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Postdoctoral Associate Supervised

1.Dr. Aqdas Malik (December 2016 - October 2018) (Ph.D. Aalto University, Finland)

Position after postdoc: Research Scientist, Aalto University.


2.Dr. Stephanie Kusano (January 2015-June 2015) (Ph.D. Virginia Tech)

Position after postdoc: Evaluation and Assessment Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Provost's Office, University of Michigan.


3.Dr. Seungwon Yang (January 2014 - July 2015) (Ph.D. Virginia Tech)

Position after postdoc: Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Science (SLIS), Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.


4.Dr. Janaki Srinivasan (Jan. 2013-March 2014) (Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley)

Position after postdoc: Assistant Professor, IIIT, Bangalore, India.


PhD Students - Current

1. Ashish Hingle, Ph.D. in Information Technology (Concentration: Information Sciences & Technology) (Started: Fall 2020)

2. Amani Alhusaiyen, Ph.D. in Information Technology (Concentration: Information Sciences & Technology) (Started: Spring 2021)


PhD Students Graduated

1. Andrea Goncher (Ph.D., Engineering Education; Graduated: December 2012)

Thesis: Contextual Shaping of Student Design Practices: The Role of Constraint in First-Year Engineering Design

Position after graduation: Postdoctoral Associate, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia


2. Hon Jie Teo (Ph.D., Engineering Education; Graduated: August 2014; co-advised with Vinod Lohani)

Thesis: Knowledge Creation Analytics for Online Engineering Learning

Position after graduation: Assistant Professor, CUNY, College of Technology, Brooklyn, NY


3. Stephanie Kusano (Ph.D., Engineering Education) (Virginia Tech) (Co-advised with Lisa McNair; Graduated: December 2014)

Thesis: Beyond the Classroom: Understanding the Educational Significance of Non-Curricular Engineering Design Experiences

Position after graduation: Evaluation and Assessment Postdoctoral Research Scholar, University of Michigan


4. Bushra Chowdhury (Ph.D., Engineering Education; Co-Chair: Vinod Lohani) (Virginia Tech); Dissertation Defended: July 6, 2017

Topic: Collaborative Computational Thinking

Position after graduation: Data Scientist, DISYS Inc.


5. Omaima Almatrafi (Ph.D. IT) (Defended: October 10, 2018)

Title: Analyzing MOOC Forums: Developing Models to Support Instructors' Monitoring of Learners' Post.

Position after graduation: Assistant Professor, Kin AbdulAziz University, Saudi Arabia.


6. Hieu-Trung Le (Ph.D. IT) (Defended: 7/26/2019)

Topic: Meeting Cybersecurity Education Challenges: A Data Analytics Approach for Continuous Learning.

Position after graduation: Cloud Security Architect, Deutsche Bank.


7. Habib Karbasian (Ph.D. IT) (Co-Advisor: Hemant Purohit) (Defended: 4/3/2020)

Topic: Realtime Analytics for Resource Mobilization in Engineering Diversity Hashtag Campaigns.


M.S. Students Graduated

8. Raktim Mitra (Chair, Co-Chair: H. Rahmandad, M.S. Thesis, Industrial and Systems Engineering; Graduated August 2011)

Thesis: Collaborative learning in Open Source Software (OSS) communities: The dynamics and challenges in networked learning environments.

Position after graduation: Analyst, Discover Financials


9. Ashwin Khandeparker (Chair, M.S. Project, Computer Science; Graduated May 2011)

Thesis Project: Virginia Tech Knowledge Network (VTKN: Intradepartmental Collaboration within VT College of Engineering.

Position after graduation: Developer, Amazon Inc.


