Contact:
gpolites@kent.edu
330-672-1166
About:
Dr. Polites joined the Kent State faculty in Fall 2012. She earned her B.S., M.S., and M.B.A. degrees from the University of South Florida, and completed her Ph.D. in Business Administration at the University of Georgia.
Dr. Polites currently teaches three seminars in the PhD program: Multivariate Statistics (MIS 74017), Structural Equation Modeling (MIS 84266), and Innovation, Adoption, Diffusion (MIS 84080). She has previously taught undergraduate Systems Analysis & Design (CIS 34068), Database Management (CIS 44043), and the online section of Business Analytics I (MIS 24056).
Dr. Polites' research focuses primarily on IS habits and resistance to change in technology use. Her work has been published in top journals such as MIS Quarterly, Journal of the AIS, and the European Journal of Information Systems. She also received the 2012 Paper of the Year Award from MIS Quarterly, and the 2011 Reviewer of the Year Award from Information Systems Research. She regularly serves as an associate editor for both the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) and European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS).
In her spare time, Dr. Polites enjoys fossil collecting, photographing horse races at tracks across the country, and studying horse racing history going all the way back to colonial times. She has published two papers in the field of invertebrate paleontology, and has two fossil mollusk species (Attiliosa gretae and Opalia politesae) named after her.
Research Interests:
- IS habits and resistance to change in technology usage