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EDUCATION

• University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
  

  ·         Ph.D. student in Information Systems, Dept. of Information Systems	GPA 4.0/4/0	05/08
  ·         MS in Information Systems, Dept. of Information Systems	GPA 4.0/4.0	12/01
  ·         MA in Intercultural Communication, Dept. of Modern Languages & Linguistics	GPA 3.9/4.0	05/00

• Capital Normal University (CNU), Beijing, PR China
  

  ·         BA in English Education

  GPA 3.8/4.0

  07/93

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

• Human computer interaction (HCI), cross-cultural studies, online communities, qualitative research methodologies, and computer-mediated communication (CMC)
• Dissertation advisors: Dr. Anita Komlodi (Chair), Dr. Allison Druin, Dr. Wayne G. Lutters, Dr. Jenny Preece, and Dr. Carolyn Seaman
  

EXPERIENCE

Qualitative Research Experience, UMBC, 09/99-06/07

• High proficiency in qualitative research software – Nvivo
• Currently working on developing an International Children’s Digital Library Online Community prototype and studying children’s identity development and representation in the process, 01/05-present
• Led the focus groups and studied the relationship between gender and the use of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) among American middle school students, 01/05-07/06
• Explored and compared cultural differences in everyday Instant Messaging behavior between North American and Chinese users, 04/04-12/04
• Studied and analyzed the online information seeking behavior of Chinese students who just started their graduate studies in the USA, and compared their behaviors with Hungarian and American participants, 09/02-12/03
• Assisted professor in development of surveys on software maintenance, and organized raw survey data and conducted initial data analysis in Nvivo, 06/00 – 01/02
• Studied the code-switching behavior between English and Mandarin among Chinese students at University of Maryland, and discussed the reasons of the code-switching behavior, 09/99 – 05/00

Research/Teaching Assistant, Department of Information Systems, UMBC, 08/02-06/07   

• Co-taught IS 387: Web Content Development with the professor, Fall 06 and Spring 07
• Taught Creating Web Pages with HTML for course IS 403: User Interface Design
• Taught VBA for Modelers: Developing Decision Support Systems with Microsoft Excel for course IS 425: Decision Support Systems
• Assisted professor in course IS 728: Online Communities

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

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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

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