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.

Kaveh Abhari
Affiliation:Assistant Professor of MIS at Fowler College of Business at San Diego State University and affiliate faculty at University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Dissertation: Modeling Actor Behavior in Collaborative Innovation Network: The Case of Social (New) Product Development (2014)

Kumiko Aoki
Affiliation: Professor of Informatics, Open University of Japan
Dissertation: Intercultural telecollaboration : a field experiment based upon a heuristic telecollaboration model for collaborative writing through the Internet (1996)

Weranuj Ariyasriwatana
Interests: I am interested to combine Communication Theory, especially Intercultural Communication, with Biomedicalinformatics. My interests also include Swarm Intelligence, ICT Policy & Planning, Communication Rights, and Participatory Development Communication.
Dissertation: “Healthy Deliciousness”: Discovering The Secret To Healthy Eating Via Social Media (2018)

Salvatore Aurigemma
Dissertation: From the Weakest Link to the Best Defense: Exploring the Factors that Affect Employee Intention to Comply with Information Security Policies (2013)

donna Bair-Mundy
Affiliation: Retired, Library and Information Science Program, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Dissertation: A Theoretical Model for the Evolution of Law Relating to Telecommunication Privacy Vis-a-Vis Law Enforcement Surveillance in America (2009)

Jennifer Beamer
Affiliation: The Claremont Colleges Library
Dissertation: Examining Open Access Information Infrastructures: A Sociotechnical Exploration Of Institutional Repository Models In Japan And The United States (2021) [Chair: Richard Gazan]
Website: ORCID page

Alexander Bergo
Affiliation: CEO and Chief Innovation Officer at MeetingSift
Dissertation: Fostering the Creation of Futures Data and Simulating Subsequent Future Event and Trend Interactions: Early Identification of Opportunities and Threats for High-Speed Broadband Development in Hawaii (2013)

Kelly Burke
Affiliation: Professor, Management Information Systems, College of Business and Economics, University of Hawai'i at Hilo
Dissertation: Development processes and performance in groups using an electronic meeting system : a comparison of face-to-face, synchronous and asynchronous meeting environments (1994)

Jennifer Campbell-Meier
Affiliation: MIS Programme Director School of Information Management Victoria University of Wellington
Dissertation: Case Studies on Institutional Repository Development: Creating Narratives for Project Management and Assessment – Jennifer L Campbell-Meier (2008)

Gregory Carlton
Affiliation: Professor at Computer Information Systems Department, College of Business Administration, Cal Poly Pomona
Dissertation: A protocol for the forensic data acquisition of personal computer workstations(2006)

Sophea Chea
Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Business and Information Management, Delaware Valley University
Dissertation: Understanding the Roles of Emotion in Technology Acceptance (2006)
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Jeng-Chung (Victor) Chen
Affiliation: Professor and Chairman, Institute of International Management, National Cheng Kung University
Dissertation: Trust and privacy in electronic monitoring workplaces (2001)

Jeng-Her (Alex) Chen
Affiliation: Assistant Professor, College of Management, Yuan Ze University
Dissertation: Personal Factors and Efficiency of Web Searching (2011)

Ruobing Chi
Affiliation: Educator at Intercultural Communication, Shanghai International Studies University (SISU)
Dissertation: From a Typological to Network Understanding of Acculturation (2014)

Sungwon Cho
Dissertation: Design of a trading mechanism in electronic marketplaces: online multidimensional auction mechanism with enhanced negotiation support (2001)

Candace Chien-Tzu Chou
Affiliation: Associate Profesor of Learning TechnologyTeacher Education, University of St. Thomas
Dissertation: Student interaction in a collaborative distance-learning environment: a model of learner-centered computer-mediated interaction (2001)

Kar-Hai Chu
Affiliation: Assistant Professor of Medicine University of Pittsburgh
Dissertation: Exploring How Technology Mediates the Types of Relationships Formed in Sociotechnical Systems (2012)

Lisa Chuang
Dissertation: Effective computer-mediated intercultural communication factors: the influence of intercultural communication competence, social cues, and accommodative behavior in intercultural online exchange (2014)

