Meet Dr. Dawn G. Gregg
Professor • Director of Assurance of Learning • Discipline Director for Information Systems (MSIS)
About Dr. Dawn Gregg
Dr. Dawn Gregg is a Professor at the University of Colorado at Denver and is the Director for the Information Systems discipline. She also acts as the Director of Assurance of Learning for the Business School. She has held several leadership roles, including Associate Dean of Programs and Administrative Director of the Bard Center for Entrepreneurship. While at CU Denver, she founded Developing Minds Software with several students and served as the CEO for 7 years. Prior to her doctoral studies, she was employed for nine years as a research and development engineer.
Education
- PhD Information Systems, Arizona State University
- MS Information Systems, Arizona State University
- MBA, Arizona State University West
- BS Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Irvine
Areas of Expertise
- Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
- Technology Adoption and Individual Differences
- Decision Support Systems
- Sustainability in Information Systems
Research Highlights
Currently, Dr. Gregg is developing a research stream focused on sustainability within the Information Systems discipline. This emerging work aims to introduce theoretical frameworks and empirical data that can broaden sustainability considerations across IS research practice. By critically examining how IS researchers perceive and integrate sustainability concepts, she seeks to promote more holistic and socially responsible approaches to technological research.
Selected Publications
- N. Aghakhani, O. Oh, D. Gregg and H. Jain , "How Review Quality and Source Credibility Interacts to Affect Review Usefulness: An Expansion of the Elaboration Likelihood Model" Information Systems Frontiers, 25 (4), 2023, pp. 1513-1531.
- M. Mannino, M. Khojah, and D. Gregg, "Emerge2Maturity: A Simulation Game for Data Warehouse Maturity Concepts," Journal of Information Systems Education, 32(2) , 2021, pp. 77-91.
- M. Alsharo, D. Gregg and R. Ramirez, "Virtual team effectiveness: The role of knowledge sharing and trust." Information and Management, 54(4), June 2017, pp. 479-490.
- D. Gregg and S. Walczak, "Dressing Your Online Auction Business For Success: An Experiment Comparing Two E-Bay Businesses," MIS Quarterly, 32(3), September 2008, pp. 653-670.
Fun Fact
Dr. Gregg is passionate about entrepreneurship and innovation, having mentored numerous student startups during her tenure at CU Denver.
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