She was Alton M. Costley Chair and Professor of Information Technology Management at Georgia Tech.
[1][2] She and her husband also held a world record for the longest tandem bicycle tour.
[1][3] Slaughter worked in the information technology industry for ten years,[1] before returning to graduate study in management information systems, in which she earned a PhD through the University of Minnesota.
Between her industry work and her return to graduate study, the two of them took a 19-month hiatus, touring the world on a tandem bicycle.
[5] Slaughter was the author or coauthor of two books: She had over 100 publications, winning nine best paper awards.