Karen Rebecca Clark-Kraut
Dissertation: A spreadsheet-based decision model for the choice of indexing and abstracting data delivery option for academic libraries (1993)

Michael Cress
Affiliation: Computer science professor at University of Hawaii: Honolulu Community College
Dissertation: Is my computer safe? The role of structural assurances in E-commerce trust building (2006)

Caterina Desiato
Affiliation: Lecturer University of Hawaii at Manoa
Designing and teaching online courses for the Womenʻs Studies Department.
Applying the Quality Matter Rubric to course design.
Dissertation: Online Deliberation Lived Experiences of KĀNAKA MAOLI Women (2018)

Kim Chi Diep
Affiliation: VEMBA Program Manager, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Shidler College of Bussiness
Dissertation: A Conceptual Framework for Best Practices in Information Literacy Instruction Based on Stakeholders’ Perceptions: A Case Study of Four Vietnamese Academic Libraries (2011)

Soussan Djamasbi
Affiliation: Founder and Director of User Experience and Decision Making Research Lab, Associate Professor, IT, School of Business, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Dissertation: Does affect influence information overload? (2004)

Patricia Donohue
Dissertation: Cooperative Groups in Practice: An Analysis of Affect and Productivity in Group Interactions (2009)

Yun Du
Dissertation: Developing a Web-Based Learning Environment (2003)

Pamela Estell
Affiliation: Chaminade University, School of Business and Communication
Dissertation: Employee Engagement, Direct Voice Mechanisms, and Enterprise Social Network Sites (ESNS) (2021) [Chair: Elizabeth Davidson]

Mauricio Featherman
Dissertation: Evaluative criteria and user acceptance of Internet-based financial transaction processing systems (2003)

Stacia Garlach
Dissertation:Usability of advertising preference tools on smartphones: AdChoices and Facebook Ad Preferences [Chair: Dan Suthers]
Interests: I've been studying online advertising and its implications on consumer data privacy, from both a communication policy perspective (regulatory framework), and a human computer interaction perspective (design aspects of usable privacy and security). The working title of my dissertation is Usability of preference-setting tools for online behavioral advertising: Mobile AdChoices and Facebook Ad Preferences. I am also interested in marketing communication, data visualization, and user-centered design. I have more than 20 years’ experience in marketing communication work, mostly for non-profit organizations.

LeAnn Garrett
Affiliation: Department Chair, Systems Librarian, Mt. San Antonio College
Dissertation: Authority control and its influence on recall and precision in an online bibliographic catalog (1997)

Patrick Gilbert
Affiliation: Professor in the Business department at University of Hawaii West Oahu, Kapolei, HI
Dissertation: A Delphi Policy Study on the Futures Use of Distance Education within the University of Hawaiʻi System(2011)

Justin M. W. Goo
Affiliation: Opihi Net LLC
Dissertation: The Effect of Negative Feedback on Confidence Calibration and Error Reduction in Spreadsheet Development (2003)

Kumiko Hachiya
Dissertation: Mobile Phones and Older Japanese Adults (2010)

Richard Halverson
Affiliation: Consultant and President Guide.Net; Lecturer University of Hawaii; Applications Developer
Dissertation: Functional memory approach to the design of custom computing machines (1994)

Kay Hamada
Affiliation:Faculty Specialist, Advising Center for the Colleges of Arts & Humanities and Languages, Linguistics & Literature, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Dissertation:Dissertation: A study of factors impacting student use and non-use of advising (2018)

Jingxiang He
Dissertation: HAT (Hyper Analysis Toolkit) : a tool for hypertext-based dynamic systems analysis (1994)

Jerome Heath
Affiliation: Retired Professor in the Computer Science department at Hawaii Pacific University
Dissertation: Culture, mindscapes, and technology (1997)

Christina Higa
Dissertation: Creating Healthier Communities: Leveraging ‘Ohana (Friends/Family) Support and Information Technology in Chronic Disease Management (2019)

Claire Hitosugi
Affiliation: Leeward Community College, Information & Computer Science
Dissertation:Effects of Culture on Online Initial Trust: Individual Level Analysis (2009)

