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: Professor of Information Systems, Fowler College of Business at San Diego State University. Affiliate faculty at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa.
Dissertation: Modeling Actor Behavior in Collaborative Innovation Network: The Case of Social (New) Product Development (2014)
Chair: Dr. Elizabeth Davidson

Kumiko Aoki
Affiliation: Professor of Informatics, Open University of Japan. Adjunct Professor, Kanda University of International Studies.
Dissertation: Intercultural telecollaboration : a field experiment based upon a heuristic telecollaboration model for collaborative writing through the Internet (1996)
Chair: Dr. Andrew R. Arno

Weranuj Ariyasriwatana
Affiliation: Assistant Professor of Communication, Marist College.
Dissertation: “Healthy Deliciousness”: Discovering The Secret To Healthy Eating Via Social Media (2018)
Chair: Dr. Wayne Buente

Salvatore Aurigemma
Affiliation: Instructor of Information Technology Management, Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii at Manoa. Edward E. and Helen T. Bartlett Associate Professor of Computer Information Systems College of Business Accounting and Computer Information Systems
Dissertation: From the Weakest Link to the Best Defense: Exploring the Factors that Affect Employee Intention to Comply with Information Security Policies (2013)
Chair: Raymond R. Panko

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)
Chair: Dr. Rebecca Knuth

Jennifer Beamer
Affiliation: Senior Assistant Professor and Scholarly Communications Librarian, California State University, San Bernardino; Fulbright Researcher, 2023 – 2024.
Dissertation: Examining Open Access Information Infrastructures: A Sociotechnical Exploration Of Institutional Repository Models In Japan And The United States (2021)
Chair: Dr. Rich Gazan

Alexander Bergo
Affiliation: Director Innovation Norway San Francisco and Palo Alto. 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)
Chair: Dan J. Wedemeyer

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)
Chair: Laku Chidambaram

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)
Chair: Rebecca Knuth

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)
Chair: Raymond R. Panko

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

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

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

Sungwon Cho
Dissertation: Design of a trading mechanism in electronic marketplaces: online multidimensional auction mechanism with enhanced negotiation support (2001)
Chair: Dr. Martha E. Crosby

Candace Chien-Tzu Chou
Dissertation: Student interaction in a collaborative distance-learning environment: a model of learner-centered computer-mediated interaction (2001)
Chair: Dr. Martha E. Crosby

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)
Chair: Dr. Daniel Suthers

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)
Chair: Dr. Daniel Suthers

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

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)
Chair: Dr. Raymond R. Panko

Caterina Desiato
Affiliation: Researcher and Consultant, Freelance. Lecturer, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Dissertation: Online Deliberation Lived Experiences of KĀNAKA MAOLI Women (2018)
Chair: Daniel D. Suthers

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

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)
Chair: Dr. William E. Remus

Patricia Donohue
Dissertation: Cooperative Groups in Practice: An Analysis of Affect and Productivity in Group Interactions (2009)
Chair: Dr. Martha E. Crosby

Yun Du
Dissertation: Developing a Web-Based Learning Environment (2003)
Chair: Martha E. Crosby

Pamela Estell
Affiliation: Assistant Professor of Management, Human Resources, and Organizational Behavior, Chaminade University of Honolulu.
Dissertation: Employee Engagement, Direct Voice Mechanisms, and Enterprise Social Network Sites (ESNS) (2021)
Chair: Dr. Elizabeth Davidson

Mauricio Featherman
Affiliation: Professor of Management Information Systems, Carson College of Business, Washington State University.
Dissertation: Evaluative criteria and user acceptance of Internet-based financial transaction processing systems (2003)
Chair: Dr. Raymond R. Panko

Stanislava Gardasevic
Affiliation: Metadata Specialist, Kawaiahaʻo Church Archives; Project Manager at Hamilton Library, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
Dissertation: Designing Usable Knowledge Graphs: The Case of an Interdisciplinary PhD Program
Chair: Dr. Rich Gazan

Stacia Garlach
Affiliation: Brand Manager, University of Hawai‘i Foundation
Dissertation: Usability of advertising preference tools on smartphones: AdChoices and Facebook Ad Preferences (2022)
Chair: Dr. Daniel Suthers

