CIS Alumni
The CIS program has had an international impact as evidenced by the placement of graduates in various positions around the world. Graduates are faculty or are in industry positions in Australia, German, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Nepal, New Zealand, and Taiwan, as well as organizations throughout the United States.
Slightly more CIS graduates go into education or university administration than into other careers, though the numbers are fairly close. CIS graduates are somewhat equally distributed among Hawai‘i, mainland and international locations. Their positions include 21 Assistant, Associate or Full Professors, and four high-level university administrators (Dean, Director, VP). There are also eight Instructors and a few professionals (such as librarians) in the education sector. Five of the industry positions are at the President/CEO/VP level, and four have lead research and development positions such as Senior Researcher or Principal Engineer.
CIS Alumni
Associate Professor College of Business and Economics, University of Hawai`i at Hilo
Website: http://www.uhh.hawaii.edu/~kburke/
CIS PhD Dissertation: Development processes and performance in groups using an electronic meeting system : a comparison of face-to-face, synchronous and asynchronous meeting environments
Assistant Professor University of Alabama
Interests: Current position: Assistant Professor, The School of Library & Information Studies, University of Alabama. Dissertation: Case Studies on Institutional Repository Development: Creating narratives for project management and assessment
CIS PhD Dissertation: Case Studies on Institutional Repository Development: Creating Narratives for Project Management and Assessment
Associate Professor Computer Information Systems Department, Cal Poly Pomona, California
Interests: Computer Forensics
Website: http://www.csupomona.edu/~ghcarlton
CIS PhD Dissertation: A protocol for the forensic data acquisition of personal computer workstations
CIS Testimonial: CIS allowed me the freedom to develop my research in an area that did not fit within any single discipline.
Research Associate Department of Information Technology Management, University of Hawai`i at Manoa
Website: http://sophea.info/portal/
CIS PhD Dissertation: Understanding the Roles of Emotion in Technology Acceptance
Associate Professor National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Website: http://teacher.tcm.ncku.edu.tw/view/eteacher.php?number=42
CIS PhD Dissertation: Trust and privacy in electronic monitoring workplaces
CIS PhD Student Communication and Information Sciences Program, University of Hawai`i at Manoa
CIS PhD Dissertation: Personal Factors and Efficiency of Web Searching
Communication and Information Sciences Program, University of Hawai`i at Manoa
Interests: I am studying the connection between the affordances of digital media and online user relationships, specifically their reinforcement and reification of each other. I have been analyzing user interactions from two online communities, disCourse and Tapped In. I use several different methods of study, mainly social network analysis and exploratory sequential data analysis. I apply different theoretical backgrounds in my research -- while SNA and ESDA are useful for manipulating data, interpretation of results requires a broader area. Social capital, actor-network theory, strength of network ties, and boundary spanning are other models that I have used to help understand how all of my data fits together.
CIS PhD Dissertation: Is my computer safe? The role of structural assurances in E-commerce trust building
Assistant Professor Department of Management, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Website: http://www.mgt.wpi.edu/People/szd.html
CIS PhD Dissertation: Does affect influence information overload?
Assistant Professor San Francisco State University
Interests: Assistant Professor, Department of Instructional Technologies, Graduate College of Education, San Francisco State University
Website: http://communitylearningresearch.com/
CIS PhD Dissertation: Cooperative Groups in Practice: An Analysis of Affect and Productivity in Group Interactions
Assistant Professor Department of Information Systems, Washington State University
Website: http://www.mauriciofeatherman.com/
CIS PhD Dissertation: Evaluative criteria and user acceptance of Internet-based financial transaction processing systems
CIS PhD Dissertation: Functional memory approach to the design of custom computing machines
CIS PhD Dissertation: HAT (Hyper Analysis Toolkit) : a tool for hypertext-based dynamic systems analysis
Assistant Dean Academic Affairs College of Information Technology, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates
Website: http://www.sim.vuw.ac.nz/staff/beverley-hope.aspx
CIS PhD Dissertation: Quality improvement in the service sector : an expert support system (ESS) for continuous improvement
CIS Testimonial: Joining the CIS doctoral program was one of the best decisions of my career.
