[AISWorld] AMCIS 2019 Social Inclusion Mini-Track CFP

[Connolly, Amy Jean - conno3aj]

CALL FOR PAPERS
AMCIS 2019, Cancun, Mexico
August 15-17, 2019

Track: SIG - Social Inclusion



Minitrack: Social Inclusion
We invite submissions to the mini-track, "Social Inclusion" within the Social Inclusion Issues track for AMCIS 2019. This mini-track welcomes theoretical, empirical, and intervention research, in either completed research or emergent research forum (research-in-progress) format, which relates to the mission of SIG Social Inclusion (SIGSI). SIGSI promotes research, pedagogy, and outreach on all aspects of social inclusion in the field of Information Systems (IS). The goal is to stimulate greater diversity of thought and personnel in AIS and the IS field overall, and participation of all our members in a more socially-aware and inclusive discipline. Social inclusion research includes topics such as the gender gap in the IS field, gender minorities (e.g. LGBTQ community), intersectionality of identities (such as ethnicity, gender and socio-economic class), socioeconomic divisions that impact access to or use of technology, the digital divide, underserved groups in the information society (such as persons with disability), and a range of topics related to human diversity, and the "haves" and "have nots" in the information society.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  *   Gender and IS use
  *   The influence of the intersection of race, gender and culture on adoption and use of information and communication technologies (ICT)
  *   Analysis of the digital divide from a multilayered demographic perspective
  *   Exploration of socioeconomic divisions that impact access to or use of technology
  *   Analysis of exclusionary tactics and solutions related to cyberbullying
  *   How human differences improve or affect the use of or participation with information and communication technologies (ICT) among socially inclusive communities
  *   Cultural differences in roles, expectations, and stereotypes regarding women's involvement with information technology in different countries
  *   Theories and research frameworks for investigating gender and diversity issues in information technology
  *   Empirical research on gender and diversity in the global information economy
  *   Methodological challenges of examining cultural influences on gender and IT
  *   Factors that influences the enrollment and retention of female students in IS/IT majors
  *   Initiatives and programs that aim at recruiting and retaining women in IS/IT educational pipelines
  *   The role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to facilitate mentoring of women and other underrepresented groups in information technology
  *   Strategies and initiatives to counter the opting-out of women in the information technology fields

  *   Initiatives to improve women's participation in information technology that fit with a specific socio-cultural context



Important Dates:

  *   January 7, 2019: ScholarOne opens for submissions
  *   March 1, 2019: ScholarOne closes for submissions
  *   April 18, 2019: Notification of initial decisions



Contact Information of Minitrack Chairs:

Amy J. Connolly

Computer Information Systems &

  Business Analytics

James Madison University

Harrisonburg, VA 22807

conno3aj at jmu.edu<mailto:conno3aj at jmu.edu>


Debra Burleson
Management Information Systems
Baylor University
Waco, TX 76798
Debra_Burleson at baylor.edu<mailto:Debra_Burleson at baylor.edu>