Helena M. Mentis

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I am a professor in the Department of Information Systems at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Generally, my research contributes to the fields of human-computer interaction (HCI), computer supported cooperative work (CSCW), and health informatics. I investigate situated communication and collaboration practices in healthcare, and, in turn, develop and deploy new mechanisms for collaboratively sensing, presenting, and interacting with information. I conduct my research through a sociotechnical lens – one in which we cannot extricate technical systems from ‘being in the world’. My process is to engage those not often prioritized in the digital health design process to counter hegemonic discourse and oftentimes making the invisible work visible.

Experience

  • 2021–present
    Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
  • 2018–2021
    Associate Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
  • 2013–2018
    Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
  • 2012–2013
    Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School
  • 2010–2012
    Fellow, University of Cambridge
  • 2010–2012
    Postdoctoral Researcher, Microsoft Research Cambridge
  • 2009–2010
    Postdoctoral Fellow, Swedish Institute of Computer Science

Education

  • 2010 
    The Pennsylvania State University, PhD Information Sciences and Technology
  • 2004 
    Cornell University, MS Communication
  • 2000 
    Virginia Tech, BS Psychology

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