Andrea Tapia

Refereed Conference Presentations and Panels

Maitland, C., Tapia, A., Ngamassi, L., Zhao, K., & Maldonado, E. (2010) “Sectoral coordination of humanitarian information management: The implications of professionalization” Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM), Seattle Washington USA, May 2-5, 2010.

Ngamassi, L., Maitland, C., Tapia, A., Zhao, K., and Bajpai, K. (2010)  “Assessing Humanitarian Inter-Organizational Network Effectiveness: The Case of the GlobalSympoNet”. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM), Seattle Washington USA, May 2-5, 2010.

Ngamassi, L., Zhao, K., Maldonado, E., Maitland, C., & Tapia, A. (2010) “Exploring Motives for Collaboration within a Humanitarian Inter-organizational Network ’. Proceedings of the fifth Annual iConference, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, February 3-6, 2010.

Zhao, K., Ngamassi, L., Maldonado, E., Maitland, C., and Tapia, A. (2010). “Assortativity Patterns in Multi-dimensional Inter-organizational Networks: A Case Study of the Humanitarian Relief Sector,” in Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral Modeling, & Prediction, Washington, DC, March 31-April 1, 2010.

MacInnes, I. and Tapia, A. (2010). “Exploring the Role of Games in the I-Schools”. iConference, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, February 3-6, 2010.

Nicholson, S., MacInnes, I. and Tapia, A. (2011). “Gaming and Education in the I-Schools”. iConference, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, February 3-6, 2010

Tapia, A., Ocker, R., Rosson, M. B., and Blodgett, B. (2010) “Two Layered Structure in Scientific Collaborations” Computer Supported Cooperative Work. Workshop on Scientific Collaboration. Savannah, Georgia, February 6-10, 2010.

Tapia, A., Maldonado, E. (2010). “National-Level, Government Open Source Policy: The Comparative Case Studies of Venezuela and Chinese Taipei.” The Pacific Telecommunications Council Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii 17-20 January 2010.

Tapia, A., Jang, J. and Blodgett, B. (2009) “The Merging of Telecommunications Policy and Science Policy through Broadband Stimulus Funding.” Telecommunication Policy Research Conference. September 25-27. Washington, DC. (co-author 40%, written with two grad students)

Maitland, C., Ngamassi, L. and Tapia, A. (2009) “Information Management and Technology Issues Addressed by Humanitarian Relief Coordination Bodies.” ISCRAM2009, International Community on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management. May 10-13. Göteborg, Sweden. (co-author, non-presenter)

Zhao, K.; Yen, J.; Maitland, C.; Tapia, A.; Tchouakeu, L.-M. N. (2009) “A Formal Model for Emerging Coalitions under Network Influence in Humanitarian Relief Coordination.” Springsim-09. Spring Simulation Conference. March 22-27. San Diego, CA. (co-author, non-presenter)

Tapia, A.; Seif, El-Nasr, M.; Blodgett, B.; Yucel, I. (2008) “Gaming for Girls.” Playing to Win: The Business and Social Frontiers of Videogames. April 4-5. Penn State University. (presenter)

Zhao, K.; Maitland, C.; Tchouakeu, L.-M. N.; Orendovici, R.; Tapia, A.; Yen, J. (2008) “Emergence of Collaborative Projects and Coalitions: a Framework for Coordination in Humanitarian Relief.” Second World Congress on Social Simulation (WCSS’08). July 14-17. Fairfax, VA. (co-author, non-presenter)

Saab, D.; Maldonado, E.; Tchouakeu, L.-M.N.; Orendovici, R.; Maitland, C.; Tapia, A. (2008) “Building Global Bridges: Coordination Bodies For Improved Information Sharing Among Humanitarian Relief Agencies.” ISCRAM2008, International Community on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management. May 4-7. Washington, DC. (presenter)

VanGorp, A.; Tchouakeu, L.-M.N.; Maitland, C.; Tapia, A. (2008) “VSAT Deployment for Post-Disaster Relief and Development: Opportunities and Constraints for Inter-Organizational Coordination among International NGOs.” International Telecommunications Society. June 24-27. Montreal, Canada. (co-author, non-presenter)

Tapia, A. and Maitland, C. (2008) “The Data Collection Imperative: The Implications of Wireless Device Use For Humanitarian Accountability.” American Sociological Association. August 4. Boston, MA. (presenter)

Tapia, A. and Ortiz, J. (2008) “Bandwithing Together: The Public Policy Process Generating Municipal Wireless Broadband Networks.” IFIP: International Federation of Information Professionals WG 8.2. August 11-14. Toronto, Ontario. (presenter)

