Meet The Team

Jeffrey Allen, (he/his/his), 617-353-3424

Jeffrey W. Allen, Ph.D (“Jeff”) is an award winning faculty member in his 24th year of “stewardship” in the Questrom School of Business. In 2020, Jeff was the recipient of the Questrom School of Business Beckwith Teaching Award for outstanding teaching voted on by the students. In 2021, Professor Allen was awarded both the Boston University Faculty Advising Award for his tireless work in advising/mentoring students as well as the 2021 Questrom School of Business Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Award for his extensive work in the area of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. A faculty in residence in the Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Questrom School of Business at Boston University the last 4 years where his work focuses on student success academically, socially, emotionally and professionally in their journey through school and beyond.

In both 2018 and 2011, Jeff received the Broderick Award for Service to the Undergraduate program. He has been the mentor for BU Posse 1 (2008-2012) and BU Posse 7 (2014-2018) both from the Atlanta, Georgia area and is the coordinator for the Information Systems concentration. Jeff has worked and consulted widely with such organizations as IBM, Fidelity Investments, Accenture, Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC), Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, AT&T, Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University, Georgia State University, Indiana University and the National Football League to name a few.

Born in Athens, Georgia where he completed his undergraduate degree in Management information Systems at the University of Georgia (Home of the “BullDawgs”). The holder of an MBA in Finance, Master of Science degree in Risk Management and Insurance and doctorate degree in Decision Sciences, Jeff works hard to make sure students walk away from his Information Systems classes having acquired “Skills to Pay the Bills” and making sure they are well positioned for both internships and full-time career opportunities.

Jeff prides himself in his classroom teaching, about which he states “I feel the classroom should be an intellectual haven that encourages students to give their honest opinions and to think about the world of technology and how it affects their lives in a much more critical sense. The classroom should not only be educational, but it needs to be a fun, dynamic atmosphere to capture and retain the interest of the students.”