Interests: My research lies at the intersection of sociotechnical systems and social movements, exploring how cohesion and shared meaning emerge across online and offline spaces in a transnational context. My research methods include qualitative digital ethnography that combines virtual observation, in-person fieldwork, and semi-structured interviews to understand the technological, social, and material dimensions of cohesion within a fragmented social movement.

Interests: Information Security, Information Sharing, Strategic Deterrence, Information Warfare, Mission Assurance, Military Service Member transition, Veteran Communities, Delayed/Disconnected, Intermittent, Low-Bandwidth Operations, Critical Infrastructures, Cybersecurity, Systems and Networking, Security and Privacy, Risk Frameworks, Presumption of Compromise, Ethical Hacking, Government Information Leadership, Consumer Awareness, IoT

Interests: I am interested in examining how cultural identities are built and shaped in the modern world. I enjoy surfing, hiking, training jiu jitsu, reading, spending time with my family, and walking my dog.

Interests: Oral communication, Interpersonal communication, Intercultural communication, Health communication with ICT development, and Social Media research. Currently, I am working on the use of social media continuation on WeChat by using users and gratifications 2.0 as the main framework. 

Interests: My dissertation is tentatively titled “A system architecture approach to digital transformations.” It builds on both my work experience and my prior research and publications. Prior research included some of the earliest and formative papers on interactive 3D graphics, the relationship of programming language mechanisms to interactive systems, 3D user interface design, and a redesign of the undergraduate computer science curriculum. Presently, I am a consultant advising organizations on cybersecurity and digital transformation. 

Previous work includes five years at the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education, where my team replaced the Departmentʻs core accounting system, modernized collaboration for all staff and students, and managed the educational technology needed to support distance learning during the COVID pandemic. Prior to that, I was the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for Estee Lauder Companies, a Fortune 500 global retailer and manufacturer. I built the vulnerability management program for Morgan Stanley in response to a nation-state cyberattack, and re-architected core parts of the Bloomberg Terminal Service. I have an AB in art, an ScB in Math/Computer Science, and an MSc in Computer Science, all from Brown University. I am conversational in French and Hawaiian and enjoy stand-up paddling, role-playing games, video games, and wargaming.

Interests: I am intrigued by the Sociotechnical aspects of people and technology within the workplace.  As technology automation becomes more prevalent within the 4^th Industrial Revolution 4IR, organizations are leveraging automation to improve productivity efficiencies and decrease overhead costs while improving profitability.  My research interests are how technology automation will impact people within the workplace and how artificial intelligence and digitalization are continually evolving from an autonomous and robotics perspective.

Interests: My research interests lie in understanding how ICTs (information communication technologies can be leveraged toward social justice, applying an interdisciplinary approach that includes components of social informatics, community engagement, game theory, cognitive science, persuasive technologies and policy. I analyze digital platforms, UX design and data science to educate and inspire the public towards action. My master’s degree from Washington State University combined communication strategy, content creation and digital media to illuminate environmental issues.

Interests: My academic interests are wide but rooted in information science and systems engineering. Specifically, I enjoy working with diverse, large and complex systems and that interest has brought technical experience in defensive cyber, space systems, and communication systems. Building on my technical experience, I have worked to construct systems to put forward information to improve decision making, better understand risk, and find opportunity in complex and often contested environments. Last year, I added to my work life as a systems engineer and started to conduct research on how a Networked Authoritarian uses techniques to control the information environment. I still often reference lessons from my first post-undergraduate job – High School Mathematics Instructor.

Interests: Aloha, my name is Kapono Gaughen; I was raised on the Big Island, where I graduated from Kealaheke High School in 2010. I graduated from UH Manoa with a BA in Biology in 2015, at which time I returned home. I spent the next few years working as a busser, a Park Ranger, and a State Department of Agriculture Pesticide Inspector. I began making videos with my friends sharing our fishing trips, which we posted on YouTube. This ended up having a much larger impact on me than I would have ever expected. The channel grew a strong local community, and I found a possible solution to many of the issues the government agencies I formally worked for were trying to solve. Natural resource managers have a hard time connecting with the users and stakeholders of the environment. On my channel, a community of such stakeholders had self-organized. Could the marketing practices used to connect online communities with businesses work in a resource management setting? I returned in 2021 to Manoa and tested the theory in my Master’s Project. I worked, and I want to dive deeper. I am now here with the CIS program, seeking to understand how social media, online communities, and the environment interact and might benefit one another.

