The following is an annotated version of my CV for scanning (last updated January 16, 2009).  If you would like a full and probably more up to date version, please see: PDF Version (last update April 26, 2009)

Research Interest

Investigating and designing collaborative information systems for socio-affective aspects of work. I am currently studying affect and information sharing in emergency departments.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Information Sciences and Technology, expected May 2010

The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa

Master of Science in Communication, minor in Cognitive Studies, May 2004

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Cognitive Psychology focus, May 2000

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, Va

Experience

Teaching Experience

Usability Engineering, Penn State Senior Course, Spring 2008 (Guest Lecturer)

Introduction to Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State Freshman Course, Fall 2005 & Spring 2006 Discourse for Usability, Cornell Senior Course, Spring 2003

Impact of Information Technology, Cornell Graduate Course, Spring 2003

Psychology of Television and Beyond, Cornell Senior Course, Fall 2002

Computer-Mediated Communication, Cornell Senior Course, Spring 2002

Human-Computer Interaction, Cornell Senior Course, Fall 2001

Select Publications and Presentations

Refereed Conference Publications

Mentis, H.M., Reddy, M., & Rosson, M.B. (accepted). Invisible emotion: Information and interaction in an emergency room. In the Proceedings of the Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), Savannah, Ga (pp. xxxx), New York: ACM.

Mentis, H.M., Hoffman, B., Bach, P., Rosson, M.B., Carroll, J.M. (2009). Development of Decision Rationale in Complex Group Decision Making. In the Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Boston, Massachusetts. (pp. xxxx), New York: ACM.

Convertino, G., Mentis, H. M., Rosson, M. B., Slavkovic, A., Ganoe, C., & Carroll, J.M. (2009). Supporting Content and Process Common Ground in Computer-Supported Teamwork. In the Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Boston, Massachusetts. (pp. xxxx), New York: ACM.

Convertino, G., Mentis, H. M., Bhambare, P., Ferro, C., Carroll, J. M., Rosson, M. B. (2008).  Comparing Media in Emergency Planning.  In the Proceedings of the 5th International ISCRAM Conference, Washington, DC.

Convertino, G., Mentis, H. M., Rosson, M. B., Carroll, J. M., Slavkovic, A., & Ganoe, C. (2008). Articulating common ground in cooperative work: Content and process. In the Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Florence, Italy.

Convertino, G., Mentis, H. M., Carroll, J.M., Rosson, M. B. (2007). How does common ground increase? In the Proceedings of the Group Conference, Sanibel Island, Florida.

Carroll, J. M., Mentis, H. M., Convertino, G., Rosson, M. B., Ganoe, C. H., Sinha, H., & Zhao, D. (2007).  Prototyping collaborative geospatial emergency planning.  In the Proceedings of the 4th International ISCRAM Conference, Delft, the Netherlands.

Foucault, B., Mentis, H. M., Sengers, P., & Welles, D. (2007).  Provoking Sociability.  Extended Abstractsof the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, San Jose, Ca.

Mentis, H. M. & Gay, G. K. (2003). User recalled occurrences of usability errors:  Implications on the user experience.  Extended Abstracts of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Ft. Lauderdale, Fl.

Refereed Conference Posters

Mentis, H.M. & Rosson, M.B (submitted). “It’s Like a Circus in Here!” Affect and Information Sharing in an Emergency Department. In the Extended Abstracts of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Boston, MA, (pp. xxxx), New York: ACM.

Convertino, G., Mentis, H., Ting, A., Ferro, C., Carroll, J. M. (2007). Measuring common ground in geo-collaboration. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII), Beijing, China.

Lacava, D. & Mentis, H. M. (2005). Beginning design without a user: Application of scenario-based design. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII), Las Vegas, NV.

Mentis, H. M. & Gay, G. K. (2002). Using touchPad pressure to detect negative affect.  Proceedings of the IEEE 4th International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Book Chapters

Carroll, J. M., Rosson, M. B., Bach, P. M., Convertino, G., Farooq, U., Mentis, H. M., Xiao, L., Burge, J., Jiang, H., Ganoe, C. H., Borge, M. (submitted) Activity awareness and complex teamwork. In Columbus, F. (Ed.), Teamwork in Management, Medical Care and Manufacturing, pp. xxx-xxx, Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.

Mentis, H (2007).  Memory of frustrating experiences. In D. Nahl & D. Bilal (Eds.) Information and Emotion.  Medford, NJ: Information Today.

Carroll, J. M. & Mentis, H. M. (2007). The useful interface experience: The role and transformation of usability. In H. N. J. Schifferstein & P. Hekkert (Eds.) Product Experience.

Workshops

Mentis, H.M. (2008).  Ethnographic Methods for Studying Emotions in Group Contexts.  In Extended Abstracts of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Florence, Italy.

Peters, M., Mentis, H., Haynes, S., Saab, D., & Durrant, A. (2007).  Exploring design as a research activity.  In Extended Abstracts of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, San Jose, Ca.

Hoffman, B., Mentis, H., Peters, M., Saab, D., Schweitzer, S., & Spielvogel, J. (2006). Exploring design as a research activity.  In Proceedings of the 5th ACM conference on Designing Interactive Systems, University Park, Pa.

Mentis, H. M. (2005).  Insight into strong emotional experiences through memory. Presented at the CHI 2005 Workshop on Evaluating Affective Interfaces.

Academic Awards

Computer Supported Cooperative Work Doctoral Colloquium, 2008

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, Honorable Mention, 2006

Cornell Cognitive Studies Summer Fellowship, 2003

Professional Affiliations and Service

CHI 2008 Committee, Communications Co-chair.      

CHI 2007 Committee, Conference Chair’s Assistant.      

Penn State SIGCHI Student Chapter, 2006-2007, Co-founder, Vice Chair, and Chair.      

Women in Information Sciences and Technology Graduate Student Liaison, 2005-2007.      

IST Graduate Theoretical Integration Course Quality Team, 2005.      

Initiative to Improve Graduate Teaching Assistant Training, 2005-2006.      

Philadelphia SIGCHI Chapter, 2004-2005, Resumed chapter, Secretary.      

Cornell SIGCHI Student Chapter, 2002-2003, Co-founder, Chair. Reviewing      

IJHCS: 2008-2009, Full Papers      

CHI: 2004-2008, Papers, Notes, Works-In-Progress, Workshops      

CSCW: 2006, 2008, Papers      

DUX: 2005, Papers      

Cognitive Science Society: 2006, Papers 

Association of Computing Machinery - ACM      

ACM Special Interest Group in Computer-Human Interaction - SIGCHI      

Penn State University SIGCHI Chapter - PSUCHI      

Philadelphia Area SIGCHI Chapter - PhillyCHI