Kelly Holden
Dissertation: Whose Health Is It Anyway? The Impact of Employee Wellness Programs on Health Engagement (2021) [Chair: Elizabeth Davidson]

Beverly Hope
Affiliation: School of Management, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Dissertation: Quality improvement in the service sector : an expert support system (ESS) for continuous improvement (1996)

Kelsea Hosoda
Affiliation: Postdoctoral Scholar, Institute for Health & Aging at University of California, San Francisco
Dissertation: Hawaiian Morphemes: Identification, Usage, and Application in Information Retrieval (2019)

Dara Lee Howard
Dissertation: Interacting with information : constructing personal knowledge using written text (1994)

Hai Huang
Affiliation: Principal Engineer at Palo Alto Networks, Inc
Dissertation: Proud–an integrated reverse engineering system for software maintenance (1994)

Mark Hukill
Affiliation: Principal Consultant, Asia Pacific Electronic Media Communications, LLC
Dissertation: Telematics policy in the ASEAN countries : a base-line data taxonomy of telecommunications and information systems infrastructure and investment for developing planning (1990)

Michelle Ibanez
Affiliation: S&T Policy Fellow, Department of Science & Technology, U. S. Department of Homeland Security.
Dissertation: Virtual Red Light Districts: Detecting Covert Networks and Sex Trafficking Circuits in the U.S. (2016)

Philipp Jordan
Dissertation: A Meta-Study and Content Analysis of Science Fiction in Computer Science Research (2019)
Websites: ResearchGate, Google Scholar

Lotus E. Kam
Affiliation: Decision Science & Customer Analytics at Starbucks
Dissertation: A Bayesian decision network model for analyzing biosecurity risk: Using a test-action biosecurity risk framework to develop a decision-theoretic model of white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) import risk for Hawai'i shrimp aquaculture (2006)

T. N. Kamala
Dissertation: Individual differences in the use of CD ROM databases (1991)

Nyle Sky Kauweloa
Dissertation:The College Esports Experience: Gaming, Identity, and Development (2022) [Chair: Jenifer Winter]
Interests: My research interests sit at the intersection between games cultures and society. In particular, I study the development of college esports in the United States, and how greater institutional support for students’ interests in esports has raised important questions about the role of educational institutions, administration, and educators have in the development of students within this still emerging space of digital games and higher education. I taught two semesters of one of the first courses at UH to take a critical look at esports and its growing presence in society for America’s youth (Spring 2018, 2019).

Xiangdong Ke
Affiliation: Sr. Software Engineer, Ke-Meadow, Sacramento, California
Dissertation: GOURD : an object-oriented uncertainty retrieval approach for graphics databases (1997)

Kathleen Kihmm Connolly
Affiliation: Special Projects Business Administrator, JABSOM Central Business Office, University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa
Dissertation: The Digital Divide and Health Outcomes: A Teleretinal Imaging Study (2013)

Laurel King
Affiliation: Quality Assurance Manager, Lanakila Pacific
Dissertation: The Influence of Individual Differences on Diagrammatic Communication and Problem Representation (2009)

Hanae Kramer
Affiliation: Associate Professor at School of Communications, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Dissertation: Marketing a Nation: The Role of Film in Manchoukuo (2010)

Hyosun Kwon
Dissertation: Adoption of cellular telephone technologies and services : user perceptions and motivations in the United States (Hawaii) and South Korea (1996)

Erika Lacro
Affiliation: As vice president for community colleges, Erika Lacro is responsible for executive leadership, policy decision-making, resource allocation and development of support services for the University of Hawaiʻi’s seven community colleges. A key focus of her work is to further support the community college student success agenda.
Dissertation: Enhancing Student Learning and Success Through the Use of Social Networking Technologies: A Design-Based Research Approach (2013)

David Lassner
Affiliation: President at University of Hawaii
Dissertation: Global telecommunications standardization in transition : impacts on Southeast Asia (1998)

Randall Larsen
Dissertation: Artist's Rights versus Copyright Owner's Rights (2005)


Zhi Cheng Li
Dissertation: Generalization of the stable marriage algorithms involving group preferences in resource allocation problems (1992)

