Teaching
University of Hawaiʻi
- LIS 601: Introduction to Reference and Information Services (F24, F23, F22, S21)
- LIS 661/CIS 702: Informatics/Communication & Information Technologies PhD Seminar (F23, F21, F19, F17)
- LIS 691/692: Masters Seminar (F24, S23, S22, F20)
- ICS 669/ICS 691: Social Computing (S21, F19, S18, S13, S11, S09)
- LIS 694: Visions of the Library (F20, F16)
- LIS 602: Resource Discovery (S20, S19)
- CIS 720: Interdisciplinary Seminar in Communication & Information Sciences (S19, S15, F14, S14, F13, S13, F12, S12, F11)
- LIS 650: Management of Libraries and Information Centers (S17, F15, F14, F13, F12, F08, F07, Su07, Su06, Su04)
- ICS 691/CIS 704: Special Topics: Interdisciplinary Informatics (S14)
- LIS 663: Database Searching (Su13, F11, S11, F10, S10, F09, S09)
- ICS 491: Special Topics: The Social Information Infrastructure (S12)
- ICS 101: Tools for the Information Age (F10)
- ICS 686/ICS 691: Digital Video Information (S10, S08)
- ICS 210: Information Systems and Society (F09, F08)
- LIS 610: Introduction to Library and Information Science (Su05)
Dissertation/Thesis graduates
- Stanislava Gardasevic, PhD CIS 2024 (chair). Designing Usable Knowledge Graphs: The Case of an Interdisciplinary PhD Program.
- Anis Hamidati, PhD CIS 2023 (chair). Top-Down Approach, Bottom-Up Solution: Overcoming Perceived Challenges of an Indonesian E-Government-Based Scholarship Program.
- Kavon Hooshiar, PhD Linguistics 2023. Facilitating Language Documentation Through Incremental Development of Digital Archive Infrastructure.
- Jennifer Beamer, PhD CIS 2021 (chair). Examining Open Access Information Infrastructures: A Socio-Technical Exploration of Institutional Repository Models in Japan and the United States.
- Terence Rose, PhD CIS 2021. The Design, Development, and Deployment of The National Library Service’s Digital Talking Book Program as a Socio-Technical Process.
- Julie Motooka, PhD CIS 2020 (chair). Mindful Serendipity: A Model of Information Search Behavior & Strategies in Producing Serendipitous Outcomes.
- Taunalei Wolfgramm, PhD CIS 2019 (chair). Bridging Formal and Informal Roles in Workgroups: Moving Beyond Followership Towards Supportership, A Case Study.
- Christina Higa, PhD CIS 2019. Creating Community Centered Health Care: Leveraging Friend and Family (‘Ohana) Support and Information Technology in Chronic Disease Management.
- Philipp Jordan, PhD CIS 2019. A Meta-Study and Content Analysis of Science Fiction in Computer Science Research.
- Wiebke Reile, PhD CIS, 2019. Activist Organizations and Strategic Utilization of Information and Communication Technologies: An Exploration of CODEPINK: Women for Peace.
- Kay Hamada, PhD CIS 2019 (chair). A Study of Factors Impacting Student Use and Non-Use of Advising.
- Kelsea Kanohokuahiwi Hosoda, PhD CIS 2019. Hawaiian Morphemes: Identification, Usage and Application in Information Retrieval.
- Laila Brown, MLISc LIS 2019. Enacting Critical Feminist Librarianship: Examining LIS Book Clubs as a Means of Collaborative Inquiry and Professional Value Formation.
- Holiday Vega, MLISc LIS 2019. Public Libraries and Homelessness: Connecting Vulnerable Patrons to Community Resources.
- Weranuj Ariyasriwatana, PhD CIS 2018. Healthy Deliciousness: Discovering the Secret to Healthy Eating via Social Media.
- Ashiyan Rahmani-Shirazi, PhD CIS 2018. Gender Praxis: Rural Fiji Radio and Mobile Devices.
- Benny Bornfeld, PhD Information & Knowledge Management, 2018 (external reviewer, University of Haifa, Israel). Sustaining and Thriving Community Question-Answering Services.
