Faculty Directory

Assistant Professor of Information Systems

Education

PhD Stanford University (2017)

BA Stanford University (2011)

Academic Expertise

Current Research

Social and Economic Effects of Information Technologies, Digital Platforms, Social Media Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Health IT, Educational IT

Selected Publications

“Social Media Sponsorship: Metrics and Strategies for Finding the Right Content Creator-Sponsor Matches”
Shahryar Doosti, Stephanie Lee, and Yong Tan, (forthcoming). Management Science.

“Flow of the Game: A Hidden Markov Model of Player Engagement in Online Mobile Games”
Jiaying Deng, Stephanie Lee, and Yong Tan, (forthcoming). Information Systems Research.

“Female Labor Supply and Rural Pension Eligibility in Brazil”
Gaurav Khanna, Margaret Lay, Stephanie Lee, and Benjamin Thompson (2025). Journal of Public Economics, 245: 105352.

“A Nudge to Credible Information as a Countermeasure to Misinformation: Evidence from Twitter”
Elina Hwang and Stephanie Lee, (2025). Information Systems Research, 36, no. 1: 621‒636.

“Click versus Tap: The Substitution Effects of Smartphones on Computers”
Stephanie Lee, Georgios Alaveras, and Pai-Ling Yin, (2025) Review of Industrial Organization 66, no. 1: 89‒107.

“User-Generated Physician Ratings and Their Effects on Patients’ Physician Choices: Evidence from Yelp“
Yiwei Chen and Stephanie Lee, (2024). Journal of Marketing, Vol. 88(1), pp. 77-96.

“The Effects of Digital Textbooks on Students’ Academic Performance, Academic Interest, and Learning Skills“
Stephanie Lee, Ju-Ho Lee, and Young-Shik Chung, (2023). Journal of Marketing Research, Vol. 60(4), pp. 792-811.

“Provision of Helpful Review Videos: Effects of Video Characteristics on Perceived Helpfulness“
Kyungmin Park, Stephanie Lee, Shahryar Doosti, and Yong Tan (first two authors contributed equally), (2023). Production and Operations Management, Vol. 32(7), pp. 2031-2048.

“The Impact of Financial Incentives on Health and Healthcare: Evidence from a Large Wellness Program“
Einav, L., Lee, S., Levin, J., (2019). Health Economics, Vol. 28(2), pp. 261-279.

“Does Bundling Decrease the Probability of Switching Telecommunication Service Providers?“
Lee, S., (2017). Review of Industrial Organization, Vol. 50(3), pp. 303-322.

Working Papers

“The Effects of the FTC Policy and Affiliation Disclosures on Review Video Engagement: Evidence from YouTube,” with Jingwen Zhang and Yong Tan. Conditionally accepted at Information Systems Research.

“Algorithmic Collusion or Competition: The Role of Platforms’ Recommender Systems,” with Xingchen Xu and Yong Tan.

“Quantifying the Consumer Surplus from Smartphones.”

“Killing Not Just Weeds: Unexpected Consequences of Combating Misinformation,” with Yuchen Liu and Elina Hwang

Honors and Awards

Dean’s Excellence Award for Faculty Research, Foster School of Business, University of Washington, 2025

Population Health Initiative Tier 1 Pilot Grant, University of Washington, 2024-2025

Best Reviewer Award, INFORMS Workshop on Data Science, 2023

Best Student Paper Award Nomination, Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), 2022

Best Reviewer Award, INFORMS Workshop on Data Science, 2021

Faculty of the Year Teaching Award – Information Systems and Operations Management Department, Foster School of Business, University of Washington, 2020

Best Paper by a Junior Scholar Award, Industrial Organization Society, International Industrial Organization Conference, 2018

NBER Digitization Research Grant, Productivity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Program, 2016-2017

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Stanford University, 2016

Freeman Spogli Institute Research Grant for Travel, Stanford University, 2016

Gregory Terrill Cox Fellowship in Law and Economics, Olin Program, Stanford University, 2014

Stanford Economics Graduate Research Fellowship, 2011-2012

Firestone Medal for Excellence in Undergraduate Research, Stanford University, 2011

J. E. Wallace Sterling Award for Scholastic Achievement, Stanford University, 2011