Maldonado, E. and Tapia, A. (2008) “Mandatory Open Source Policy: The Case Study of Venezuela.” IFIP International Federation of Information Professionals WG 8.2. August 11-14. Toronto, Ontario. (co-author, non-presenter)

Maldonado, E. and Tapia, A. (2007) “Government Sponsored Open Source Initiatives as a Path to Economic Development.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. August. New York, NY. (co-author, non-presenter)

Maldonado, E. and Tapia, A. (2007) “Government-Mandated Open Source Development: The Case Study of Venezuela.” Telecommunication Policy Research Conference. September 28-30. Washington, DC. (co-author, non-presenter)

Tapia, A. and Ortiz, J. (2007) “Policy and Plan Convergence for Municipal Broadband Networks.” Telecommunication Policy Research Conference. September 28-30. Washington, DC. (presenter)

Techatassanasoontorn, A. and Tapia, A. (2007) “Can a City Manage Broadband Infrastructure? An Organizational Learning Perspective.” Telecommunication Policy Research Conference. September 28-30. Washington, DC. (presenter)

Pusey, B.; Maitland, C.; Tapia, A.; Yen, J. (2007) “A Survey of Trust Models in Agent Applications.” North American Association for Computational Social and Organizational Sciences (NAACSOS). June 7-9. Atlanta, GA. (co-author, non-presenter)

Tapia, A.; Seif El-Nasr, M.; Yucel, I.; Zupko, J.; Maldonado, E. (2007) “Engaging Passion for Computing: Using Virtual Gaming Environments to Motivate Girls to Follow IT Career Paths.” Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference. October. Orlando, FL. (presenter)

Tapia, A.; Seif El-Nasr, M.; Yucel, I.; Zupko, J.; Maldonado, E. (2007) “Building Virtual Spaces: Games as Gatekeepers for the IT Workforce.” International Federation of Information Professionals (IFIP) Working Group 8.2/9.5. July. Portland, OR. (presenter)

Tapia, A.; Seif El-Nasr, M.; Yucel, I.; Zupko, J.; Smith, B. (2007) “Middle-to-high school Girls as Game Designers – What are the learning implications?” Microsoft Academic Days Conference on Game Development. February 22-25. (presenter)

Maldonado, E. and Tapia, A. (2007) “National Information Technology Policy in a Globalized World: Building an IT Workforce for Venezuela.” Applied Computing Machinery, Special Interest Group, Management of Information Systems and Computer Professional Research (ACM SIG MIS/CPR). April. St. Louis, MO. (co-author, non-presenter)

Yen, J., Maitland, C. and Tapia, A. (2007) “Simulated Decision Making for ICT Coordination in Disaster Relief Using Cognitive Agents.“ AI in ICT for Development – Workshop at IJCAI, Twentieth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. January 6-12. Hyderabad, India. (co-author, non-presenter)

Tapia, A. (2006) “Bandwidthing Together: Municipal Wireless Broadband Networks.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. August. Montreal, Quebec. (presenter)

Tapia, A. and Ortiz, J. (2006) “Municipal Responses to State-Level Broadband Internet Policy.” Telecommunication Policy Research Conference. September 30-October 2. Washington, DC. (presenter)

Ortiz, J. and Tapia, A. (2006) “Deploying for Deliverance: The Digital Divide Discourse in Municipal Wireless Networks.” American Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS). August. Acapulco, Mexico. (co-author, non-presenter)

Tapia, A., Maldonado, E., and Ortiz, J. (2006) “Making Good on Municipal Promises: Can Municipal Wireless Broadband Networks Reduce Information Inequality?” Information Resources Management Association (IRMA). May. Washington, DC. (co-author, non-presenter)

Ortiz, J., Tapia, A. and Maldonado, E. (2006) “Recruiting Diverse, High-Skilled IT Employees through Existing Virtual Social Networks.” Applied Computing Machinery, Special Interest Group, Management of Information Systems and Computer Professional Research (ACM SIG MIS/CPR). April. Claremont, CA. (presenter)

Tapia, A. and Sawyer S. (2005) “Mobile Computing and Workplace Change.” American Sociological Association. Philadelphia, PA. (presenter)

Maitland, C. and Tapia, A. (2005) “Competition in The U.S. Cellular Industry: The Role of and Prospects for Small Carriers.” Telecommunication Policy Research Conference. September 23-25. Washington, DC. (presenter)