Dissertation Committee Member (Current)

1. Ajay Kulkarni (PhD, CDS) (Advisor: Olga Gkountouna)


Dissertation Committee Member (Graduated)

1. Carrie Klein (PhD. Higher Education) (Advisor: Jaime Lester); Defended March 16, 2020


2. Zhiyun Ren (Ph.D. CS) (Advisor: Huzefa Rangwala); Defended May 2, 2019


3. Bryan Weaver (Geography, Advisor: Dieter Pfoser), Collaborative Geospatial Investigations, Defended April 30, 2018


4. Sachin Garg (Public Policy, Advisor: Philip Auerswald);2013-2016 (expected); Big Data and Development: Focus on Land Records in the U.S. and India (Defended: August 2017)


5. Geetanjali Date (HBCSE, TIFR, India; Advisor: Sanjay Chandrasekharan); 2014-2019 (Expected); Grassroots Innovation in Rural India (Proposal Defended: August 7, 2015)


6. Cory Brozina (Engineering Education, Virginia Tech, Advisor: David B. Knight); 2012-2015; Educational Data Mining: Linking Multiple Datasets


7. Jacob Moore (Engineering Education, Advisor: Chris Williams) 2010-2013 Adaptive Map Project


8. Jean Mohammadi-Aragh (Engineering Education, Advisor: Chris Williams) 2009-2013 Student Attention in Technology-Rich Classrooms


9. Joon Suk Lee (Computer Science, Advisor: Deborah Tatar) 2009-2013 ? Collaboration and Micro-coordination in Technology Mediated Settings


10. Rachel McCord (Engineering Education, Advisor: Holly Matusovich) 2011-2013 ? Metacognition and Self-Regulation for Conceptual Learning in Engineering


Student Supervision/Co-Supervision on Funded Projects*

58. Marly Saravia (NSF REU, Summer 2022) - AI Literacy


57. Georga Hackworth (NSF REU, Summer 2022) - AI Ethics Education


56. Natalie Plahuta (MFA, Summer 2022) - AI Ethics Education


55. Elizabeth Terrell (MFA, Summer 2022) - AI Ethics Education


54. George Guay (PhD, Summer 2022) - AI Ethics Education


53. Areej Ali (B.S. IT, NSF REU, Summer 2021) - Case Study of AI in Agriculture


52. Brett Strosnider (B.S. IT, NSF REU, Summer 2021) - Analysis of Twitter Data Related to AI Ethics


51. Stefano Murro (NSF REU, Summer 2021) - Analysis of Qualitative Data on IT Ethics


50. James Condo (NSF REU, Summer 2021) - Analysis of Qualitative Data on IT Ethics


49. Sarish Zahid (B.S. IT, NSF REU, Summer 2021) - Case Study of AI in Agriculture


48. Ghaaliyah Brown (NSF REU, Summer 2021) - Analysis of Twitter Data Related to AI Ethics


47. Pearl Matibe (NSF REU, Summer 2021) - Case Study of Global AI Ethics


46. Victoria Dilliott (Youngstown State, NSF REU, Summer 2021) - Analysis of Qualitative Data on IT Ethics


45. Venkata Ramana Pola (M.S. Data Analytics Engineering), Fall 2019


44. Byron Biney (Swarthmore College) (REU, Summer 2018)


43. Olivia Kruse (Junaita College) (REU, Summer 2018)


42. Lorraine M. Drumheller (Ph.D. Higher Education), Fall 2017- Spring 2018, Data Science Education


41. Daniel Ruiz (B.S. Computer Engineering, VCU, REU) (Summer - Fall 2017)


40. Cassie Heyman-Schrum (William and Mary, REU) (Summer - Fall 2017)


39. Venkata Chaitanya Neelamaraju (M.S. ECE) (Spring 2017)


38. Saif Ahmed (M.S. DAE), 2014-2015 Comparative Study of Technical/Non-Technical Forums; Summer Internship: HP Labs Data Mining Group


