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Angsana Techatassanasoontorn

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Angsana Techatassanasoontorn
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Minnesota
Thesis
  • The state-based and regional contagion theories of technology diffusion (2006)
Doctoral advisorRobert J. Kauffman
Academic work
InstitutionsAuckland University of Technology, Pennsylvania State University, Thammasat University

Angsana A. Techatassanasoontorn (Thai: อังสนา เตชะทัศนสุนทร (อัชชะกุลวิสุทธิ์)) is a New Zealand academic, and is Professor of Information Systems at the Auckland University of Technology, specialising in the social effects of, and attitudes towards, digital transformations and emerging technologies.

Academic career

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Techatassanasoontorn completed a Bachelor of Science in statistics at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand, and a MSc degree in management information systems at Arizona State University. Techatassanasoontorn then worked as a lecturer at Thammasat University in Bankgkok, before completing by PhD titled The State-based and Regional Contagion Theories of Technology Diffusion at the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota.[1][2] Techatassanasoontorn then worked as an assistant professor at Pennsylvania State University before joining the faculty of the Auckland University of Technology in 2011, rising to associate professor in 2015 and full professor in 2023.[3][2]

Techatassanasoontorn's research focus is the societal implications of emerging technologies. She is interested in accessibility and social inclusion, and the positive and negative effects of digital developments such as workplace automation.[2][4] She was the co-director of the World Internet Project, through the Work Research Institute at AUT, which was the New Zealand version of a multi-year global examination of internet access trends, how people use the internet and their attitudes towards it.[5]

Techatassanasoontorn has received research funding from the Association for Computing Machinery, Microsoft, the U.S. National Science Foundation, and Qualcomm.[2][4] She is a senior editor on the board of the journal Information Systems Journal.[6]

Selected works

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  • Techatassanasoontorn, Angsana A.; Waizenegger, Lena (9 January 2023). "What if your colleague is a bot? Harnessing the benefits of workplace automation without alienating staff". The Conversation. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  • Techatassanasoontorn, Angsana A.; Andrade, Antonio Diaz; Doolin, Bill; Singh, Harminder (18 July 2022). "The downside of digital transformation: why organisations must allow for those who can't or won't move online". The Conversation. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  • Techatassanasoontorn, Angsana A.; Waizenegger, Lena (14 December 2021). "'Sorry, I don't understand that' – the trouble with chatbots and how to use them better". The Conversation. Retrieved 8 January 2024.

Scholarly articles

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References

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  1. ^ Techatassanasoontorn, Angsana Achakulwisut (2006). The state-based and regional contagion theories of technology diffusion (PhD thesis). University of Minnesota.
  2. ^ a b c d Auckland University of Technology. "Professor Angsana Techatassanasoontorn". academics.aut.ac.nz. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  3. ^ "New professors and associate professors - AUT News - AUT". www.aut.ac.nz. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Angsana A. Techatassanasoontorn". The Conversation. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  5. ^ Díaz Andrade, A., Hedges, M.R., Karimikia, H. & Techatassanasoontorn, T. (2018) World Internet Project: The Internet in New Zealand 2017. New Zealand Work Research Institute, Auckland.
  6. ^ "Information Systems Journal Editorial Board". Wiley.