Devan Rosen, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Speech
University of Hawaii at Manoa
2560 Campus Rd.,
George Hall 326
Honolulu, HI 96822

Office
George Hall 330
ph: 808-956-8911
fax: 808-956-3947
email: rosend@hawaii.edu

My research focuses on developing theoretical and methodological advancements to the study of communication, studying the self-organization of communication networks in small groups and larger organizations. I study communication from a dynamic perspective, developing theories and methods that foster the longitudinal analysis of communicative interaction.

Theoretically, have been developing a model of cooperative evolution in relational human interaction, flock theory. Flock theory models situations, specifically on organizational settings, where groups of people can develop and maintain a manner of interaction that catalyzes egalitarian, dissipated leadership and the emergence of creativity. I have extended this theoretical work to include the small world phenomena (i.e., 6-degrees of separation), extrapolating flock theory to model larger, bipartite networks. This was done in an effort to stress the importance of knowledge sharing and knowledge network navigation.

Methodologically, my research has produced three main areas of advancement. I have developed new methods for the study of organizational networks on the task group and organization level. I am developing network analytic methods for the structural and content analyses of chat-based communicative interaction, commonly used in online communities and distributed work groups, and have used these methods to research and support an online educational science community in several high schools across the United States (www.scicentr.org). Finally, I am cooperating in research developing neural networks for multi-lingual text analysis.

I teach classes on communication theory, small-group communication, computer-mediated communication, organizational communication, research methods, and intercultural communication.