Viil Lid
Affiliation:UX Research Manager at Adobe
Dissertation: Investigating the Evolution of Key Member Roles in Socio-Technical Networks: Introducing the Composite Role Framework (2013)

Trisha Tsui-Chuan Lin
Dissertation: TV News Digitalization in Taiwan: An Intraorganizational Model of IT Adoption and Implementation (2007)

Ya Liu
Dissertation: GDB : a graphic database indexing and retrieving by visual relations (1996)

Zhengfu Geoffrey Liu
Affiliation: Professor, Library & Information Science, San Hosé State University
Dissertation: Experimental study of incorporating thematic role analysis into VSM-based text information representation and retrieval : design and evaluation of the semantic vector space model (1994)

John Locke
Assiliation: CEO of The Mystic Media Group
Dissertation: Creative Fission: Towards a Communication-Based Paradigm for the Study and Augmentation of Collaboration in Creative Information Ecologies (1998)

Lila Loos
Dissertation: Passphrase Authentication Design: Identifying Locus of Control Personality, Cognitive, and Psychophysiological Variable Influencers (2020)

Joanne Loos (Romero)
Dissertation: Examining the Influence of Wearable Health Monitors on Patients and Physicians in a Filipino Community (2019) [Chair: Elizabeth Davidson]
Interests: Science Writer, School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene
University of Hawaii at Manoa

Margaret Meiling Luo
Dissertation: Technology Acceptance of Information Services (2005)

Maureen MacLeod
Affiliation:Department Chair – Support & Wellness at Punahou School
Dissertation: Talking Story: Using Narrative Analysis to Explore Identity in Middle School Technology Innovation(2011)

Leorey Marquez
Affiliation: Senior Research Scientist with the Digital Productivity Flagship at CSIRO, Australia’s federal research agency
Dissertation: Function approximation using neural networks : a simulation study (1992)

Paulo Maurin
Affiliation: National Education Coordinator and Fellowship Manager, NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP)
Dissertation: Informational Exchanges Among Hawaii Marine Stakeholders (2008)

Misa Maruyama
Dissertation: Social watching” to learn about and discuss a civic issue: How receiving positive social media feedback while watching a broadcast instills a sense of community (2016)

Johannes Meier
Affiliation: Founder and Managing Director of Xi GmbH
Dissertation: A Formal analysis of costs and benefits of interorganizational systems (1990)

Miwa Merz
Affiliation: Assistant Professor at Department of Marketing and Decision Sciences, College of Business, San José State University
Dissertation: The Effect of Message Framing on Attitudes and Intentions Toward Diabetes Mellitus Type II Prevention (2009)

Carleton Moore
Affiliation: Instructor at Information and Computer Science, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Dissertation: Investigating individual software development: an evaluation of the leap toolkit (2000)

John F. Morton
Affiliation: Vice President for Community Colleges, University of Hawai'i
Dissertation: Effects of computer-mediated communication on faculty-student interaction outside the classroom (1997)

Julie Motooka
Dissertation: Mindful Serendipity: A Model of Information Search Behavior & Strategies in Producing Serendipitous Outcomes (2020)

Diane M. Nahl
Affiliation: Professor Emerita of Library and Information Science, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Dissertation: CD-ROM point-of-use instructions for novice searchers : a comparison of user-centered affectively elaborated and system-centered unelaborated text (1993)

JungHyun Nam
Affiliation: Visiting assistant professor, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea
Dissertation: Perceived Quality and Motivations on Intention-To-Use of a General Web Portal (2008)

Ryota Ono
Affiliation: Professor, Business Management, Aichi University, Japan
Dissertation: Worldwide probe of the telecommunications development gap from developing country and developed country perspectives : the nature of the gap, the obstacles and the strategies to close the gap (1996)

David Pai
Dissertation: The Role of Cognitive Absorption in Technology Acceptance: Not All Dimensions are Created Equal (2006)

Sunyeen Pai
Affiliation: Associate Professor, Digital Initiatives Librarian, Kapi'olani Community College, University of Hawai'i
Dissertation: The Role of Cognitive Absorption in Technology Acceptance: Not All Dimensions are Created Equal (2000)