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)
Chair: Larry N. Osborne

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)
Chair: Raymond R. Panko

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

Kumiko Hachiya
Dissertation: Mobile Phones and Older Japanese Adults (2010)
Chair: Dr. Andrew R. Arno

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)
Chair: Dr. Art Y. Lew

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)
Chair: Dr. Rich Gazan

Anis Hamidati
Dissertation: “Top-Down Approach, Bottom-Up Solution: Overcoming Perceived Challenges of an Indonesian E-Government-Based Scholarship Program”
Chair: Dr. Rich Gazan

Jingxiang He
Dissertation: HAT (Hyper Analysis Toolkit) : a tool for hypertext-based dynamic systems analysis (1994)
Chair: Dr. Kenneth A. Griggs

Jerome Heath
Affiliation: Retired Professor in the Computer Science department at Hawai’i Pacific University
Dissertation: Culture, mindscapes, and technology (1997)
Chair: Dr. Andrew R. Arno

Christina Higa
Affiliation: Director, Pacific Basin Telehealth Resource Center (PBTRC); Associate Faculty Specialist, College of Social Sciences/Social Science Research Institute; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
Dissertation: Creating Healthier Communities: Leveraging ‘Ohana (Friends/Family) Support and Information Technology in Chronic Disease Management (2019)
Chair: Dr. Elizabeth Davidson

Claire Hitosugi
Affiliation: Leeward Community College, Information and Computer Science.
Dissertation:Effects of Culture on Online Initial Trust: Individual Level Analysis (2009)
Chair: Dr. William E. Remus

Kelly Holden
Affiliation: Faculty Instructor, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Dissertation: Whose Health Is It Anyway? The Impact of Employee Wellness Programs on Health Engagement (2021)
Chair: Dr. 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)
Chair: Dr. Rosemary H. Wild

Kelsea Hosoda
Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Native Hawaiian Health; Director, Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
Dissertation: Hawaiian Morphemes: Identification, Usage, and Application in Information Retrieval (2019)
Chair: Dr. Lipyeow Lim

Dara Lee Howard
Dissertation: Interacting with information : constructing personal knowledge using written text (1994)
Chair: Dr. Carol Tenopir

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

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)
Chair: Dr. Dan J. Wedemeyer

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)
Chair: Dr. Jenifer Sunrise Winter

Philipp Jordan
Affiliation: Lecturer in Informatics, Indiana University Bloomington.
Dissertation: A Meta-Study and Content Analysis of Science Fiction in Computer Science Research (2019)
Chair: Dr. Scott Robertson

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)
Chair: Dr. PingSun Leung

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

Moshe Karabelnik
Dissertation: The Visual Social Media Activism Practice of Opponents to COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates
Chair: Dr. Jenifer Sunrise Winter

Nyle Sky Kauweloa
Affiliation: Specialist Faculty, Interdisciplinary Studies; Director of UH Esports, Mānoa & System, University of Hawaiʻi.
Dissertation:The College Esports Experience: Gaming, Identity, and Development (2022)
Chair: Dr. Jenifer Sunrise Winter

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

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)
Chair: Dr. Martha E. Crosby

Laurel King
Affiliation: Director of Organizational Effectiveness, Lanakila Pacific.
Dissertation: The Influence of Individual Differences on Diagrammatic Communication and Problem Representation (2009)
Chair: Dr. Martha E. Crosby

Sajja Koirala
Affiliation: Contract Specialist, United States Air Force.
Dissertation: What Needs to be Heard: The Roles of Audio Description in Preparing Blind or Low Vision People for Visits to Public Attractions (2025)
Chair: Dr. Brett Oppegaard

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)
Chair: Dr. Dan J. Wedemeyer

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

Erika Lacro
Affiliation: Former Vice President for Community Colleges, University of Hawaii.
Dissertation: Enhancing Student Learning and Success Through the Use of Social Networking Technologies: A Design-Based Research Approach (2013)
Chair: Dr. Daniel Suthers

David Lassner
Affiliation: President Emeritus, University of Hawaiʻi.
Dissertation: Global telecommunications standardization in transition: impacts on Southeast Asia (1998)
Chair: Dr. Dan J. Wedemeyer

