Yulia Sullivan, Ph.D.

Christian Leadership and Moral Responsibility in the AI Era

In this breakout session, participants will get to grow in their use of AI while also participating in active research being conducted here at Baylor. Yulia Sullivan, an Associate Professor of Information Systems and Business Analytics, will facilitate an interactive series of experiential exercises designed to help Christian leaders think deeply about AI and its consequences. Together, we will explore what moral responsibility looks like when decisions are assisted or even made by AI. You will be invited to consider how AI may subtly shift our assumptions about agency, truth, and moral values. Our goal is to equip leaders to make decisions that align innovation with faithfulness, ensuring that technological progress serves human flourishing rather than undermining it.

Session Speaker

Yulia Sullivan is an associate professor of Information Systems and Business Analytics (ISBA) at Hankamer School of Business, Baylor University. She earned her PhD degree in information systems from the University of North Texas. Her research interests encompass a diverse range of topics, including cognitive information systems, the value of IT for organizations, artificial intelligence and ethics, human-computer interaction and research methods. Sullivan has published in premier outlets, such as MIS Quarterly, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Journal of Business Ethics, Annals of Operations Research, Journal of Business Research and International Journal of Information Management, among others. She is also a co-author of the textbook titled "Conducting Mixed-Methods Research: From Classical Social Sciences to the Age of Big Data and Analytics," contributing her expertise in the mixed-methods area. In recognition of her research contributions, Sullivan was honored with the Habicht Early Career Research Award by the Hankamer School of Business. She was also a recipient of Baylor’s Outstanding Faculty Research Award (Tenured) in 2024.   

Sullivan currently serves as a board member of the Responsible Research in Business and Management Honor Roll, an international non-profit organization dedicated to promoting credible and valuable research in the business and management disciplines. She also currently serves as the undergraduate program director for the ISBA Department at Hankamer School of Business.