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RESUME for a Usability Specialist / Human Factors Engineer position: (PDF: 27KB; Word: 45KB)
C.V. : (PDF: 31KB; Word: 100KB)
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EDUCATION
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Ph.D. student in
Information Systems,
Dept. of Information Systems |
GPA 4.0/4/0 |
05/08 |
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MS in
Information Systems,
Dept. of Information Systems |
GPA 4.0/4.0 |
12/01 |
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MA in
Intercultural
Communication, Dept. of Modern Languages & Linguistics
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GPA 3.9/4.0 |
05/00 |
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BA in English Education |
GPA 3.8/4.0 |
07/93 |
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
EXPERIENCE
Qualitative Research Experience, UMBC, 09/99-06/07
Research/Teaching Assistant, Department of Information Systems, UMBC, 08/02-06/07
Teaching Assistant, Department of Modern Languages & Linguistics, UMBC, 08/98 - 05/00
Taught Elementary Chinese to undergraduate students at UMBC
Software Translator Intern, International Communications, MA, 06/99 - 08/99
QAed and translated software documents and Web pages from English to Chinese
Summer and Winter Undergraduate Academic Orientation Advisor, UMBC, 00 - 06
PUBLICATIONS
Komlodi, A., Hou, W., Preece, J., Druin, A., Golub E., Alburo J., Liao, S., Elkiss, A., & Resnik P. (2007). Evaluating a Cross-Cultural Children's Online Book Community: Lessons Learned for Sociability, Usability, and Cultural Exchange. Interacting with Computers, 19(2007), 494-511.
Hou, W., Komlodi, A., Lutters, Wayne G., & Preece, J. (2007). Does Instant Messaging Form a New Online Culture? Key Similarities and Differences in the Everyday Experience of Chinese and North American Users. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, (HCII), July 22-27, Beijing, China, in press.
Hou, W., Komlodi, A., Preece, J., Druin, A., & Golub, E. (2007). A Pilot Study of Supporting Children's Online Identity Representation in International Communities. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, (HCII), July 22-27, 2007, Beijing, China, in press.
Hou, W., Komlodi, A., Preece, J., Druin, A., Golub, E., Liao S., and Elkiss, A. (2007). A Pilot Study of Supporting Children's Online Identity Representation in ICDLCommunities. Poster presentation at the 24th Annual Human-Computer Interaction Lab Symposium, University of Maryland, May 31st, Maryland, USA.
Kaur, M., Hou, W., Lutters, W. G., Komlodi, A., Boot, L., Cotten S. R., Morrell, C., Ozok, A. A., & Tufekci, Z. (2006). "'My Mom is a Cell-Phone Illiterate' - The Influence of Parental Perceptions on Pre-Adolescent Attitudes Towards ICT." Proceedings of the 6th ACM Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, ACM Press.
Hou, W., Kaur, M., Komlodi, A., Lutters, W. G., Boot, L., Cotton, S. R., Morrell, C., Ozok, A. A., & Tufekci, Z. (2006). "Girls Don't Waste Time": Pre-Adolescent Attitudes toward ICT. Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Montréal, Canada, April 22-27, ACM Press, 875-880.
Hou, W., Komlodi, A., & Preece, J. (2005). The Study Design of a Cross-Cultural Instant Messaging Study. Proceedings of the International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Online Communities and Social Computing Conference (HCII), July 22-27, 2005, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Lutters, W. G. & Hou, W. (2005). Recapturing What Was Lost: Re-emphasizing Locality in Social Interactions on the Net. Proceedings of the International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Online Communities and Social Computing Conference (HCII), July 22-27, 2005, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Komlodi, A., Hou, W., Jofoldi, H., Kessel, R., Riggs, T., Liang, C., & Haidar, T. (2004). Cross-cultural comparison of Web searching behavior. Proceedings of 2004 International Conference of the Information Resources Management Association, May 23-26, 2004, New Orleans, LA, USA, p.1069-1070.
Hou, W. (2000). Code-switching between English and Mandarin among Chinese Students at the University of Maryland. Unpublished M.A. scholarly paper, Department of Modern Languages & Linguistics, UMBC
AWARDS
Teaching and Research Assistantships at UMBC, 1998 - 06/07
Selected to attend Faculty Horizons, the NSF funded Advance program, “a workshop for aspiring STEM faculty,” July 13-15, 2006
Travel Grants for IRMA ‘04, HCII ’05, CHI ’06, and HCII ‘07 from Graduate Student Association, UMBC, May 2004, July 2005, April 2006, and July 2007
Selected to attend the 3rd and 4th graduate student Internet research workshop funded by NSF -- WebShop -- at University of Maryland, College Park, 2003, 2004
Last modified Thursday, 08-May-2008 13:50:00 EDT.