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

Professor	Department	Fields	Contact Information
Noriko Asato	LIS	Print Cultures, Librarianship, Censorship	asaton@hawaii.edu
Ann Auman	COM	Media Ethics, Fake News, US-China Relations	auman@hawaii.edu
Kelly Bergstrom	COM	Digital Cultures, Game Studies, Feminist Methods	kelly.bergstrom@hawaii.edu
Edo Biagioni	ICS	Networking, Systems and Languages, Networking Security	esb@hawaii.edu
Kim Binsted	ICS	Human Communication, Information Management, Intelligent Interfaces	binsted@hawaii.edu
Wayne Buente	COM	Social Media, Information Inequality, Democracy	wbuente@hawaii.edu
Tung Bui	ITM	Computer-supported Group Decision	tung.bui@hawaii.edu
Patricia Amaral Buskirk	COM	Emergent Media, Indigenous Storytelling, Creative Communication	pbuskirk@hawaii.edu
Henri Casanova	ICS	Parallel and Distributed Computing, Grid Computing	henric@hawaii.edu
Chen Hong-Mei	ITM	Service Engineering and Business-IT Alignment	hmchen@hawaii.edu
David N. Chin	ICS	Artificial Intelligence, User Interface, Geographic Information Systems	chin@hawaii.edu
Martha Crosby	ICS	Human-Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Cognitive Science	crosby@hawaii.edu
Elizabeth J. Davidson	ITM	Health Informatics, Information Technology Management, Organizational Theory	edavidso@hawaii.edu
Rich Gazan	ICS/LIS	User Modeling, Natural Language Processing, AI for Computer Games	gazan@hawaii.edu
Julien Gorbach	COM	History of American Media, Middle East, Literary Journalism	gorbach@hawaii.edu
Vanessa Irvin	LIS	Public Libraries, Reference Services, Youth Services	irvinv@hawaii.edu
Philip Johnson	ICS	Climate Change, Software Engineering, Serious Games	johnson@hawaii.edu
Rick Kazman	ITM	Software Architecture, Human-Computer Interaction	kazman@hawaii.edu
Ji Young Kim	COM	Strategic Communication Management, Public Relations, Agenda-Building Theory	jkim22@hawaii.edu
Hanae Kramer	COM	Intercultural and Global Communication, Literature, Media Campaigns	hanae@hawaii.edu
Jason Leigh	ICS	Big Data Visualization, Virtual Reality, High Performance Networking	leighj@hawaii.edu
Depeng Li	ICS	Security and Privacy, Internet of Things, Applied Crytography	depengli@hawaii.edu
Lipyeow Lim	ICS	Big Data Management, Database Query Optimization	lipyeow@hawaii.edu
Randy Minas	ITM	Cognitive Biases, Collaboration, Decision-making	rminas@hawaii.edu
Colin Moore	COM	American Political Development, Health Policy	cdmoore@hawaii.edu
Rachel Neo	COM	Political Communication, Social Media, Persuasion	rneo@hawaii.edu
Michael-Brian Ogawa	ICS	Information, Computer Education, Cyber and Physical Security	ogawam@hawaii.edu
Brett Oppegaard	COM	Ubiquitous Computing, Mobile Media, Locative Media	brett.oppegaard@hawaii.edu
Dusko Pavlovic	ICS	Cyber Security, Information Assurance, Quantum Information Theory	dusko@hawaii.edu
Guylaine Poisson	ICS	Bioinformatics, Computational Biology	guylaine@hawaii.edu
Daniel Port	ITM	Information Technology Engineering	dport@hawaii.edu
Scott Robertson	ICS	Human-Computer Interaction, Social Media and Civic Engagement, Digital Government	scott.robertson@hawaii.edu
Peter Sadowski	ICS	Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence	peter.sadowski@hawaii.edu
Peter-Michael Seidel	ICS	Formal Methods, Computer Arithmetic, Digital Hardware Design	pseidel@hawaii.edu
Nodari Sitchinava	ICS	Design and Analysis of Algorithms	nodari@hawaii.edu
Jan Stelovsky	ICS	Multimedia, Human-Computer Interaction, Software Architectures	janst@hawaii.edu
Susanne Still	ICS	Machine Learning, Interactive Learning, Predictive Models of Time Series Data	sstill@hawaii.edu
Tonia Sutherland	ICS	Information and Communication Technologies, Digital Cultures	tsuther@hawaii.edu
Daniel Suthers	ICS	Technology Enhanced Learning, Human-Computer Interaction, Social Informatics	suthers@hawaii.edu
Andrew Wertheimer	LIS	Information Science, History of Libraries & Archives, Collection Management	wertheim@hawaii.edu
Jenifer Sunrise Winter	COM	Big Data Governance (Privacy, Security), Artificial Intelligence Ethics, Information Policy	jwinter@hawaii.edu
Bo Xiao	ITM	Human-Computer Interaction, Dark Side of Digitization, Health Information Systems	boxiao@hawaii.edu