- Jonathan Young, PhD CIS 2017 (chair). Interdisciplinarity in Translational Medicine: A Bibliometric Case Study.
- Amy Trimble, MLISc LIS 2017 (chair). Exploring Personal Connections in a Digital Reading Environment.
- Misa Maruyama, PhD CIS 2016. “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.
- Shavonn Matsuda, MLISc LIS 2015 (chair). Toward a Hawaiian Knowledge Organization System.
- Michelle Ibanez, PhD CIS 2015 (chair). Virtual Red Light Districts: Detecting Covert Networks and Sex Trafficking Circuits in the U.S.
- Mike Gowanlock, PhD ICS 2015. In-Memory Distance Threshold Searches on Moving Object Trajectories.
- Kaveh Abhari, PhD CIS 2014. Modeling Actor Behavior in Collaborative Innovation Network: The Case of Social (New) Product Development.
- Ruobing Chi, PhD CIS 2014. From a Typological to Network Understanding of Acculturation.
- Keone Hiraide, MS ICS 2014. Kukini: A Digital Records File Transfer Tool for the Hawaii State Digital Archives.
- Nicolita Garces, MLISc LIS 2013 (chair). Meeting the Information Needs of Students in the Ilokano Language and Literature Program: Assessing Hamilton Library's Philippine Collection at the University of Hawai‘i-Mānoa.
- Sal Aurigemma, PhD CIS 2013. From the Weakest Link to the Best Defense: Exploring the Factors the Affect Employee Intention to Comply with Information Security Policies.
- Viil Lid, PhD CIS 2013. Investigating the Evolution of Key Member Roles in Socio-Technical Networks: Introducing the Composite Role Framework.
- Richard Medina, PhD ICS 2013. Turns, Sequences, and Inscriptions: Investigating Technology Mediated Representational Practice in a Semiotic-Rich Online Environment.
- Blanca Polo, PhD CIS 2013. The Virtual Critical Studio: Implementing Studio-Based Learning Techniques in an Online Introductory Programming Course to Address Common Programming Errors and Misconceptions.
- Sarah Vornholt, MLISc LIS 2013 (chair). Visualizing the Article: An Exploratory Study of Undergraduates’ Educational Reactions to Images in Scholarly Articles.
- Amit Rechavi, PhD Business Administration 2013 (external reviewer, University of Haifa, Israel). Concealed Networks in Q&A Sites: Topological and Social Parameters and Growth of Huge Online Q&A Sites.
- Lisa Miller, MS ICS 2012. Information Theoretic Clustering of Astrobiology Documents.
- Michael-Brian Ogawa, MLISc LIS 2012. The Role of School Librarians in Establishing and Facilitating Professional Learning Communities.
- Kar-Hai Chu, PhD CIS 2012. Exploring How Technology Mediates the Types of Relationships Formed in Sociotechnical Systems.
- David Nickles, PhD ICS 2010. Informing Complex Interventions in Technology-Rich Teaching Ecologies: A Study of Structured Lecture Podcasting to Facilitate Active Learning.
Current Dissertation/Thesis students
- Sajja Koirala, PhD CIS
- Keahiahi Long, PhD CIS (chair)
- Maggie Pulver, PhD CIS
- Helen Wong Smith, PhD CIS
- Dave Stevens, PhD CIS
- Yinan Sun, PhD CIS
- Kauwela Valeho-Novikoff, PhD CIS (chair)
- Yiting Wang, PhD CIS
- Joel Wilf, PhD CIS
University of Denver Library & Information Science Program
- Information Seeking Behavior (S07)
- Information Access & Retrieval (W07)
- Visions of the Library (W07)
- The Information Environment (F05, S06, F06)
- Understanding the Information User (W06, F06)
- Management of Information Organizations (Su06)
UCLA Department of Information Studies
- Development of Cultural Information Sources Using Digital Multimedia (S05)
- Human-Computer Interaction (W05)
- Directed Individual Research (W05)
- Indexing and Thesaurus Construction (F04)
- Information Retrieval Systems: Structures and Algorithms (S04)