Young Jin "YJ" Lee, PhD
Biography at a Glance
Young Jin (YJ) Lee, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Business Information and Analytics at the Daniels College of Business. He is also a co-director of CAID. His research interests span economic and marketing aspects of online social media, mobile IT markets, piracy and digital rights management, and the adoption and diffusion of IT innovations. His work has appeared in prestigious academic journals and conference proceedings, including Management Science, Information Systems Research, Journal of Management Information Systems, International Conference of Information Systems, Workshop on Information Systems and Economics, and Conference on Information Systems and Technology.
Lee gained professional experience as an information strategist for Samsung Group. He is the recipient of numerous honors, awards and grants, and served as an associate editor on the editorial board of Communications of the Association for Information Systems.
Education
- PhD, Information Systems, University of Washington
- MS, Information Systems Management, Carnegie Mellon University
- BSBA, Information Systems, Ohio State University
- BA, Business Administration, Chung-Ang University
Academic Positions Held
- Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems, Austin E. Cofrin School of Business, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, 2010-2013
- Graduate Researcher, Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington, 2005-2010
Awards and Honors
- Scholarship of Discipline Award, Daniels College of Business, University of Denver, 2017
- The 2017 Management Science Best Paper Award in Information Systems, Information Systems Society, INFORMS, 2017
- PROF Award, University of Denver, 2016
- Evert McCabe Endowed Fellowship, University of Washington, 2009 – 2010
- Graduate School Top Scholar, University of Washington, 2005 – 2006
- W.W. Cooper Scholarship, Carnegie Mellon University, 2002 and 2003
- Everett & Rowena Travis Scholarship, Ohio State University, 2001
Media Citations
- Research from DU shows contact tracing apps are effective in reducing spread of COVID-19, Fox 31
- Movie Reviews on Social Networks, Faculty & Research @Foster School of Business
- New Research Gives Insight to Businesses on how to Respond to Online Reviews, Daniels College of Business press release
- Hold Your Fire: When to Respond to Online Reviews, Business News Daily