Mariia Petryk

Mariia Petryk

Assistant Professor, Information Systems and Operations Management

Contact Information

Email: mpetryk@gmu.edu
Office Location: Enterprise Hall 115

Personal Websites

MariiaPetryk.com

Biography

Mariia Petryk is a GDIT Corporate Partner Faculty Fellow and assistant professor within the Information Systems and Operations Management Area in the Costello College of Business at George Mason University. Before joining George Mason University, Dr. Petryk received her Ph.D. in information systems and operations management from the Warrington College of Business at the University of Florida. Her research interests include emerging technology management, digital and mobile platforms, blockchain, and social networks. Dr. Petryk’s research appeared in reputable academic journals, including Information Systems Research, Journal of Management Information Systems, The  Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and at premier IS conferences, including CIST, WITS, HICSS, POMS, and INFORMS. In 2025, Dr. Petryk was also named a GDIT Corporate Partner Faculty Fellow.

Research Interests

  • Blockchain
  • Digital and mobile platforms
  • Social networks
  • Emerging technology
  • Economics of AI

Education

  • Ph.D. Business Administration - Information Systems and Operations Management, Warrington College of Business, University of Florida
  • Ph.D. Statistics (Minor), Statistics Department, University of Florida
  • M.S. Economic Cybernetics, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
  • B.A. Law, Kyiv National Economic University, Kyiv, Ukraine
  • B.S. Economic Cybernetics, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine

Research and Awards

Publications

  • Mahendrarajah Nimalendran, Praveen Pathak, Mariia Petryk, and Liangfei Qiu (author names are in alphabetical order) (2024), “Informational Efficiency of Cryptocurrency Markets,”  Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, pp. 1-30 (FT 50).
  • Mariia Petryk, Liangfei Qiu, and Praveen Pathak (2023), “The Impact of Open-Source Community on Cryptocurrency Market Price: An Empirical Investigation,” Journal of Management Information Systems, 40(4), pp. 1237-1270 (FT 50).
  • Mariia Petryk, Michael Rivera, Siddharth Bhattacharya, Liangfei Qiu, and Subodha Kumar (2022), “How Network Embeddedness Affects Real-Time Performance Feedback: An Empirical Investigation,” Information Systems Research, 33(4), pp. 1467-1489 (UTD 24, FT 50).

Awards

  • 2025-2028 GDIT Corporate Partner Fellowship, George Mason University
  • 2024-2025 Costello College of Business Outstanding Research Publications Award
  • 2024 Teaching Excellence Award Nominee, George Mason University
  • 2023-2024 Costello College of Business Outstanding Research Publications Award
  • 2022 Certificate of Outstanding Achievement, University of Florida
  • 2017-2020 Grinter Fellowship, University of Florida
  • 2009-2015 Scholarship and full tuition waiver from the Ministry of Education of Ukraine, Ministry of Education of Ukraine

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