Marc Le Pape
Dissertation: Human-Computer Interaction In Extreme Environments: Interaction Effects Between Field Dependency-Independency And Altered ±Gz Accelerations On End-User Performance (2009)

Thayanan Phuaphanthong
Affiliation: Lecturer, Department of IT Management, Program Coordinator, PhD Program in Business Administration, Program Coordinator, Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Dissertation: A Memetic Theory of Interorganizational Information Systems (IOIS) Emergence and Evolution: A Longitudinal Case Study of IOIS for Trade Facilitation (2014)

Blanca Polo
Affiliation: Associate Professor CC, Information and Computer Science, Leeward Community College, University of Hawai'i
Dissertation: The Virtual Critical Studio: Implementing Studio-Based Learning Techniques in an Online Introductory Programming Course to Address Common Programming Errors and Misconceptions (2013)

Asanga Porage
Affiliation: Software Development at Policy Studies/Barclay Card USA/Echostar/T-Mobile/TIAA-CREF/AMDOCS/Federal Express/Oracle
Dissertation: Framework for the interactive customization of products and services (1999)

Ashiyan Rahmani-Shirazi
Affiliation: Fellow, UN-mandated University for Peace, and Lecturer, California State University (SF Bay Area campuses)
Dissertation: Gender Praxis: Rural Fiji Radio and Mobile Devices (2019)
Website: www.ashrahmani.info

Shakti S. Rana
Affiliation: Professor, SAIM college, Nepal
Dissertation: Product development model : case study of high definition television (1994)

Chamil Rathnayake
Affiliation: Lecturer In Journalism, Media and Communication, The University of Strathclyde
Dissertation: Carrying forward the Uses and Grats 2.0 agenda: Developing an affordance-based measure of social media uses and gratifications, and applying it across political actors and attributes (2016)

John Lee Reardon
Dissertation: A Study of the Assimilation of Electronic Medical Records by Independent Physician Practices (2007)

Wiebke Reile
Affiliation: Manager of Insights at Zenith and Adjunct Assistant Professor at Brooklyn College
Dissertation: Activist Organizations and Strategic Utilization of Information and Communication Technologies: An Exploration of CODEPINK: Women for Peace (2019)

Stephanie Rolfe
Affiliation: Regional Advisor – Central, New Zealand Transport Agency
Dissertation: Conceptualizing ICTs for Development: A Comparison of Four Pacific Island Countries and New Zealand as Donor (2007)

Terence Rose
Affiliation: Hawai`i Library for the Blind
Dissertation: Library Services to Special Populations (focusing on Issues of Access to Information, Communication Rights, and the Right to Read), Assistive/Adaptive Technologies, the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, and NLS's Digital Talking Book Program (2021) [Chair: Wayne Buente]

Matthew James Sharritt
Affiliation: President of Situated Research, Founder at Situated Research & CueCamp
Dissertation: Students’ Use of Social and Cognitive Affordances in Video Game Play Within Educational Contexts: Implications for Learning (2008)

Dan Smith
Affiliation: Principal Engineer – Avionics, Hawaiian Airlines; Lecturer, University of Hawai`i at Manoa
Dissertation: Social Media Correlates of Organizational Climate (2009)

Lai Kuen So
Dissertation: Automatic code generation for simulation programs using Petri net models (1997)

David Stone
Dissertation: One channel at-a-time multichannel autoregressive modeling : applications to stationary and nonstationary covariance time series (1993)

Rajib Subba
Affiliation: Director of Communication Directorate, PHQ, Kathmandu, Nepal and Lead Faculty, Kings College-Kathmandu, an affiliate of Westcliff University, Irvine, CA, USA.
Dissertation: The Institutionalization Process of Non-Binding Virtual Communities: A Case Study of Haiti Earthquake Response Facebook Groups (2014)

Steve Takaki
Dissertation: Self-efficacy, confidence, and overconfidence as contributing factors to spreadsheet development errors (2005)

