Social and Enterprise Informatics Ph.D. Track
The Social and Enterprise Informatics track of the IST Ph.D. program seeks to improve understanding of the social and organizational context of technological actions, as well as the co-evolution of technologies, enterprises, organizations, and society.
Research Centers and Labs
Research Centers and Labs
Faculty Research/Contact Information
- COHORT: Inter-organization Coordination for Disaster Relief (Carleen Maitland and Andrea Tapia)
- DNA of the Supply Chain (Irene Petrick)
- Design, Evolution, and Management of Complex IT Systems (Sandeep Purao)
- CAREER: Collaborative Information Behavior: Exploring and Supporting Collaboration During Information Seeking and Retrieval Activities (Madhu Reddy)
- Information Technology for Rural Healthcare and Quality of Life (Angsana Techatassanasoontorn)
- ICT and Economic Development; Gender and Social Inclusion (Eileen Trauth)
- Social Media to Tailor HIV/AIDS Health Messages for College Students (Lynette Kvasny)
- Laws, Regulations, Standardization, and Public Policy of IT (John Bagby)
- Enterprise Architecture (Brian Cameron)
- Global Prescience (Shawn Clark)
Interdisciplinary Research
- Virtual Organization for Anthropologists to Share a High Resolution Computed Tomography Scanner (Andrea Tapia, Mary Beth Rosson, Rosalie Ocker, and Timothy Ryan)
- Extreme Events Simulation (David Hall, Michael McNeese, and Andrea Tapia)
- Mimicry, Deception and Violence: A Multidisciplinary Investigation of Social, Psychological and Cultural Dynamics in Terrorist Movements (John Horgan, Luke Zhang, and Prasenjit Mitra)
- Relational Network Analysis and Complexity for WMD Intention Discovery (Frank Ritter, Peng Liu, Prasenjit Mitra, Derek Kreager, and John Horgan)
- Immersive Security Education Environment (I-SEE) Using Second Life (Angsana Techatassanasoontorn, Dongwon Lee, and Jungwoo Ryoo)
Ph.D. Thesis Publications
- "Towards a Research Project of a Sustainable Knowledge Economy." Benjamin Yeo (Research Analyst, Milken Institute), 2007.
- "Career Values and Motivations: A Study of Women in the Information Technology Workforce." Jeria Lyn Quesenberry (Lecturer, Carnegie Mellon University), 2007.
- "Increasing Regulatory Capacity: the Role of the Region in Shaping National ICT Policy in Southern Africa ." Annemijn van Gorp (Postdoc Fellow, Ryerson University), 2008.
- "An Empirical Examination of the Factors Affecting Collective Action, Social Capital, and Group Development in Third Sector Organizations: A Longitudinal Case Study." Roderick Lee (Assistant Professor, Penn State Harrisburg), 2008.
