crowston
Contact
- Mailing Address
Syracuse University School of Information Studies
348 Hinds Hall
Syracuse, NY 13244- Phone
- +1 315 464-0272
Personal Information
- First Name
- Kevin
- Last Name
- Crowston
- Title
- Professor
- Affiliation
- Syracuse University School of Information Studies
- Short Biography
Kevin Crowston joined the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University in 1996. He received his A.B. (1984) in Applied Mathematics (Computer Science) from Harvard University and a Ph.D. (1991) in Information Technologies from the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
- Research Interests
Kevin Crowston's current research interests focus on new ways of organizing made possible by the use of information and communications technology. He approaches this issue in several ways: empirical studies of coordination-intensive processes in human organizations; theoretical characterizations of coordination problems and alternative methods for managing them; and design and empirical evaluation of new kinds of computer systems to support people working together. Specific topics include the virtual organizations, development practices of Free/Libre Open Source Software teams and the application of document genre to the World-Wide Web.
Web
- Personal Website
- http://crowston.syr.edu/
History
- Member for
- 8 years 4 weeks
- Blog
- View recent blog entries
