Student Profiles

Master's Student
Class of 2011
“My master’s final project was about using social media in large organizations. I think information science will continue focusing on the sociological aspects of information.”

Master's Student
Class of 2012
“In 10 years, I expect information services and applications for the masses to be delivered in a much more personalized way. We can already see some of these applications today, but in the future they will be truly interconnected.”

Master's Student
Class of 2012
“I came to the I School to gain a deeper understanding of the technology I had been working on, and to learn social research skills to pursue a career in UX research.”

Ph.D. Student
Focus: How information and communications technologies help mediate a transnational relationships and bridge the cultural distance between African firms and their Western counterparts, based on a case-study of Kenya’s emerging IT-enabled outsourcing industry

Master's Student
Class of 2011
Focus: How user experience research and intelligent design can shape behavior.

Master's Student
Class of 2011
Focus: Computer-Mediated Communication, Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, and Information System Design

Master's Student
Class of 2011
Focus: Peer production, geographically-disparate collaboration, and non-monetary incentives

Master's Student
Class of 2012
“I’m interested in creating new ways to display and interact with information, exploring whether certain visual representations are better than others for learning and memory.”

Ph.D. Candidate
Focus: Information and communication technologies & development (ICTD); in particular, rural computer centers in India.
Ph.D. Student
Focus: Information privacy and policy, social networks, sensor networks (video surveillance, RFID).

Master's student
Class of 2011
Focus: knowledge transfer, enterprise 2.0, collaboration, knowledge management

Master's Student
Class of 2011
“I’m exploring whether it’s possible to design and develop technology that enables and encourages students to share meaningful information.”

Master's Student
Class of 2012
“I’m interested in trends and innovations that affect the way we collaborate. The enterprise 2.0 revolution is just beginning.”