The Heart of the Matter

"Business and technology have a pervasive influence on the world in which we live and work.  I want my students to examine how these forces shape their lives, particularly in light of their faith in God.  My goal is to prepare students to make choices about business, technology, and faith that will enable them to lead and serve throughout the world."

Contact Information:

Office:  254 Mabee Business Building
Address:  ACU Box 29353, Abilene, Texas 79699
E-Mail:  brad.crisp@acu.edu
Telephone:  325.674.2077
Fax:  325.674.2507

• Ph.D. (Information Systems), The University of Texas at Austin
• MBA, The University of Texas at Austin
• BBA (Accounting), Abilene Christian University 

Academic Positions Held:

• Assistant Professor of Information Systems, Indiana University, 2003-2006
• Convertible Lecturer of Information Systems, Indiana University 2001-2002
• Teaching Assistant, The University of Texas at Austin, 1997-2001
• Research Assistant, The University of Texas at Austin, 1997
• Adjunct Professor, Abilene Christian University, 1998

Other Positions:

• Consultant, Office of Government Services, Arthur Andersen, LLP - Washington, D.C., 1995-1996
• Staff Accountant, Audit & Business Advisory Services, Arthur Andersen LLP, 1993-1995

Current Areas of Research and Professional Interest:

• Use and impact of information technology in virtual teams and other IT-enabled work settings.
• Social processes in work groups, including the formation of control and trust among geographically dispersed team members.

Current Projects:

• Crisp, C.B. with M. Williams, “Monitoring and Control in VirtualTeams.” 
• Crisp, C.B., “Control Enactment in Virtual Teams: A Process Theory of Team Regulation."
• Crisp, C.B. with M. Mortensen and J. Wilson, “Attributions in Distributed Teams.”

Professional Affiliations:

• Association for Information Systems
• Academy of Management
• Certified Public Accountant in the State of Maryland, 1997-2001

Courses Taught: 

• Integration of Systems and Business
• Systems Analysis and Design
• Business Systems Analysis
• System Design and Change Management 

Representative Publications/Research Presentations:

• Polzer, J.T., Crisp, C.B., Jarvenpaa, S.L., and Kim, J.W., “Extending the Faultline Model to Geographically Dispersed Teams: How Co-located Subgroups Can Impair Group Functioning,” Academy of Management Journal, August 2006. 
• Huber, G.P. and Crisp, C.B., “Organizations, Information Systems Impact on.” In H. Bidgoli (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Information Systems: Volume 3 (pp. 413-426). USA:  Elsevier Science, 2003.