Saman Bina
Assistant Professor - Information Systems & Business Analytics
Contact Information
Email:
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Saman_Bina@baylor.edu
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Mailing Address:
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One Bear Place #98005 Waco, TX 76706
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Office Location:
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Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation 310.19
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Educational Background
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PHD - Information Systems, Texas Tech University
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MBA - Project Management, Asia Pacific Intl College
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MS - Industrial Engineer, Amirkabir Univ Of Technology
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BS - Industrial Engineer, Amirkabir Univ Of Technology
Awards and Honors
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Excellence in Teaching Award, Rawls College of BA (2017)
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Rawls Doctoral Scholarship, Rawls College of BA (2016)
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AT&T Graduate Fellowship, Texas Tech University (2014)
Biography
After graduating with my MSc degree in industrial engineering I joined industry working as a systems analyst in the oil and gas industry. Eventually, I became a project controller and then project procurement officer after a couple of years. While working as a project procurement officer I was also pursuing my MBA. Once I received my degree I was promoted to the deputy of planning and systems development department. Shortly after, I was invited to teach at Industrial Management Institute as an instructor. I taught some MBA-level courses to other executive managers, such as engineering economics, and financial appraisal of projects. Later on, I became the R&D project manager, which became one of my motivations to pursue my Ph.D. in information systems.
Now, by bringing my personal experience into academia, I am interested in studying the human factors as one of the underlying issues and challenges industry faces.
Publications
Basic or Discovery Scholarship
"Social Capital and Sharing Economy Success: The Moderating Role of Technology Affordance," (June 2022) (coauthors: Robin Wakefield, Kevin (Jie) Yan).
Presentations and Proceedings
Basic or Discovery Scholarship
Gamification, Game base application, Gamified