Sandra Slaughter

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Sandra Ann Slaughter (died November 3, 2014) was an American software engineer and management scientist known for her research on business analytics and the software development process. She was Alton M. Costley Chair and Professor of Information Technology Management at Georgia Tech. [1] [2] She and her husband also held a world record for the longest tandem bicycle tour. [1] [3]

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Education and career

Slaughter worked in the information technology industry for ten years, [1] before returning to graduate study in management information systems, in which she earned a PhD through the University of Minnesota. [2] Her 1995 doctoral dissertation, Software development practices and software maintenance performance: A field study, was co-advised by Rajiv Banker and Gordon B. Davis. [4]

She became Xerox Research Chair in Carnegie Mellon University's Carnegie Mellon University, [1] and then in 2007 moved to the Scheller College of Business at Georgia Tech. [2]

Personal life and cycling

Slaughter was married to Ronald Gray Slaughter. Between her industry work and her return to graduate study, the two of them took a 19-month hiatus, touring the world on a tandem bicycle. [3] This tour earned them a Guinness World Record for the longest tandem bicycle tour, [1] [3] and was documented in a book, published in 1996. [3]

Recognition

Slaughter was named a distinguished fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Information Systems Society in 2014. She was posthumously awarded the 2022 Information Systems Society President's Service Award. [5]

Selected works

Slaughter was the author or coauthor of two books:

She had over 100 publications, winning nine best paper awards. [1] Among these, Paulo Goes singles out four as being especially innovative and influential: [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "In Memoriam: Sandra A. Slaughter", INFORMS News, OR/MS Today, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), 41 (6), December 1, 2014, doi:10.1287/orms.2014.06.27in, S2CID   243625058
  2. 1 2 3 "Remembering Sandra Slaughter", News & Press: InSider, Association for Information Systems, November 4, 2014
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Goes, Paulo B. (March 2015), "Editor's Comments: Sandy Slaughter: outstanding scholar, incredible human being", MIS Quarterly, 39 (1): iii–vi, JSTOR   26628337
  4. Slaughter, Sandra Ann (1995), Software development practices and software maintenance performance: A field study (Doctoral dissertation), University of Minnesota, ProQuest   304236251
  5. "Sandra Slaughter", Award recipients, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), retrieved 2024-02-01