Tapia, A., Stone, M. and Maitland, C. (2005) “Public-Private Partnerships and the Role of State Legislation in Wireless Municipal Networks.” Telecommunication Policy Research Conference. September 23-25. Washington, DC. (presenter)

Tapia, A. and Sawyer, S., (2004) “Increased Articulation for Criminal Justice Personnel using Mobile Technology.” American Sociological Association. August. San Francisco, CA. (presenter)

Tapia, A. and Kvasny, L. (2004) “Recruitment is Never Enough: Retention of Women and Minorities in the IT Workplace.” Applied Computing Machinery, Special Interest Group, Management of Information Systems and Computer Professional Research (ACM SIG MIS/CPR). April. Tucson, AZ. (presenter)

Tapia, A. (2004) “Resistance or Deviance A High Tech Workplace During the Bursting of the Dot Com Bubble.” International Federation of Information Professionals (IFIP 8.2) conference. July. Manchester, UK. (presenter)

Tapia, A. (2003) “The Rush is Over: Causes and Implications of Dot Com Failure.” American Sociological Association. August. Atlanta, GA. (presenter)

Tapia, A. (2003) “Hostle_Work_Environment.com.” Applied Computing Machinery, Special Interest Group, Management of Information Systems and Computer Professional Research (ACM SIG MIS/CPR). April. Philadelphia, PA. (presenter)

Tapia, A. (2002) “The Death of the Dot-Com: Life Cycle Changes in High Tech Industry.” Pacific Sociological Association. April 18-21. Vancouver, BC. (presenter)

Tapia, A. (2001) “The Romper Room Workplace” 4S-Society for Social Studies of Science. November. Boston, MA. (presenter)

Tapia, A. and Cruz, G. (2001) “La Casa Virtual de la Fraternidad Latino Greek-letter Student Organizational Subcultures (SOS): Latino Identity and Computer Technology.” American Sociological Association. August. Anaheim, CA. (presenter)

Tapia, A. (2001) “Y2K and Collective Millennial Action.” American Sociological Association. August. Anaheim, CA. (presenter)

Tapia, A. (2001) “Changing Hiring Practices in the Technologically Focused Workplace.” Pacific Sociological Association. March. San Francisco, CA. (presenter)

Tapia, A. (2001) “Techno-millennialism.” Pacific Sociological Association. March. San Francisco, CA. (presenter)

Tapia, A. (2000) “Y2K: Millennial Expectations and Disappointment.” Pacific Sociological Association. March. San Diego, CA. (presenter)

Tapia, A. (1999) “Y2K: Fear and Hope.” American Sociological Association. August. Chicago, IL. (presenter)

Tapia, A. (1999) “Y2K: Apocalyptic Opportunism.” Pacific Sociological Association. April. Portland, OR. (presenter)

Tapia, A. (1997) “The Three R’s of Networked Communication, Reading, Writing and Reality.” The Society for the Study of Social Problems. August. Toronto, Canada. (presenter)

Tapia, A. (1997) “The Nature of On-line Communication.” American Sociological Association. August. Toronto, Canada. (presenter)

Tapia, A. and Burris, B. (1996) “Electronic Communication.” American Sociological Association. August. New York, NY. (presenter)

Invited Conference Presentations and Panels

Tapia, A. (2011) Keynote Speaker. Workshop on Socio-Technical Systems, i-conference, Seattle Washington, February, 2011.

Tapia, A. (2010) Keynote Speaker. “Women in Information Science”, 89th Annual Graduate Women in Science National Meeting & Symposium, Hosted by the GWIS Nu Chapter at The Pennsylvania State University, June 17-19th, 2010.

Tapia, A. (2009) NSF-funded workshop, Workshop for the Science of Socio-technical Systems. February 12th at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. (invited panelist and presenter)

Tapia, A. (2009) “Municipal Wireless and A National Broadband Policy” …and Communications for All: A Policy Agenda for the New Administration. Ed. Amit Shejter. Book Launch. Given to the Obama Transition Team November 23rd, 2008. Presented to Congress January 26th, 2009. New America Foundation. Appeared on CSPAN 3. (co-author; non-presenter)

Kendall, L.; Haythornthwaite, C.; Tapia, A.; Fisher, K.; Kelly, D. (2009) “Wildcard on Teaching Research Methods in I-schools.” I-conference 2009. February 9-11. At the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. (invited panelist)

Tapia, A., (2009) Gaming and Virtual Worlds panel. IST Graduate Symposium. February 19-20. Penn State University. (invited panelist)