Interests: The Digital Divide is a well-known concept, typically referring to the technology “haves” and “have-nots.” However, less is known about the “cannots” or “will-nots,” who have access to technology but lack the knowledge, skills, or interest to use it effectively. My research interests involve senior citizens, or kūpuna, in Hawaiʻi, their technology knowledge and use, their coping mechanisms when they encounter technological challenges, how public libraries are aiding them, and strategies to further leverage libraries to close this knowledge gap.

Interests: My research focuses on digital platforms, information seeking, user behavior, emotions, and gamification. I am particularly interested in how transparency shapes user decision-making, as well as in content moderation—specifically, how platform design, technical mechanisms, and policies can reduce hate speech, harassment, and misinformation. Methodologically, I take a mixed methods approach, using SEM, surveys, experiments, and both qualitative and quantitative analysis, with an emphasis on information behavior, social informatics, and platform governance. Outside of academics, I enjoy hiking and hope to have a corgi one day.

Interests: I am interested in promoting public library/community relations and increasing job satisfaction for library workers.

Interests: My background is in public relations, and I am interested in researching invisible disabilities in the workplace through an internal communication lens. I enjoy traveling, nature walks, baking, painting and spending time with my dog.

Interests: I currently work as the Director of Mānoa Academy and Academic Pathways for the University of Hawai’i. I help build pathways for students at all phases. I have my business degree in marketing and master’s in Public Administration with a graduate certificate in Nonprofit Management.

I’m interested in social media, cybersecurity, gaming, and Esports. I love spending time with my family and friends, camping, and all things soccer-related (as that is what my kids do 24/7). It is my strong desire and life’s pursuit to make a significant positive impact on society.

Interests: I hold an MA in Journalism and a BA in Geoscience. I contributed to the proposal for Taiwan’s first IEEE Milestone and have worked as a staff writer for several newspapers and research institutes. My current work focuses on misinformation, fact-checking, and the role of social media in shaping public discourse. I am also passionate about environmental, science, and health communication.

Interests: I am passionate about how library and information science processes can support and elevate Hawaiian communities. My general research interests are Hawaiian librarianship and Indigenous information literacy instruction. My recent work included a focus on research support for Hawaiian Studies faculty, and Hawaiian language descriptive metadata.

Interests: My research interests revolve around educational techniques and technologies, particularly in the field of Computer Science. My prior work has focused on the concept of learning by teaching.

Interests: I am interested in data visualization, data literacy, how groups use data to make decisions and data governance/policy.

Interests: I am interested in Community Engagement and Network Science, as it relates to the building and maintaining of relationships that can support culture- and place-based education of Hawai’i’s youth.

Interests: Employing the framework of cultural competency as a cultural engagement strategy to increase DEIA in both the archival profession and the archival record. This approach strives to address who manages collections and what lies within them including the decolonization efforts, accountability, healing, and notions of identity for diverse communities.

Interests: My interests include optimizing community engagement to benefit women’s health and vulnerable populations in Hawai’i, digital literacy through Hawai’i public access media organizations, technology adoption in highly bureaucratic organizations, data visualization to enhance informed decision making, and examining the extent to which technology, including artificial intelligence, contributes to increased societal efficiency or fosters greater tendencies toward laziness across personal, professional, and educational domains.

Interests: I am interested in studying significant amounts of data that can be analyzed in economies to learn about human behavior, including what causes the Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) and what drives speculative assets (like Bitcoin).

Interests: I am interested in applying futures studies theories and methods to music consumption. Specifically, I am interested in investigating how various key drivers such as emerging technologies, affordances, policies and fan labor may shape alternative futures of music consumption.