Elena Karahanna

Elena Karahanna Elena Karahanna is a Senior Consultant with Cutter's Business Technology Strategies practice. She is Professor of MIS at the Terry College of Business, University of Georgia (UGA). Dr. Karahanna’s expertise focuses on IT implementation and acceptance; the role and effectiveness of CIOs in organizations; healthcare informatics, especially telehealth; and IT-related cross-cultural issues. Prior to joining UGA, she was on the faculty of the University of Cyprus, Florida State University and has also taught at the University of Minnesota and Bocconi University (Italy). Dr. Karahanna's work has been published in Information Systems Research, Management Science, MIS Quarterly, and Organization Science. She currently serves as Senior Editor at Information Systems Research and as Associate Editor at Management Science. Dr. Karahanna previously served as Senior Editor at MIS Quarterly and Journal of the Association for Information Systems. She received a bachelor's degree in computer science and an MBA from Lehigh University and a PhD in IS from the University of Minnesota. She can be reached at consulting@cutter.com.