Randall Larsen
Dissertation: Artist’s Rights versus Copyright Owner’s Rights (2005)
Chair: Dr. Majid Tehranian

Peter Leong
Affiliation: Professor at Learning Design and Technology, University of Hawai’i at Manoa
Dissertation: Understanding Interactivity in Online Learning Environments: The Role of Social Presence & Cognitive Absorption in Student Satisfaction with Online Courses (2006)
Chair: Dr. Curtis P. Ho

Zhi Cheng Li
Dissertation: Generalization of the stable marriage algorithms involving group preferences in resource allocation problems (1992)
Chair: Dr. Stephen Y. Itoga

Viil Lid
Affiliation: Director of Design Research & Strategy, Adobe.
Dissertation: Investigating the Evolution of Key Member Roles in Socio-Technical Networks: Introducing the Composite Role Framework (2013)
Chair: Dr. Daniel Suthers

Trisha Tsui-Chuan Lin
Dissertation: TV News Digitalization in Taiwan: An Intraorganizational Model of IT Adoption and Implementation (2007)
Chair: Dr. Elizabeth J. Davidson

Ya Liu
Dissertation: GDB : a graphic database indexing and retrieving by visual relations (1996)
Chair: Dr. Stephen Y. Itoga

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)
Chair: Dr. Larry N. Osborne

John Locke
Assiliation: Creative Producer, Immersive xR Experiences. Visionary/Founder, The Mystic Media Group.
Dissertation: Creative Fission: Towards a Communication-Based Paradigm for the Study and Augmentation of Collaboration in Creative Information Ecologies (1998)
Chair: Dr. Dan J. Wedemeyer

Lila Loos
Affiliation: Information Technology Administrator, State of Hawaii Department of Land & Natural Resources.
Dissertation: Passphrase Authentication Design: Identifying Locus of Control Personality, Cognitive, and Psychophysiological Variable Influencers (2020)
Chair: Dr. Martha E. Crosby

Joanne Loos (Romero)
Affiliation: Science Writer at School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene; Faculty Lecturer at School of Communication and Information, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Dissertation: Examining the Influence of Wearable Health Monitors on Patients and Physicians in a Filipino Community (2019)
Chair: Dr. Elizabeth Davidson

Margaret Meiling Luo
Dissertation: Technology Acceptance of Information Services (2005)
Chair: Dr. William E. Remus

Maureen MacLeod
Affiliation: Program Director and Dean of Students, Master of Education in Private School Leadership, University of Hawai’i, Mānoa, and Teaching Faculty – English and Ke Kilohana at Punahou School.
Dissertation: Talking Story: Using Narrative Analysis to Explore Identity in Middle School Technology Innovation (2011)
Chair: Dr. Elizabeth J. Davidson

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)
Chair: Dr. William E. Remus

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

Misa Maruyama
Affiliation: Lecturer, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
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)
Chair: Dr. William E. Remus

Johannes Meier
Affiliation: Founder and Managing Director of Xi GmbH
Dissertation: A Formal analysis of costs and benefits of interorganizational systems (1990)
Chair: Dr. William G. Chismar

Miwa Merz
Dissertation: The Effect of Message Framing on Attitudes and Intentions Toward Diabetes Mellitus Type II Prevention (2009)
Chair: Dr. Dineh Davis

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)
Chair: Dr. Phillip M. Johnson

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

Julie Motooka
Affiliation: Adjunct Instructor and Instructional and Student Support Specialist, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Dissertation: Mindful Serendipity: A Model of Information Search Behavior & Strategies in Producing Serendipitous Outcomes (2020)
Chair: Dr. Rich Gazan

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)
Chair: Carol Tenopir

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)
Chair: Tung X. Bui

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)
Chair: Dr. William E. Remus

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)
Chair: William G. Chismar

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)
Chair: Dr. Daniel Suthers

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

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)
Chair: Dr. Martha E. Crosby

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)
Chair: Dr. Martha E. Crosby,

Dave Stevens
Affiliation: Assistant Professor, IT/Cybersecurity, Kapi’olani Community College.
Dissertation: Cybersecurity Internship Impacts on Participant Professional Development and Employment: A Case Study (2025)
Chair: Dr. Scott Robertson