CIS PhD Dissertation: Interacting with information : constructing personal knowledge using written text
Website: http://sedu.sibs.ac.cn/daoshi/2004/displ
CIS PhD Dissertation: Proud--an integrated reverse engineering system for software maintenance
Postdoctoral Researcher Dept. of Molecular Biosciences & Bioengineering
Interests: Operations Research, Management Science, Data Communication & Telecommunication Networks, Information Retrieval, and Medical Informatics
CIS PhD Dissertation: GOURD : an object-oriented uncertainty retrieval approach for graphics databases
Program Manager
Interests: Completed PhD in Dec. 2009. Currently working on State projects developing sensor networks for protection and security of critical infrastructure.
Website: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~laurelk
CIS PhD Dissertation: The Influence of Individual Differences on Diagrammatic Communication and Problem Representation
Website: http://chemistry.usf.edu/faculty/larsen/
CIS PhD Dissertation: Artist's Rights versus Copyright Owner's Rights
Vice President for Information Technology & Chief Information Officer The University of Hawai`i System
Website: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~david/
CIS PhD Dissertation: Global telecommunications standardization in transition : impacts on Southeast Asia
Communication and Information Sciences Program, University of Hawai`i at Manoa
Interests: HCI in extreme environments
Website: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~lepape
CIS PhD Dissertation: Human-Computer Interaction In Extreme Environments: Interaction Effects Between Field Dependency-Independency And Altered ±Gz Accelerations On End-User Performance
Assistant Professor Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Website: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/SCI/about/profile_TrishaLin.html
CIS PhD Dissertation: TV News Digitalization in Taiwan: An Intraorganizational Model of IT Adoption and Implementation
CIS Testimonial: CIS has equipped me with fundamental capabilities to cope with future challenge in teaching and research.
Research Scientist CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia
Website: http://www.csiro.au/people/Leorey.Marquez.html
CIS PhD Dissertation: Function approximation using neural networks : a simulation study
CIS Testimonial: Thanks to the CIS program, I have been able to branch out to diverse areas of research.
Program Analyst NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Organization
Website: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~maurin
CIS PhD Dissertation: Informational Exchanges Among Hawaii Marine Stakeholders
Founder and Managing Director, Xi GmbH
Website: http://johannesmeier.com
CIS PhD Dissertation: A Formal analysis of costs and benefits of interorganizational systems
CIS PhD Dissertation: Investigating individual software development: an evaluation of the leap toolkit
Vice President for Community Colleges The University of Hawai`i System
Website: http://www.hawaii.edu/admin/executives/vp_cc.html
CIS PhD Dissertation: Effects of computer-mediated communication on faculty-student interaction outside the classroom
CIS Testimonial: Whether your academic future is research, teaching, or administrative the CIS program is a great foundation.