Tapia, A. (2008) “The Future of American Broadband Policy” as part of a panel “… and Communications for All.” Telecommunication Policy Research Conference. September 26-28. Washington, DC. (invited panelist)

Tapia, A. (2008) and Smith, M.; Giles, L.; Adamic, L.; Vespigani, A.; Foley, H.; Smith, B. Round Table on Social Network Analysis. I-conference 2008. February. Los Angeles, CA. (invited panelist)

Tapia, A. (2008) Gaming and Virtual Worlds panel. IST Graduate Symposium. January 31-February 1. Penn State University. (invited panelist)

Tapia, A. and Maitland, C. (2007) “Global Symposium Analysis.” United Nations Office of Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Global Symposium +5. October 22-26. Geneva. (invited panelist)

Tapia, A. (2007) CWIRP: Community Wireless Infrastructure Research Project (CWIRP). University of Toronto and Ryerson University. November. (invited participant)

Tapia, A. (2006)Project title: “How Will Canadian Consumers Benefit from Access to Broadband Networks? An Investigation of Broadband Demand, Usage, Supply and Policy in Canada”. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). University of Toronto and Ryerson University. November. (invited speaker)

Tapia, A. (2003) “The Dot Com Bubble and Gender: Some Implications for the IT Industry.” Session: Workplace Issues for the 21st Century (Diversity, Work & Family, etc). The Pennsylvania State University Labor Studies and Industrial Relations 60th Anniversary Symposium. April 4-5. (invited panelist)

Sawyer, S. and Tapia, A. (2003) “From Findings to Theories: Speculating on the Future of Social Informatics.” Social Informatics Workshop, National Science Foundation and the Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations. University of California at Irvine. March 11-12. Irvine, CA. (co-author, non-presenter)

Sawyer, S. and Tapia, A. (2003) “Mobility, Work and Governance: A Field Study of Public Safety.” Ubiquitous Computing Workshop. Case Western University. October 24-26. Cleveland, OH. (invited participant, non-presenter)

Sawyer, S. and Tapia, A. (2003) National Science Foundation and the Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations. University of California at Irvine. March 11-12. Irvine, CA. (co-author. Non-presenter)

Technical Reports/Project Reports

Maitland, C. and Tapia, A. (2007) “Outcomes from the UN OCHA 2002 Symposium & HIN Workshops on Best Practices in Humanitarian Information Management and Exchange.” Prepared for United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. October 13, 2007. 16 pages.

Maitland, C. and Tapia, A. (2007) “Global Symposium +5 Information for Humanitarian Action Survey Report.” Prepared for United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. November 15, 2007. 33 pages.

Maitland, C. and Tapia, A. (2007) “Global Symposium +5 Information for Humanitarian Action First Follow-up Survey Report.” Prepared for United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. November 3, 2008. 33 pages.

Maitland, C.; Tapia, A.; Ngamassi, L.; Maldonado, E. (2008) ” A Case Study of a Technical Coordination Body Among Humanitarian NGOs: NetHope.” Prepared for NETHOPE. July 15, 2008. 23 pages.

Sawyer, S., Tapia, A. and Newton, M. (2003) “3G Mobile Access to JNET: Final Report of the Field Trial.” Provided to Lucent Technologies.

Sawyer, S., Tapia, A. and Newton, M. (2003) “3G Mobile Access to JNET: Second Interim Report of the Field Trial.” Provided to Lucent Technologies.

Sawyer, S., Tapia, A. and Newton, M. (2003) “3G Mobile Access to JNET: First Interim Report of the Field Trial.” Provided to Lucent Technologies.

Research Team, Institute for Social Research. (1997) “Los Pasos- UNMH Evaluation”(Drug Affected Infant). Report to UNMH, University of New Mexico.

Research Team, Institute for Social Research. (1996) “Oregon State Bar Minority Disparity Affirmative Action Evaluation.” Report to Oregon State Bar.

Research Team, Institute for Social Research. (1996) “Quay County Alcohol and Substance Abuse Coalition Project Evaluation.” Report to Quay County, New Mexico.

Research Team, Institute for Social Research. (1996) “New Mexico Boot Camp Planning Evaluation.” Report to State of New Mexico Corrections Department.

Research Team, Institute for Social Research. (1995) “New Mexico’s Primary Care Network – Medicaid Evaluation.” Report to State of New Mexico Medicaid Program.

Research Team, Institute for Social Research. (1995) “Adult Community Corrections Evaluation.” Report to State of New Mexico Corrections Department.

Research Team, Institute for Social Research. (1995) “Juvenile Community Corrections Evaluation.” Report to State of New Mexico Corrections Department.