On the morning of May 26, Professor Jun Sun from the College of Business and Entrepreneurship at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), USA, was invited to deliver an academic lecture titled "Quasi-Experimentation in Management Research" at the School of Management. This lecture marked the 6th session of the 2025 Overseas Lecture Series hosted by the school. Chaired by Professor Yali Zhang, it was attended by faculty members and graduate students from the School of Management.

During the lecture, Professor Sun systematically expounded on the application of quasi-experimental research methods in the field of management. He presented his discussion from three progressive dimensions: "conceptual definition - research value - design methods", answering the questions of "what is a quasi-experiment", "why conduct quasi-experiments", and "how to design quasi-experiments". He also conducted a detailed analysis of the characteristics and key assumptions of different design types. Finally, Professor Sun proposed three forward-looking topics: (1) the applicable boundaries of quasi-experimental methods in researching emerging management phenomena; (2) innovations in methods for testing key assumptions in complex organizational environments; (3) the reconstruction of ethical norms for quasi-experimental research in the era of big data.

In the interactive Q&A session, Professor Sun engaged in in-depth exchanges with the participating faculty and students on the specific applications, implementation key points, and academic value of quasi-experimental methods. Professor Zhang Yali delivered a brief summary of this academic exchange. The lecture provided a valuable learning and communication opportunity for the school's faculty and students to understand the standardized application of quasi-experimental methods in management research.

[Lecturer's Biography]

Dr. Jun Sun is currently a Full Professor (Tenured) and Doctoral Supervisor at the College of Business and Entrepreneurship, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. He has published more than 50 papers in top-tier academic journals, including Communications of the ACM, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Information and Management, Information Systems Frontiers, Computers in Human Behavior, and Transportation Research.

Over the years, he has served as Mini Track Chair and Session Chair for the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), a member of the Editorial Review Board for Information Systems Frontiers, and a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the Association for Information Systems (AIS), and the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI).