Vidya Haran

Teaching Assistant Professor of Business Administration and Academic Director of Information Systems Major and Disruption & Innovation Scholar

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454 Wohlers Hall

1206 S Sixth St

Champaign, IL 61820

Academic Director of Undergraduate Information Systems Major, Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2024 to present
Co-Academic Director for Business Information Systems Major, Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2023-2024
Faculty Affiliate, Siebel Center for Design, 2023 to present
Health Innovation Professor, Carle College of Medicine, 2023 to present
Academic Director for Business Information Systems Major, Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021-2023
Teaching Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019 to present
Lecturer of Business Administration, Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017-2019
Postdoc Research Associate, Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015-2017
Research Analyst, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014
Institutional Research Analyst, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2012-2013
Teaching and Research Assistant, University of Missouri, 2004-2006

Haran, V., & Niederman, F. (2022). Social Context of Turnover-Mixed Methods Study of Indian IT Professionals. Journal of Global Information Management, 30 (1).
Sanabria-Véaz , K., Sethi, S., Haran, V., & Switzky, R., Shin C.S., Di Bucchianico G., Fukuda S., Ghim YG., Montagna G., Carvalho C. (Ed.) (2021). Behavioral Barriers to Adoption of the Safer Illinois App: A Human-Centered Approach. Advances in Industrial Design. AHFE 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems ( vol. 260, pp. 201-209). AHFE 2021: Springer. link >

Haran, V., & Jeyaraj, A. (2019). Organizational E-Mentoring and Learning: An Exploratory Study. Information Resources Management Journal, 32 (1).
Lacity, M., Iyer, V., Haran, V., & Rudramuniyaiah, P. (2008). Turnover Intentions of Indian IS Professionals. Information Systems Frontiers, 10 (2), 225-241.

Larson, E., & Haran, V. (2017). Locked in by social media features? Translating clicks and comments into value. Internetworked World-15th Workshop on e-Business, WeB 2016, Revised Selected Papers ( pp. 104-109). Berlin-Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.
Lacity, M., Haran, V., & Rudramuniyaiah, P., Hirschheim, R., Heinzl, A. and Dibbern, J. (Ed.) (2008). Turnover Intentions of Indian IS Professionals. Information Systems Outsourcing: Enduring Themes, New Perspectives, and Global Challenges ( pp. 225-241). Berlin-Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.

Haran, V., & Kim, S. (2016). Persistence of Ineffectual User Innovation: Tweaking on Babycenter International Conference of Information Systems.
Larson, E., & Haran, V. (2016). Locked in by Social Media Features? Translating Clicks and Comments into Value. Workshop on e-Business.
Lacity, M., Haran, V., & Rudramuniyaiah, P. (2007). Modeling Turnover Intentions of Indian IS Professionals. Third International Conference on Outsourcing of Information Systems.

Haran, V. (2022). Human-Centered Design in Businesses. Future Technology Leaders Program, POETS, NSF Center at the Grainger College of Business, UIUC.
Sethi, S., Sanabria-Véaz, K., Haran, V., & Switzky, R. (2021). Behavioral Barriers to Adoption of the Safer Illinois App: A Human-Centered Approach. AHFE2021.
Haran, V., Switzky, R., Sethi, S., & Veaz , K. (2021). Qualitative Research and Human-Centered Design: The Safer Illinois App. INQUIRE ‘Ask the Experts’, INQUIRE Gies College of Business.
Haran, V., Switzky, R., Veaz , K., & Sethi, S. (2020). Barriers to the Adoption of Safer Illinois App. Presentation to Chancellor Jones and his executive team, UIUC.
Kim, S., & Haran, V. (2016). Persistence of Ineffectual User Innovation: Tweaking on Babycenter.com. International Conference on Information Systems.

Voted as one of the ‘Most Valued Professor’ MVP, Women’s Soccer, University of Illinois Athletics, 2024 to present
Disruption and Innovation Scholar, Gies College of Business, 2024-2025
Gies Teaching and Learning Faculty Innovation Scholar, Gies College of Busines, 2024-2025
List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, 2018-2024
Invited panelist- Women in Business, James Scholar Program, Gies College of Business at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2022
Invited Guest Speaker, Gies Scholars Program, 2022
Invited panelist for Women in Finance Academy, Women in Finance Academy at Gies, 2021
Favorite Professor by one of the Best and Brightest Undergraduate Students from the class of 2021, an award honoring 100 seniors from 50 leading undergraduate business school programs, Poets and Quants, 2021
Homecoming Hero, University of Illinois Student Alumni Ambassador, 2020

Illinois Virtual Partnership Platform, Dr, C. Span, Chief of Staff and Associate Chancellor for Administration and PreK-12 Initiatives at UIUC, 2022 to present
Specialized Faculty Grant, Gies Business Admin, 2021-2022
UX Consulting project for Magelli's Office of Experiential Learning, Gies, 2021-2021

Info Sys Analysis and Design (BADM 353) Methodologies and techniques used and deliverables created in developing large-scale information systems, including preliminary planning, feasibility analysis, design implementation, and post-implementation review of the system; a term-long project which familiarizes students with methodology and techniques is required.
UX/Interaction Design (BADM 395) Special topics of interest to students majoring in Business Administration.
Info Sys Development and Mgt (BADM 555) Addresses issues relevant to the development of large-scale information systems including systems concepts and thinking, systems development life cycle, objectives, methodology and deliverables in each phase, behavioral implications of systems development and integration information systems with business processes.

454 Wohlers Hall

1206 S Sixth St

Champaign, IL 61820