Professor Library and Information Science Program, University of Hawai`i at Manoa
Interests: Information Behavior, Affective Computing, Human System Interaction, and Information Technology Literacy
Website: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~nahl/
CIS PhD Dissertation: CD-ROM point-of-use instructions for novice searchers : a comparison of user-centered affectively elaborated and system-centered unelaborated text
CIS PhD Dissertation: Perceived Quality and Motivations on Intention-To-Use of a General Web Portal
CIS PhD Dissertation: Framework for the interactive customization of products and services
professor at Kathmandu University School of Management
Interests: Information Technology & Systems, Quantitative Methods
Website: http://www.saim.edu.np/faculty_staff/shakti_s_rana.php
CIS PhD Dissertation: Product development model : case study of high definition television
Instructor, Department of Information Technology Management
Website: www.shidler.hawaii.edu
CIS PhD Dissertation: A Study of the Assimilation of Electronic Medical Records by Independent Physician Practices
President, Situated Research
Interests: Matthew Sharritt, Ph.D., President and Co-founder of Situated Research, specializes in user-experience (UX) research and usability testing within software and video games. Dr. Sharritt is a graduate of the interdisciplinary Communication & Information Sciences Ph.D. program (specializing in communication, computer and information science, human-computer interaction and IT management) and the Information and Computer Sciences M.S. at the University of Hawai‘i, where he served as a teaching assistant. Prior, he was webmaster at Time Warner Telecom while earning his B.S. at Marquette University in Computer Engineering. His research examines ways of maximizing self-efficacy, fun, and flow through the design of engaging technologies: describing how learning in games can occur through playtesting and exploration. You can read more about Dr. Sharritt and his research at his personal website, situatedgaming.com.
Website: http://www.situatedresearch.com
CIS PhD Dissertation: Students’ Use of Social and Cognitive Affordances in Video Game Play Within Educational Contexts: Implications for Learning
CIS PhD Dissertation: Automatic code generation for simulation programs using Petri net models
CIS PhD Dissertation: Design of a uniform language for client-designer communication in software development
CIS PhD Dissertation: A study of coordination and communication in distributed information technology support
Tenured Professor Copenhagen Business School
Website: http://uk.cbs.dk/staff/vatrapu
CIS PhD Dissertation: Technological Intersubjectivity and Appropriation of Affordances in Computer Supported Collaboration
Researcher, Accenture Technology Labs
Interests: My research focuses on ubiquitous commerce, situated computing, and computer augmentation to human intelligence. More specifically, I'm keen on exploring means for bridging the gap between the physical world and the virtual world, and on inventing new ways for bridging the gaps between people's intention, commitment, and action. My passion lies in creating new ways of doing things through technology rather than in devising incremental solutions.
Website: http://www.accenture.com/Global/Services/Accenture_Technology_Labs/R_and_I/DadongWan.htm
CIS PhD Dissertation: CLARE : a computer-supported collaborative learning environment based on the thematic structure of scientific text
Department of ISDS - Assistant Professor Louisiana State University
Interests: Teaching Interest: Management of information systems, Electronic commerce, Medical informatics, Technology adoption, Human computer interaction; Organizational impacts, Health care and medical informatics
Website: http://www.bus.lsu.edu/isds/facultywebpage.asp?autoid=167
CIS PhD Dissertation: A Test of the Extended Technology Acceptance Model for Understanding the Internet Adoption Behavior of Physicians
Assistant Professor School of Communications, University of Hawai`i at Manoa
Interests: Policy and planning particularly in the Asia-Pacific region, emerging technologies, privacy, social informatics, futures studies, information and communication technologies literacies
Website: http://socialsciences.people.hawaii.edu/faculty/?dept=com,jour&faculty=jwinter@hawaii.edu
CIS PhD Dissertation: Early identification and evaluation of slowly emerging problems related to the ubiquitous networked computing & communications environment in the State of Hawaii
Communication and Information Sciences Program, University of Hawai`i at Manoa
Interests: My dissertation is entitled "Towards an Understanding of College Women’s Decision-making regarding the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Vaccine" and three sets of research questions address the roles of knowledge, barriers & opportunity, and affect in college women’s HPV vaccine uptake decision-making. Data came from UH Manoa’s female students during Fall of 2010, which were collected via a secured anonymous self-administered online survey. This research study was formulated upon a framework that integrates health communication theories and information behavior theory, encompassing multiple fields of science such as social, behavioral, information and public health sciences.
Associate Professor The College of St. Catherine, Minnesota
Website: http://www.jyukawa.com/
CIS PhD Dissertation: Hearts and Minds Through Hands Online: A Narrative Analysis of Learning Through Co-Reflection in an Online Action Research Course