John Benamati

Associate Professor

Decision Sciences/MIS

Profile	Biography	Courses

Academic Background

Associate Professor, Miami University (2003–Present).
Assistant Professor, Miami University (1997–2003).
Instructor, University of Kentucky (1996–1996).
Information Technology Consultant, Self Employed (1994–2001).
Data Architect, IBM (1993–1994)
Data Base Team Leader, IBM (1991–1993)
Application Development Product Marketing Specialist, IBM (1989–1991).
Data Administrator, IBM (1987–1989).
Adjunct Professor, Marist College (1988).
Database Administrator, IBM (1984–1987).

Benamati, J.H. & Lederer, A.L. “Decision Support Systems Infrastructure: The Root Problems of the Management of Changing IT.” Forthcoming in Decision Support Systems.
Benamati, J.H., Ozdemir, Z.D., & Smith, H.J. “‘Sure , We’ll Get on that Right Away’: Aligning Undergraduate IS Curricula with Industry Needs.” Forthcoming in Communications of the ACM.
Benamati, J. H. & Rajkumar, T. M. (2008). An Outsourcing Acceptance Model: An Application of TAM to Application Development Outsourcing Decisions. Information Resources Management Journal, 21(2), pp. 80–102.
Fuller, M.A., Serva, M.A., & Benamati, J.H. “Seeing is Believing: The Transitory Influence of Reputation Information on E-Commerce Trust and Decision-Making”. Decision Sciences, 38(4), 2007, 675-699.
Benamati, J. H. & Serva, M. A. (2007). Trust and Distrust in Online Banking. Journal of Information Technology for Development.
Benamati, J. H., Serva M. A., Galletta, D., Harris, A., & Meiderman, F. (2006). The Slippery Slope of MIS Academia: A Discussion of the Quest for Relevance in Our Discipline. Communication of AIS, 18, 657-675.
Serva, M. A., Benamati, J. H., & Fuller, M. A. (2005). Trustworthiness In B2C E-Commerce: An Examination Of Alternative Models. The DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems, 36 (3), 89-108.
Young, L. D. & Benamati, J. H. (2004). A Cross-Industry Analysis of Large Firm Transactional Public Web Sites. Mid-American Journal of Business, 19(1), 37-46.

2007: Howe Writing Center Best Practices in Teaching Writing Award, Howe Writing Center.
2006: Miami University Alumni Association Effective Educator Award Nominee.
2006: Honored Professor Award Nominee, Associated Student Government.
2006: Junior Faculty Outstanding Research Award Recipient, Farmer School of Business.
2006: Business Student Organization Faculty Advisory of the Year, Business Student Advisory Council.
2004, 2003: Honored Professor Award Nominee, Associated Student Government.
2003: Faculty Advisor of the Year, Farmer School of Business.
2003: Effective Educator Award Nominee, Miami University Alumni Association.
2002: Honorary Membership, Delta Sigma Phi Business Fraternity.
2002: Honored Professor Award Nominee, Associated Student Government.
2002: Teaching Effectiveness Award, Farmer School of Business.
2000: Honored Professor Award Nominee, Associated Student Government.
2000: Best Paper Award, Association for Computing Machinery SIGCPR Conference.
1997, 1996, 1995, 1994: Quality Achievement Fellowship, University of Kentucky.
1997, 1996, 1995, 1994: Presidential Fellowship (1 of 9 awarded university wide), University of Kentucky.
1997: Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (1 of 10 awarded nationally), Richard D. Irwin Foundation.