Below is a list of our HCC PhD graduates and information about their dissertation, faculty advisor, and the position they took when they left UMBC.
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Ali Abdolrahmani Graduation Date: 2021 Faculty advisors: Ravi Kuber and Stacy Branham (UCI) Dissertation Title: Investigating Ways to Support the Use of Voice Activated Personal Assistants (VAPAs) among Individuals who are Blind |
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Flynn Wolf Graduation Date: 2021 Faculty advisors: Ravi Kuber and Adam J Aviv (GWU) Dissertation Title: Investigating Mental Models of Risk among Security-Expert Users |
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William Easley Graduation Date: 2020 Faculty advisors: Foad Hamidi and Helena Mentis Dissertation Title: Understanding and Supporting Collaboration Between Youth in Technical Workplaces Position after Graduation: Human Factors Design Engineer at Apple |
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Sidas Saulynas Graduation Date: 2020 Faculty advisor: Ravi Kuber Dissertation Title: Towards Developing Guidelines for Addressing Situationally Induced Impairments and Disabilities (SIID) and Severely Constraining Situational Impairments (SCSI) Current Position: Associate Professor at Stevenson University |
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Victor Ondego Graduation Date: 2020 Faculty advisor: Anita Komlodi Dissertation Title: Web Search Behavior and Results Selection by Non-Native English Searchers Position after Graduation: Senior Principal Human Factors Engineer at Northrop Grumman |
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Philip Feldman Graduation Date: 2020 Faculty advisor: Wayne Lutters Dissertation Title: Stampede Theory: Mapping and Treating Dangerous Misinformation at Scale Position after Graduation: AI/ML Futurist – ASRC Federal |
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Julie Haney Graduation Date: 2020 Faculty advisor: Wayne Lutters Dissertation Title: The Work of Cybersecurity Advocates Position after Graduation: Lead of Usable Cybersecurity Program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology |
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Rachel Grice Graduation Date: 2019 Faculty advisor: Ant Ozok Dissertation Title: Understanding Multi-modal Displays to Reduce Distraction in Locomotive Engineers Position after Graduation: Engineering Psychologist at Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) |
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Erin Buehler Graduation Date: 2018 Faculty advisor: Amy Hurst Dissertation Title: Exploring Inclusive Learning Interactions for Students with Intellectual Disabilities in Postsecondary Education Position after Graduation: UX at Facebook |
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Galina Madjaroff Graduation Date: 2018 Faculty advisor: Helena Mentis Dissertation Title: Supporting Caregivers and Care Recipients after the Onset of Cognitive Impairment with Home Based Technology Position after Graduation: Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Clinical Associate Professor at the Erickson School, UMBC |
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Jieyu Wang Graduation Date: 2018 Faculty advisor: Anita Komlodi Dissertation Title: Understanding Searchers’ Language Selection: Code-switching in Online Searching Position after Graduation: Visiting Research Assistant Professor at UNCC Current Position: Instructor at St. Cloud State University |
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Patrick Carrington Graduation Date: 2017 Faculty advisor: Amy Hurst Dissertation Title: Chairable Computing Position after Graduation: Postdoctoral Scholar at Carnegie Mellon Current Position: Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon |
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Michele Williams Graduation Date: 2015 Faculty advisor: Amy Hurst Dissertation Title: Answering Subjective and Open-Ended Visual Questions by People with Vision Impairments Position after Graduation:UX Researcher at Intel Research |
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Alyson Young Graduation Date: 2015 Faculty advisor: Wayne Lutters Dissertation Title: From local data to global knowledge: Understanding meta-study practice in Land Change Science Position after Graduation: Assistant Professor, IUPUI |
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Huimin Qian Graduation Date: 2014 Faculty advisor: Ravi Kuber Dissertation Title: Improving Access to Mobile Technologies using Tactile Feedback Position after Graduation: UX Practitioner |
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Kathy Weaver Graduation Date: 2014 Faculty advisor: Anita Komlodi Dissertation Title: Using an intelligent interviewer to conduct cognitive assessments Position after Graduation: Lecturer and MS Program Director at University of Maryland, College Park |
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Shaojian Zhu Graduation Date: 2013 Faculty advisor: Andrew Sears and Aryya Gangopadhyay Dissertation Title: A Quantitative Quality Control Model for Parallel and Distributed Crowdsourcing Tasks Position after Graduation: Senior Software Engineer at Google |
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Celeste Lyn Paul Graduation Date: 2013 Faculty advisor: Anita Komlodi Dissertation Title: A model of contextual factors and their effects in the interruptive notification user experience Position after Graduation: Senior Computer Systems Researcher, U.S. Department of Defense. |