Caryn Conley
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Department: Information, Risk & Operations Management
Additional Titles: Program Director, Master of Science in Information Technology and Management
Caryn Conley is an assistant professor of instruction in the Department of Information, Risk & Operations Management at The University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business. She teaches courses in problem solving and programming, and business systems development to graduate and undergraduate students. The recipient of teaching awards, Conley also mentors students on career and personal goals.
She launched the highly ranked Master of Science in Information Technology & Management program at Texas McCombs, a 10-month program that develops business leaders in emerging technologies. As program director, she oversees the admission process and works closely with industry leaders who make up the Advisory Council to continue to refine and develop the program.
Conley previously was program director of the MSITM program and assistant professor at Florida Atlantic University. She earned a Ph.D. in information systems and an M.Ph. in business administration, both from New York University’s Stern School of Business, and a BBA in business honors and management information systems from Texas McCombs. Conley has also earned the Association of College and University Educators' Credential in Effective College Instruction.
ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP & AWARDS
2021 |
McCombs BBA Faculty Honor Roll |
2007 |
Joseph H. Taggart Fellowship |
2002-06 |
New York University Doctoral Fellowship |
2005 |
Leonard N. Stern School of Business Award for Teaching Excellence |
1998 |
University of Texas Undergraduate Research Fellowship Grant Recipient |
1998 |
Recipient of the EXXON Scholarship for MIS students, University of Texas |
Publications
J. Tosti-Kharas and C.A. Conley. May 2016. Coding Psychological Constructs in Text Using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk: A Reliable, Accurate, and Efficient Alternative. Frontiers in Psychology 741 (7).
C.A. Conley and J. Tosti-Kharas. 2014. Crowdsourcing Content Analysis for Managerial Research. Management Decision 52 (4), 675-688.
C.A. Conley. 2009. Work Design for Volunteers: The Case of Open Source Software Development. In the Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management Annual Meeting.
J.J. Koehler and C.A. Conley. 2003. The ‘Hot Hand’ Myth in Professional Basketball, Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology 25, 253-259.
C.A. Conley. 2013. Network Organisations Through Communication Technology. In Wolfgang Donsbach (Ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Communication. London: Blackwell Publishing.
L. Sproull, C.A. Conley, and J. Moon. 2013. Prosocial Behavior on the Net. In Yair Amichai-Hamburger (Ed.), The Social Net: The Social Psychology of the Internet, 2nd Edition, 143-164. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
L. Sproull and C.A. Conley. 2008. Network Organisations Through Communication Technology. In Wolfgang Donsbach (Ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Communication. London: Blackwell Publishing.
L. Sproull, C.A. Conley, and J. Moon. 2005. Prosocial Behavior on the Net. In Yair Amichai-Hamburger (Ed.), The Social Net: The Social Psychology of the Internet, 139-161. Oxford: Oxford University Press.