Associate Professor
Graduate Program Director for Human-Centered Computing
Department of Information Systems, UMBC

Education
Ph.D.                               2002           University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Library and Information Science

M.L.S.                              2000             University of Maryland, College Park, MD
                                                          Library and Information Science

M.A. equiv.                        1994             Kossuth Lajos University,
Debrecen, Hungary
                                                                   English; Library and Information Science

Experience in Higher Education
          2002 – present         University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Assistant Professor,
Information Systems
          2003 – 2006             University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Director of Research,
Information Systems
          2001 – 2002            University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Lecturer,
Information Systems
          1995 – 2001            University of Maryland, College Park, Research and Teaching
Assistant, Library and Information Science
          1995 – 2001            University of Maryland, College Park, Research Assistant,
Computer Science

Experience in Other than Higher Education
          3/2001          University Library, University of Debrecen, Hungary,
Web Development Consultant
          3/1999 – 5/1999       Joint World Bank – International Monetary Fund Library,
Washington, DC, Consultant
          1/1995 – 8/1995       IQSoft Intelligent Software Co. Ltd., Budapest, Hungary,
Library Automation Advisor
          9/1994 – 12/1994     The Library of Congress, Washington, DC, Soros Foundation
Visiting Fellow

REsearch Support  
2007 – 2009            (rs8) MRI: Acquisition of Equipment to Establish a Research Infrastructure to Support HCI and UA Research, $180,000 ($180,000), National Science Foundation, Co-Principal Investigator
2007 – 2008            (rs7) GSE/DIS: A Coherent Global Web Portal of Resources for Women and ICT, $196,825 ($153,589), National Science Foundation, Co-Principal Investigator
2004 – 2007            (rs6) Enhancing Science and Technology Education and Exploration Mentoring (ESTEEM), $868,776 ($737,905), National Science Foundation, Principal Investigator
2004 – 2008            (rs5) GSE/RES Investigating Gender-Based Differences in Perception and Use of IT as Factors in IT Career Choice, $539,385 ($439,049), National Science Foundation, Co-Principal Investigator
2003 – 2007            (rs4) Technology for Cross-Cultural Communication in a Children's   International Book Community, $136,047, University of Maryland, College Park, MD (subaward from National Science Foundation grant), Principal Investigator

2002 – 2004            (rs3) $72,159, Department of Defense, Co-Principal Investigator
2002 – 2004            (rs2) $108,730, Department of Defense,, Co-Principal Investigator
2002 – 2002            (rs1) $5,000, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Principal Investigator            

Ph.D. Students
Weimin Hou, 2008, Chair
George M. Chinnery, 2009 (expected), Member
Alfreda Chatham, 2008 (expected), Member
Kevin White, 2009 (expected), Member
David Gurczik, 2009 (expected), Member
Liwei Dai, 2008, Member
Pim Chaovalit, 2008 (expected), Proposal Committee Member
Michael Carlin, 2009 (expected), Member
John Goodall, 2006, Member
Diana Ye Wang, 2006, Member  
Eleanor Boyle Chlan, 2004, Member
Chadia Abras, 2003, Member

Ryan Getek, 2010 (expected), Comprehensive Review Committee Member

Master’s Students
Kevin White, 2004, Committee Member
Amit Joshi, 2004, Committee Member
Azfar Karimullah, 2003, Committee Member

Undergraduate Students
Tawny Barin, 2007-08, UMBC Undergraduate Research Award, Mentor
Heidi Lynn Brueckner, 2006, Interdisciplinary Studies Degree, Member

Service to the department, university, community, and profession

Department:
Leadership:
December 2003- 2006: Director of Research
Fall 2003: Chair, Research Committee

Committee membership:
2007-2008: Member, Faculty search committee
2006-present: Member, Student recruitment committee
2006-present: Member, Library committee
2006-present: Member, Research committee
Spring 2005 & Spring 2006: Member, Merit review committee
2005: Member, Financial administrative staff search committee
2002-2003: Member, Non-tenured Research Faculty Search Committee
2002-2003: Member, Research Committee
2001-2002: Library liaison

University:
2007: Adjunct Member, UMBC AOK Library Web redesign committee
2005-2006: Member, Faculty Grievance Committee, UMBC
2004-present: Affiliate Faculty, Center for Women and IT, UMBC

Community and Profession:
2006-present: Vice President, American Society for Information Science and Technology, Special Interest Group on Human-Computer Interaction (SIGHCI)
2006: Co-chair, American Society for Information Science and Technology, Special Interest Group on Human-Computer Interaction (SIGHCI) 2006 Annual Symposium
2005: Co-chair, American Society for Information Science and Technology, Special Interest Group on Information Needs, Seeking, and Use (SIGUSE) 2005 Annual Symposium
2005: Program Board Member, 1st International Conference on Online Communities and Social Computing
2005: Program Board Member, 11th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction
2002-2004: Event coordinator & Webmaster, Interactive Systems Research Center (ISRC), Department of Information Systems, UMBC:

• Human Factors and Ergonomic Society Annual Meeting Visit, 2002
• Human Factors and Ergonomic Society Potomac Chapter Visit, 2004
• ISRC brownbag seminar series with internal and external speakers

2003-2007: National Science Foundation, Review Panel Member
2003: Workshop co-chair: Information visualization evaluation. Workshop organized in collaboration with Catherine Plaisant. Human-Computer Interaction Lab, University of Maryland, Annual Open House and Symposium. May 29, 2003
2003: Workshop co-chair: Cross cultural usability in digital libraries. Workshop organized in collaboration with Nadia Caidi. IEEE/ACM Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, Austin, TX. June 1, 2003
2001-2002: Secretary/Treasurer for the Washington, DC chapter of the ACM Special Interest Group for Computer-Human Interaction