Alicia Takaoka
Dissertation: Across the Generational Divide: Exploring Stigmas About Voluntarily Childless Women in Hawai'i (2021) [Chair: Martha Crosby]
Website: http://linkedin.com/in/aliciatakaoka & https://www.aliciatphd.com/

Koji Takeda
Dissertation: Design of a uniform language for client-designer communication in software development (1998)

Siong Meng Tay
Dissertation: A study of coordination and communication in distributed information technology support (2006)

Danurahardjo Tjahjono
Dissertation: Exploring the Effectiveness of Formal Technical Review Factors with CSRS, A Collaborative Software Review System (1996)

Zach Tomaszewski
Affiliation:Professor at Palantir Technologies
Dissertation: Marlinspike: An interactive drama system (2011)

Louis Tomsic
Dissertation: Effectiveness of Blog Response Strategies to minimize Crisis Effects (2010)

Ravi K Vatrapu
Affiliation: Professor at Department of IT Management, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Dissertation: Technological Intersubjectivity and Appropriation of Affordances in Computer Supported Collaboration(2007)

Rita Michele Vick
Dissertation: Development of shared mental models: structuring distributed naturalistic decision making in a synchronous computer-mediated work environment (2003)

Dadong Wan
Affiliation: Senior Researcher and Innovation Executive at Accenture Technology Labs
Dissertation: CLARE : a computer-supported collaborative learning environment based on the thematic structure of scientific text (1994)

Hsiao-Hui Wang
Affiliation: Associate Professor at Infomation Communication Yuan Ze University, Taiwan
Dissertation: Value of information technology : an empirical study of the impact of IT capabilities and IT use on economic growth and on organizational performance in Taiwan (1997)

Xiaobo Wang
Affiliation: Dadong is a Senior Scientist and Fellow with Accenture Technology Labs.
Dissertation: Generating Customized Layouts Automatically (1996)

Laura Welsh
Dissertation: The Effect of Espoused National Cultural Values, the Five-Factor Model of Personality, and the Context of Travel on Technology Acceptance Across Two Levels of Structured Tourism Websites (2011)

Sonja Wiley-Patton
Affiliation: Associate Professor at EJ Ourso College of Business, Louisiana State University
Dissertation: A Test of the Extended Technology Acceptance Model for Understanding the Internet Adoption Behavior of Physicians (2003)

Jenifer Sunrise Winter
Affiliation: Associate Professor and Graduate Chair at School of Communications. University of Hawaii at Manoa
Dissertation: Early identification and evaluation of slowly emerging problems related to the ubiquitous networked computing & communications environment in the State of Hawaii (2003)

Taunalei Wolfgramm (Kau)
Dissertation: Bridging Formal and Informal Roles in Workgroups: Moving beyond Followership towards Supportership, a Case Study (2019)

Anthony Wong
Affiliation: Assistant Professor at MUST
Dissertation: Information and Communication Technology in Professional Organizations: An Empirical Investigation of the Social Actor Model(2007)

Su-Chin Wu
Affiliation: Lecturer at University of Hawai'i at Manoa and Hawaii Pacific University
Dissertation: An individual differences learning model (IDL) for asynchronous distributed learning (ADL) preferences: Gender, cultural backgrounds, learning styles, and attitudes toward collaborative learning(2006)

Lisa Yoda
Affiliation: Data Analyst at AlohaCare
Dissertation: Toward an understanding of college women's decisionmaking regarding the human papillomavirus vaccine (2012)

Jonathan Young
Affiliation: Librarian II, Science and Technology Reference, Public Services Division, Hamilton Library, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Dissertation: Interdisciplinarity in Translational Medicine: A Bibliometric Case Study- Jonathan Young (2017)

Joyce Yukawa
Affiliation: Associate Professor at Master of Library and Information Science Program, St. Catherine University
Dissertation: Hearts and Minds Through Hands Online: A Narrative Analysis of Learning Through Co-Reflection in an Online Action Research Course (2005)

Vichianin Yudthaphon
Affiliation: Assistant Professor at Mahidol University
Dissertation: How do healthcare information and communication technology (HICT) interventions affect access to public sector healthcare delivery in a developing country? A case study of professionals' perception in Saraburi Province, Thailand (2007)