CIS FACULTY
The faculty contributing to the Communication and Information Sciences PhD Program reflect the interdisciplinary nature of the program. CIS Graduate Faculty are appointed tenure track faculty from the four partner programs, and may serve as advisors to CIS PhD students, dissertation committee chairpersons, and inside dissertation committee members. CIS Cooperating Graduate Faculty and CIS Affiliate Graduate Faculty may also serve as inside dissertation committee members for CIS PhD dissertations.
For the full list of possible dissertation committee members, please see the Office of Graduate Education web page, and choose Communication and Information Sciences Doctoral program. More info on forming the dissertation committee is to be found here.
CIS Program Chair
Jenifer Sunrise Winter
CIS Program Chair
Email:cischair@hawaii.edu
Interests: My research addresses data governance, policy, and ethics related to big data, artificial intelligence (AI), and the Internet of Things (IoT). I am PI of an NSF-funded grant addressing one the grand challenges of this big data era − how we can harness health data resources for societal good amidst many competing claims on the value to be derived from these data and the substantial risks for individual privacy and security. I also explore the governance of AI and personal health information (PHI), assessing the increasing challenges to governing the PHI essential for advancing AI/machine learning innovations in healthcare. I have participated in several U.S. National Science Foundation events related to privacy and cybersecurity (via the Team for Research in Ubiquitous Secure Technology) and the future of broadband.
Website: Jenifer Winter
Faculty
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Noriko Asato | LIS | Print Cultures, Librarianship, Censorship | asaton@hawaii.edu | |
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Ann Auman | COM |
Cross-Cultural/Global Media Ethics, News Literacy, Mobile Journalism
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auman@hawaii.edu | |
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Kelly Bergstrom | COM | Digital Cultures, Game Studies, Feminist Methods | kelly.bergstrom@hawaii.edu | |
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Edo Biagioni | ICS | Networking, Systems and Languages, Networking Security | esb@hawaii.edu | |
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Kim Binsted | ICS | Human Communication, Information Management, Intelligent Interfaces |
binsted@hawaii.edu | |
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Wayne Buente | COM | Social Media, Information Inequality, Democracy | wbuente@hawaii.edu | |
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Tung Bui | ITM | Computer-supported Group Decision | tung.bui@hawaii.edu | |
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Patricia Amaral Buskirk | COM | Emergent Media, Indigenous Storytelling, Creative Communication |
pbuskirk@hawaii.edu | |
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Henri Casanova | ICS | Parallel and Distributed Computing, Grid Computing | henric@hawaii.edu | |
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Chen Hong-Mei | ITM | Service Engineering and Business-IT Alignment | hmchen@hawaii.edu | |
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David N. Chin | ICS | Artificial Intelligence, User Interface, Geographic Information Systems |
chin@hawaii.edu | |
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Martha Crosby | ICS | Human-Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Cognitive Science |
crosby@hawaii.edu | |
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Elizabeth J. Davidson | ITM | Health Informatics, Information Technology Management, Organizational Theory |
edavidso@hawaii.edu | |
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Rich Gazan | ICS/LIS | User Modeling, Natural Language Processing, AI for Computer Games |
gazan@hawaii.edu | |
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Julien Gorbach | COM | History of American Media, Middle East, Literary Journalism |
gorbach@hawaii.edu | |
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Vanessa Irvin | LIS | Public Libraries, Reference Services, Youth Services | irvinv@hawaii.edu | |
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Philip Johnson | ICS | Climate Change, Software Engineering, Serious Games | johnson@hawaii.edu | |
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Rick Kazman | ITM | Software Architecture, Human-Computer Interaction | kazman@hawaii.edu | |
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Ji Young Kim | COM | Strategic Communication Management, Public Relations, Agenda-Building Theory |
jkim22@hawaii.edu | |
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Hanae Kramer | COM | Intercultural and Global Communication, Literature, Media Campaigns |
hanae@hawaii.edu | |
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Jason Leigh | ICS | Big Data Visualization, Virtual Reality, High Performance Networking |
leighj@hawaii.edu | |
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Depeng Li | ICS | Security and Privacy, Internet of Things, Applied Crytography | depengli@hawaii.edu | |
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Lipyeow Lim | ICS | Big Data Management, Database Query Optimization | lipyeow@hawaii.edu | |
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Randy Minas | ITM | Cognitive Biases, Collaboration, Decision-making | rminas@hawaii.edu | |
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Colin Moore | COM | American Political Development, Health Policy | cdmoore@hawaii.edu | |
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Rachel Neo | COM | Political Communication, Social Media, Persuasion | rneo@hawaii.edu | |
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Michael-Brian Ogawa | ICS | Information, Computer Education, Cyber and Physical Security |
ogawam@hawaii.edu | |
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Brett Oppegaard | COM | Ubiquitous Computing, Mobile Media, Locative Media | brett.oppegaard@hawaii.edu | |
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Dusko Pavlovic | ICS | Cyber Security, Information Assurance, Quantum Information Theory |
dusko@hawaii.edu | |
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Guylaine Poisson | ICS | Bioinformatics, Computational Biology | guylaine@hawaii.edu | |
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Daniel Port | ITM | Information Technology Engineering | dport@hawaii.edu | |
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Scott Robertson | ICS | Human-Computer Interaction, Social Media and Civic Engagement, Digital Government |
scott.robertson@hawaii.edu | |
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Peter Sadowski | ICS | Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence | peter.sadowski@hawaii.edu | |
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Peter-Michael Seidel | ICS | Formal Methods, Computer Arithmetic, Digital Hardware Design |
pseidel@hawaii.edu | |
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Nodari Sitchinava | ICS | Design and Analysis of Algorithms | nodari@hawaii.edu | |
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Jan Stelovsky | ICS | Multimedia, Human-Computer Interaction, Software Architectures |
janst@hawaii.edu | |
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Susanne Still | ICS | Machine Learning, Interactive Learning, Predictive Models of Time Series Data |
sstill@hawaii.edu | |
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Tonia Sutherland | ICS | Information and Communication Technologies, Digital Cultures |
tsuther@hawaii.edu | |
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Daniel Suthers | ICS | Technology Enhanced Learning, Human-Computer Interaction, Social Informatics |
suthers@hawaii.edu | |
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Andrew Wertheimer | LIS | Information Science, History of Libraries & Archives, Collection Management |
wertheim@hawaii.edu | |
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Jenifer Sunrise Winter | COM | Big Data Governance (Privacy, Security), Artificial Intelligence Ethics, Information Policy |
jwinter@hawaii.edu | |
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Bo Xiao | ITM | Human-Computer Interaction, Dark Side of Digitization, Health Information Systems |
boxiao@hawaii.edu |