Ashiyan Rahmani-Shirazi
Dissertation: Gender Praxis: Rural Fiji Radio and Mobile Devices (2019)
Chair: Dr. Jenifer Sunrise Winter

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

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)
Chair: Dr. Jenifer Sunrise Winter

John Lee Reardon
Dissertation: A Study of the Assimilation of Electronic Medical Records by Independent Physician Practices (2007)
Chair: Dr. Elizabeth J. Davidson

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)
Chair: Dr. Jenifer Sunrise Winter

Stephanie Rolfe
Affiliation: Principal Advisor National Security, New Zealand Police.
Dissertation: Conceptualizing ICTs for Development: A Comparison of Four Pacific Island Countries and New Zealand as Donor (2007)
Chair: Dr. Dan J. Wedemeyer

Terence Rose
Affiliation: Librarian IV, 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: Dr. 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)
Chair: Dr. Daniel Suthers

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

Lai Kuen So
Dissertation: Automatic code generation for simulation programs using Petri net models (1997)
Chair: Dr. Art Y. Lew

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

Rajib Subba
Dissertation: The Institutionalization Process of Non-Binding Virtual Communities: A Case Study of Haiti Earthquake Response Facebook Groups (2014)
Chair: Dr. Tung Bui

Yinan Sun
Dissertation: Exploring Cultural Affordances on Wechat (2024)
Chair: Dr. Daniel D. Suthers

Steve Takaki
Dissertation: Self-efficacy, confidence, and overconfidence as contributing factors to spreadsheet development errors (2005)
Chair: Dr. Raymond R. Panko

Alicia Takaoka
Affiliation: Postdoctoral Researcher, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
Dissertation: Across the Generational Divide: Exploring Stigmas About Voluntarily Childless Women in Hawai’i (2021)
Chair: Dr. Martha Crosby

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

Siong Meng Tay
Dissertation: A study of coordination and communication in distributed information technology support (2006)
Chair: Dr. Elizabeth J. Davidson

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

Zach Tomaszewski
Affiliation: Former Professor at Palantir Technologies (retired).
Dissertation: Marlinspike: An interactive drama system (2011)
Chair: Dr. Kimberly A. Binsted

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

S. Kauwela Valeho-Novikoff
Dissertation: Aloha ʻĀina in the Library and Information Science Program:
Understanding and Being a Hawaiian Place of Learning
Chair: Dr. Rich Gazan

Ravi K Vatrapu
Affiliation: Director of Centre for Digital Enterprise Analytics and Leadership & Professor at Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University.
Dissertation: Technological Intersubjectivity and Appropriation of Affordances in Computer Supported Collaboration (2007)
Chair: Dr. Daniel Suthers

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)

Yiting Wang
Affiliation: https://yiting.world
Dissertation: Multimodal Analysis: The Performativity of Short-Form Videos and Their Affordances (2024)
Chair: Dr. Daniel D. Suthers

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)

Joel Wilf
Affiliation: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Dissertation: Technically Utopia: Technology and Control in Utopian Fiction (2024)
Chair: Dr. Jenifer Sunrise Winter

Jenifer Sunrise Winter
Affiliation: Professor, Communication Program, School of Communication and Information, 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)
Dissertation Committee: Dr. Dan J. Wedemeyer (chair); Dr. Roberta Lamb; Dr. Peter Jacsó; Dr. Colin Macdonald; Dr. Jim Dator

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)
Chair: Dr. Dan J. Wedemeyer

Lisa Yoda
Affiliation: Senior Data Analyst at AlohaCare
Dissertation: Toward an understanding of college women’s decisionmaking regarding the human papillomavirus vaccine (2012)
Chair: Dr. Martha E. Crosby

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)
Chair: Dr. Rich Gazan

Joyce Yukawa
Dissertation: Hearts and Minds Through Hands Online: A Narrative Analysis of Learning Through Co-Reflection in an Online Action Research Course (2005)
Chair: Violet H. Harada

Vichianin Yudthaphon
Affiliation: Associate Professor and Head, Department of Radiological Technology, Faculty of Medical Technology, Mahidol University. Director of Public Relations and Communication, ISRRT.
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)
Chair: Dr. Elizabeth J. Davidson