Work with Doctoral Students: Edie M. Rasmussen

Doctoral Dissertations Supervised: Completed

Abdulaziz Ben Omran (2001) Library Anxiety and Internet Anxiety among Graduate Students of a Major Research University. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.

Chen, Hsin-Liang (1999). An Analysis of Image Queries and Image Retrieval Tasks in the Field of Art History. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.

Choi, Youngok. (2000) The Characteristics of Users' Queries and Users' Relevance Criteria in Image Retrieval in the Field of American History. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.

Greenberg, Jane (1998). An Examination of the Impact of Lexical-semantic Relationships on Retrieval Effectiveness During the Query Expansion Process. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.

Hill, Linda Ladd. (1990). Access to Geographic Concepts in Online Bibliographic Files: Effectiveness of Current Practices and the Potential of a Graphic Interface. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh, November 16, 1990.

Huang, Chuen-Min. (1996). The Relationship of Field-Dependent/Field-Independent Cognitive Style to the Perception and Usage of Digital Color Images. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh, August 13, 1996.

Koshman, Sherry L. (1996). Usability Testing of a Prototype Visualization-Based Information Retrieval System. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh, June 1996.

Lindberg, Carolyn Hope (1994). A Comparison of the Language of Patient Charts at Presbyterian University Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA., and the Unified Medical Language System of the National Library of Medicine. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.

Moahi, Kgomotso (2000). A study of the information behavior of health planners, administrators and mangers in Botswana, and implications for the design of a national health information system (NHIS). Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.

Noguchi, Sachie (2001). Assessing Users and Uses of Electronic Text: Case of the Japanese Text Initiative, Japanese Classics Electronic Text on the World Wide Web. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.

Zeng, Lei. (1992). An Evaluation of the Quality of Chinese-Language Records in the OCLC OLUC Database and a Study of a Rule-Based Data Validation System For Online Chinese Cataloging. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.

Zhang, Jin. (1999). Visual Information Retrieval Environments. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.

Doctoral Dissertations Supervised: In Process

Ahn, Miseon. (2001). Exploring Factors Affecting Users' Link-following Decision and Evaluation Behavior During Web Browsing. Proposal defended September 17, 2001.

Kim, Su Jin. A Study of Pathologists and the Data Elements and Queries Used in Interactions with a Data Warehouse for Tissue Banking. Proposal defended May 18, 2001.

Tirimanne, Nimo . Information Policy for Refugees in Camps: A Case for Immigration/Repatriation Information. Proposal defended May 16, 2001.

Doctoral Dissertations Committees: Completed

Dubin, David. (1996). Structure in Document Browsing Spaces. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.

Duff, Wendy. (1996). The Influence of Warrant on the Acceptance and Credibility of the Functional Requirements for Recordkeeping. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.

Grand, Balulwami. (1997). An Investigation of the Information Seeking Behavior of Nurses in Botswana. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.

Heo, Miseok (2000). Web Visualization Techniques and User Mental Models. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.

Hogan, Linda. (2001) Effect of Filtering on the Quality of Information Retrieved from the World Wide Web Regarding the Treatment of Elevated Blood Cholesterol. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.

Kapolka III, Michael Anthony. (1997). Forming Dynamic User Models Via Structured Concept Clustering. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.

Kim, Hanhwe. (1997). BIRD: Browsing Interface for Retrieval of Documents. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.

Kopak, Richard (2000). A Taxonomy of Link types for Use in Hypertext. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Toronto.

Lomax, Edward. (1999). An Investigation of the information Seeking Behavior of Medical Oncologists in the Metropolitan Pittsburgh Area Using a Multimethod Approach. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.

McLean, Stuart A. (1995). Reconsidering Text Retrieval: Accessing Semi-structured Text through an Object Oriented Query Language. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.

Morse, Emile (2000). Evaluating Visual Information Browsing Displays. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.

Sato, Yuko. (1997). Toward a Model of Information Sharing Through Social Networks: An Exploratory Study of Japanese Aerospace Engineers' Information-Seeking Processes and Habits in Light of Cultural Factors. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.

Scheetz, Mary D. (1993). Scientific Misconduct and Publishing in the Biomedical Literature: A Content Analysis 1966-1992. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.

Stewart, Darin. (2000). Establishing the Performance Impact of Supporting Persistent, Location Independent, Identification of Resources in Distributed System. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.

Thomas, David H. (1995). The Effect of Interface Design on an Information Retrieval Task. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.

Wall, Thomas B. (1994). Testing the Efficacy of Augmenting OPAC Displays with Bibliographic Enhancements: A Systematic Study. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.

Winston, Mark. (1996). The Recruitment, Education, and Careers of Academic Business Librarians. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.

Yang, Jing-Jye. (1993). Use of Genetic Algorithms for Query Improvement in Information Retrieval Based on a Vector Space Model. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.

Doctoral Dissertations Committees: In Progress

Al-Shehri, Abdullah (2001). Organization and Effectiveness of n-gram Approach for Indexing and Retrieval in Arabic Information Retrieval Systems. Proposal defended April 19, 2001.

Mooko, Neo (2001). A Study of the Family Information Needs and Information Seeking Behaviors of Rural Women in Botswana. Proposal defended March 15, 2001.

Smith, Catherine (2001). The Clinical Document Architecture: XML Semantic Markup for Enhanced Clinical Information Retrieval. Preliminary proposal defence, May 17, 2001.

Sorrows, Molly (2001). Characteristics of Landmarks in Information Space. Proposal defended August 1, 2001.

Willms, Swantje (2000). Similarity Measures for Document Visualization. Proposal defended May, 2000.