Dr. Carol S. Saunders is a Ph.D. from the University of Central Florida). Dr. Saunders has received lifetime achievement honours from two disciplines: the LEO award in the Information Systems (IS) discipline and the OCIS Division of the Academy of Management’s Lifetime Achievement Award. She is a Schller Senior Fellow, an Association of Information Systems Fellow, and the 2020 Distinguished Educator (awarded by the Education Special Interest Group for Information Systems).

She served on a variety of editorial boards, including as Editor-in-Chief of MIS Quarterly for three years. Overload, sourcing, virtual teams, business models, and control are some of her current research topics. She has articles published in prestigious management, information systems, computer science, and communication publications.