Lee S. Sproul

Lee S. Sproull
Professor of Business
Stern School
New York University

Lee Sproull is the Leonard N. Stern School Professor of Business at the Stern School, New York University, where she is director of the Digital Economy Initiative. She has also held faculty appointments at Carnegie Mellon University and Boston University. She holds a B.A. from Wellesley College, and a M.A. and Ph.D. from Stanford University.

Professor Sproull's teaching emphasizes connections across academic disciplines. She was a founding member of an interdisciplinary department of social and decision sciences at Carnegie Mellon University.

She has conducted research in Fortune 500 firms, scientific communities, municipalities, universities, software development teams, households, and electronic groups. She has published more than fifty books and articles on the social and organizational implications of computing technology and is a member of the National Research Council Computer Science and Telecommunications Board. Her current research focuses on the dynamics and consequences of electronic groups and communities. She is a member of the Computer Science and Technology Board of the National Research Council and a Trustee of The Computer Museum.

Her recent publications include:

Jolene Galegher, Lee Sproull, and Sara Kiesler. 1998. Legitimacy, authority and community in electronic support groups. Written Communication, 15: 493-530;
Lee Sproull, R. Subramani, Jan Walker, Sara Kiesler, and Keith Waters. 1996. When the interface is a face. Human Computer Interaction, 11: 97-124;

David Constant, Sara Kiesler, and Lee Sproull. 1996. The kindness of strangers: On the usefulness of weak ties for technical advice. Organization Science, 7: 119-135;

John Storck and Lee Sproull. 1995. Through a glass darkly: What do people learn in video conferences? Human Communication Research, 22, No. 2: 197-219;

Lee Sproull and Samer Faraj. 1995. Atheism, sex, and databases: The net as a social technology. In Brian Kahin and James Keller (eds.), Public Access to the Internet: 62-81. Cambridge: The MIT Press.

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		Lee S. Sproull Professor of Business Stern School New York University Lee Sproull is the Leonard N. Stern School Professor of Business at the Stern School, New York University, where she is director of the Digital Economy Initiative. She has also held faculty appointments at Carnegie Mellon University and Boston University. She holds a B.A. from Wellesley College, and a M.A. and Ph.D. from Stanford University. Professor Sproull's teaching emphasizes connections across academic disciplines. She was a founding member of an interdisciplinary department of social and decision sciences at Carnegie Mellon University. She has conducted research in Fortune 500 firms, scientific communities, municipalities, universities, software development teams, households, and electronic groups. She has published more than fifty books and articles on the social and organizational implications of computing technology and is a member of the National Research Council Computer Science and Telecommunications Board. Her current research focuses on the dynamics and consequences of electronic groups and communities. She is a member of the Computer Science and Technology Board of the National Research Council and a Trustee of The Computer Museum. Her recent publications include: Jolene Galegher, Lee Sproull, and Sara Kiesler. 1998. Legitimacy, authority and community in electronic support groups. Written Communication, 15: 493-530; Lee Sproull, R. Subramani, Jan Walker, Sara Kiesler, and Keith Waters. 1996. When the interface is a face. Human Computer Interaction, 11: 97-124; David Constant, Sara Kiesler, and Lee Sproull. 1996. The kindness of strangers: On the usefulness of weak ties for technical advice. Organization Science, 7: 119-135; John Storck and Lee Sproull. 1995. Through a glass darkly: What do people learn in video conferences? Human Communication Research, 22, No. 2: 197-219; Lee Sproull and Samer Faraj. 1995. Atheism, sex, and databases: The net as a social technology. In Brian Kahin and James Keller (eds.), Public Access to the Internet: 62-81. Cambridge: The MIT Press.
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