37. Ben Gelman (B.S. & M.S. C.S., NSF REU/GRA) 2014-2016 - Analysis of Scratch Online Community and Learning on MOOCS


36. Chris Beckley (B.S. C.S., NSF REU) 2014 - Analysis of Scratch Online Community; Job: Lockheed Martin


35. Mack Sweeney (B.S. C.S., NSF REU) 2014 - DIA2


34. Qingzhe Li (Ph.D. C.S.) 2014 - Android App Development


33. Matt Revelle (Ph.D. C.S.) 2014- DIA2


32. Heba Elsherbeeny (PhD. Ed) 2014 - TILES: Informal Engineering Learning Assessment Instrument


31. Kathy Matson (PhD. Ed) 2014 - TILES: Informal Engineering Learning Literature Review


30. Laura Tokarcyk (PhD. Ed) 2014 - TILES: Informal Engineering Learning Assessment Instrument Development


29. Ashley Sgandurra (M.A. Ed) 2014 - TILES: Informal Engineering Learning Assessment Instrument Development


28. Xingya Xu (PhD. Ed) (Fall 2015 - Spring 2016) - TILES: Informal Engineering Learning


27. Habib Karbasian (PhD. CS) (Fall 2016) (joined research group as doctoral advisee Spring 2017)


26. Rajat Handa (M.S. DAE) (Fall 2016 - Spring 2017)


25. Krunal Doshi (M.S. CS), GRA 2011-2012


24. Vaishali Nandy (Ph.D. Education), GRA, 2010-2013 - Globally Distributed Work Case Studies


23. Xiaomo Liu (Ph.D. CS) 2009-2011 - Harnessing Global Expertise in Online Communities


22. Gaurav Dongaonkar (M.S. ISE) 2010 - Globally Distributed Work Case Studies


21. Monique Dufour (Ph.D. STS) 2009-2011 - NSF AdWiki


20. James Pembridge (Ph.D. ENGE) 2008-2009 - NSF Creative IT


19. Varun Ramdas (M.S. ISE) 2007-2008 - Globally Distributed Work


18. Asta Schram (PhD. Education) 2009-2010 - Digital Millennials


17. Prasanna Kumar (Ph.D. ISE) 2009-2010 - Analysis of Field Study Data of Global Work


16. Shreya Kothaneth (Ph.D. ISE) 2008-2011 - NSF Creative IT; served as dissertation co-chair 2009-2011


15. Daniel Breakiron (B.S. CS) 10 - NSF AdWiki


14. Younes Taleb (B.S. General Engineering) 2010 - NSF AdWiki


13. Andrew Ciambrone (B.S. General Engineering) 2012 - NSF CAREER Award


12. Vismay Shah (B.S. ISE) 2008-2010 - Research on Engineering Education in India


11. Daniel Shanahan (M.S. CS) 2009-2011 - NSF AdWiki


10. Jonathan Ballands (B.S. CS) 2010-2012 - Android App Development for Immune


9. Kevin Cherniawski (B.S. CS, University of Mary Washington NSF REU)


8. Erin Campbell (B.S. CS, Kalamazoo College, NSF REU) 2011 - Android App Development for Immune


7. Lina Garada (B.S. Industrial Design, NSF REU) 2011-2012 - NSF Creative IT and Immune/LaXmi


6. Daniel Calabrese (B.S. Industrial Design, NSF REU) 2011 - Immune/LaXmi


5. Greg Mitchell (B.S. Industrial Design) 2011 - Immune/LaXmi


4. Daniel Wainless (B.S. Industrial Design) 2011 - Immune/LaXmi


3. Dow Lodovico (B.S. Industrial Design) 2011 - Immune/LaXmi


2. Nihar Simal (B.S., ME) 2011 - NSF CAREER Award-Analysis of Field Study Data on Global Work


1. Sumitra Nair (Ph.D. STS) 2009-2010, Field Study of NREGA


* Students listed here were funded by grants on which I served as PI or as primary REU mentor. Most students were supervised jointly with co-PIs or collaborators. The following collaborators co-supervised two or more students with me: N. Ranade (GMU), H. Rangwala (GMU), L. Bland (GMU), C. Domeniconi (GMU), H. Purohit (GMU), A. Sharma (VT), & J. Lo (VT).


Course Development

IT 304: IT in the Global Economy


AIT 501: Learning Technologies & Learning Analytics


AIT 601: Foundations of IST


AIT 602: Research Methods in IST


ENGE 5984/ENGE 5714: Global Engineering Work Practices


ENGE 5984/ENGE 6714: Ethnographic and Qualitative Research


ENGE 5014: Foundations of Engineering Education


ENGE 2984: Engineering for Social Development


ENGE 1114: Engineering Design



Aditya Johri @ johri at gmu dot edu