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CIS FACULTY

The faculty contributing to the Communication and Information Sciences PhD reflect the interdisciplinary nature of the program. CIS Graduate Faculty are appointed tenure track faculty from the five partner units, and may serve as advisors to CIS PhD students, dissertation committee chairs, and inside dissertation committee members. CIS Cooperating Graduate Faculty and CIS Affiliate Graduate Faculty may also serve as inside committee members for CIS PhD dissertations.

For the full list of possible dissertation committee members, please see Graduate Division’s , scroll to the bottom of the Program column, and choose Communication and Information Sciences. More info on forming the dissertation committee can be found .

CIS Program Chair

Rich Gazan

Professor, Library & Information Science Program, School of Communication & Information

Email: cischair@hawaii.edu

Interests: I’m interested in how people integrate diverse types of knowledge: in document collections, interdisciplinary scientific collaborations (primarily with the NASA Astrobiology Institute), social Q&A and music discovery communities, and via informal educational resources. I was hired as a crossover faculty member in both Information & Computer Sciences and Library & Information Science, and I enjoy how interdisciplinary research can translate and transport ideas across fields. Interdisciplinary work requires listening to all participants, understanding the language, history, evidence and metrics that matter within their communities, and proposing grounded, co-created ideas. Interdisciplinary research can be a quagmire of near-infinite possibility, and helping students see points of potential connection, and the good their work can do as a bridge, is endlessly fun. I’m genuinely grateful to serve as CIS Chair.

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Faculty

Photo	Professor	Department/Program	Research Interests	Contact
		COM	Science communication, Emergent media, Indigenous storytelling, Utilization of creative communication for civic engagement	pamaral@hawaii.edu
		ICS	Pattern recognition and machine learning in Bioinformatics; Computer vision; Computational model of visual perception; Deep learning; Neural computation	kyungim@hawaii.edu
		ICS	Networking, Systems and Languages, Networking Security	esb@hawaii.edu
		ICS	Human Communication, Information Management, Intelligent Interfaces	binsted@hawaii.edu
		COM	Social Media, Information Inequality, Democracy	wbuente@hawaii.edu
		ITM	Computer-supported Group Decision	tung.bui@hawaii.edu
		ICS	Parallel and Distributed Computing, Grid Computing	henric@hawaii.edu
		ITM	Service Engineering and Business-IT Alignment	hmchen@hawaii.edu
		ICS	Computational imaging, computer vision, AI, robotics	huaijin@hawaii.edu
		ICS	Artificial Intelligence, User Interface, Geographic Information Systems	chin@hawaii.edu
		ICS	Human-Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Cognitive Science	crosby@hawaii.edu
		ITM	Health Informatics, Information Technology Management, Organizational Theory	edavidso@hawaii.edu
		COMG	Intergroup & Intergenerational Communication, Social Cognition, Create Understanding	gasiorek@hawaii.edu
		ICS/LIS	Social Aspects of Information Technology, Interdisciplinary Collaborations	gazan@hawaii.edu
		JOUR	History of American Media, Middle East, Literary Journalism	gorbach@hawaii.edu
		COM	Digital Cultures, Platform Economies, Critical Technology Studies, and Global Media	jingyigu@hawaii.edu
		COMG	Nonverbal Communication, Conflict & Relational Management, Deception	aebesu@hawaii.edu
		ITM	Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Digital Platforms and GREAT Economies, Governance and Family Business	karhade@hawaii.edu
		ITM	Software Architecture, Human-Computer Interaction	kazman@hawaii.edu
		COM	Strategic Communication Management, Public Relations, Agenda-Building Theory	jkim22@hawaii.edu
		COMG	Intercultural Communication, Artificial Intelligence & Communication, Persuasion & Social Influence	kmin@hawaii.edu
		JOUR	Immersive media technology; virtual reality–based learning; experiential journalism training; simulation-based reporting practice; game-based learning design; avatars and embodiment; interactive storytelling; health communication; news literacy and critical thinking	ykim77@hawaii.edu
		ICS	Human Computer Interaction, Tangible User Interfaces, Mixed Media, Visualization, Tools for Creativity and Collaboration	nuritk@hawaii.edu
		COM	Intercultural and Global Communication, Literature, Media Campaigns	hanae@hawaii.edu
		COMG	Health Communication, Campaigns, Persuasion & Social Influence	hyeryeon@hawaii.edu
		ICS	Big Data Visualization, Virtual Reality, High Performance Networking	leighj@hawaii.edu
		ICS	Security and Privacy, Internet of Things, Applied Crytography	depengli@hawaii.edu
		ICS	Big Data Management, Database Query Optimization	lipyeow@hawaii.edu
		ITM	Cognitive Biases, Collaboration, Decision-making	rminas@hawaii.edu
		ICS	Cognitive Neuroscience, Human Brain Development, Digital Signal and Image Processing, Brain Computer Interface, Application of AI/ML to Brain Data	katytm7@hawaii.edu
		ICS	Software Engineering, Trustworthy Software, Software Assurance, Cybersecurity, Scientific Software Development	mehdi23@hawaii.edu
		PACE	American Political Development, Health Policy	cdmoore@hawaii.edu
		COM	Political Communication, Social Media, Persuasion	rneo@hawaii.edu
	Michael-Brian Ogawa	ICS	Information, Computer Education, Cyber and Physical Security	ogawam@hawaii.edu
		JOUR	Ubiquitous Computing, Mobile Media, Locative Media
		ICS	Cyber Security, Information Assurance, Quantum Information Theory	dusko@hawaii.edu
		ICS	Bioinformatics, Computational Biology	guylaine@hawaii.edu
		ITM	Information Technology Engineering	dport@hawaii.edu
		ICS	Software Maintenance & Evolution, Software Security, Software Engineering for AI, Software Engineering Education, Human Aspects of Software Engineering	peruma@hawaii.edu
		LIS	Digital Curation and Information Science	arayburn@hawaii.edu
		ICS	Human-Computer Interaction, Social Media and Civic Engagement, Digital Government	scott.robertson@hawaii.edu
		ICS	Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence	peter.sadowski@hawaii.edu
		ICS	Formal Methods, Computer Arithmetic, Digital Hardware Design	pseidel@hawaii.edu
		ICS	Design and Analysis of Algorithms	nodari@hawaii.edu
		ICS	Multimedia, Human-Computer Interaction, Software Architectures	janst@hawaii.edu
		ICS	Machine Learning, Interactive Learning, Predictive Models of Time Series Data	sstill@hawaii.edu
		ICS	Technology Enhanced Learning, Human-Computer Interaction, Social Informatics	suthers@hawaii.edu
		COMG	Interpersonal Health Communication, Family Communication, Cross-Cultural Communication	emikotan@hawaii.edu
		LIS	Information Science, History of Libraries & Archives, Collection Management	wertheim@hawaii.edu
		ICS	Software Engineering and Human Aspects, Open-Source Software, Human-Computer Interaction, Empirical Software Engineering, Software Engineering Education and Training	isantos3@hawaii.edu
		ICS	Databases, High-dimensional data systems, AI+DB, Data analytic systems, Information retrieval, Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) for LLM	yifanw@hawaii.edu
		COM	Big Data Governance (Privacy, Security), Artificial Intelligence Ethics, Information Policy	jwinter@hawaii.edu
		ITM	Human-Computer Interaction, Dark Side of Digitization, Health Information Systems	boxiao@hawaii.edu
		ICS	Natural language processing, Large language models, AI for science	haopengz@hawaii.edu