: http://www.ischools.org/iConference10/2010index/ .

Jarrahi, M. and Sawyer, S. (2009) “Contextuality and Information Systems: How Can the Interplay Between Paradigms Help?" The 2009 I-Conference, 9-12 February, Raleigh, NC. Available online at: http://www.ischools.org/oc/conference09/ .

Jarrahi, M. “A Structurational Analysis of How Course Management Systems Are Used in Practice”, the Journal of Behavior and Information Technology, Forthcoming, accepted August 2007. Available online at: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a908500221~db=all~jumptype=rss .

Jarrahi, M. “The one-stop shop concept as a way of increasing citizens satisfaction, the case of the Inland Authority of Singapore”, the IADIS International Conference  on WWW/Internet, Murcia, Spain, October 2006

Jarrahi, M. Conceptualizing the Role of Technology in Customer Relationships Management  (CRM)”, International Conference on Business and Information, BAI 2006, Singapore

Salari, N. and Jarrahi, M. “ “Information Technology and Economic Growth in Developing Countries”, the 2nd International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Management Secretariat, Tehran University, January 2006.

Jarrahi, M. “ECRM Implementation and Development Strategies”, the 1st International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Management Secretariat, Tehran University, December 2004.

 
PRESENTATIONS
Sawyer, S and Jarrahi, M. H. (2009) “Informal Networks of Innovation:  Stability in ‘Smallish’ Worlds, the Presence of Actants, and Institutions in the Background,” Workshop on Innovation in Networks, Stern School of Business, New York University, 25-26 September, New York, NY, Available online at: http://www.winworkshop.net/index.php

Hills, M. Tchouakeu, L. Jarrahi, M. and Du, H.On-line Course Registration Systems Usability: A Case Study of the e-Lion Course Registration System at The Pennsylvania State University, Feb 2009, the 2008 IST Graduate Symposium, February 2008, Penn State, State College, PA. Available online at: http://gradsymp.ist.psu.edu/2009/files/FullProceeding.pdf .

Sawyer, S. and Jarrahi, M. (2008) “Innovation work: Observations from a Case Study of Microsoft’s Surface Computing Project,” IFIP 9.1 Workshop on Changing Work, Changing Technology, 8 November, 2008, San Diego, CA. Available online at: https://usffiles.usfca.edu/FacStaff/jpallen/www/ifipwg91/SawyerJarrahi08.pdf .

Jarrahi, M. “Information and Communication Technologies, Organizational Change: A Critical Literature Review”, the 2008 IST Graduate Symposium, February 2008, Penn State, State College, PA

BOOK REVIEW OF
Social Software in Libraries: Building Collaboration, Communication and Community Online, Meredith G. Farkas. Information Today, Inc., Medford New Jersey (2007), In Information Processing and Management, Forthcoming, accepted Jan 2009. Available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2009.01.005

EDITORIAL SERVICES
Conferences:

Journals:

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & AWARDS
Association for Information Systems (2009-present)

Student Fellow, Center for Social Informatics, Indiana Universtiy (2009-present)

Recipient of Jeffery Katzer Doctoral Fellowship, Syracuse iSchool (2009-2010)

LANGUAGE SKILLS
English: Fluent
Persian (Farsi): Native