Dr. Ridings received her Ph.D. in decision sciences (Management Information Systems specialization) from Drexel University. Her research interests include virtual communities, trust, knowledge management, and software development and adoption. She has published in journals such as Journal of Management Information Systems, The DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems, and the Journal of Strategic Information Systems. Dr. Ridings teaches in the areas of management of information in organizations, ecommerce, and databases. Prior to moving into academia, Dr. Ridings managed software developers building a large scale customer contact application for Bell Atlantic (presently Verizon Communications).