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Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

Anthony Faiola, Ph.D., MFA

  • Executive Associate Dean
  • Director, Human-Computer Interaction
  • Associate Professor, Informatics

Education

  • Ph.D. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2005
  • M.A. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1984
  • M.F.A. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1979
  • M.A. State University of New York at Albany, NY, 1977
  • B.F.A. State University of New York at New Paltz, NY, 1975

Biography

Dr. Anthony Faiola is the Executive Associate Dean for the School of Informatics at IUPUI, Director of the Human-Computer Interaction program, and an Associate Professor of Informatics. As EAD, Dr. Faiola has day-to-day responsibility for the administration of the school on the IUPUI campus; and as Director of HCI, his administrative responsibilities include the oversight of all HCI programs: Ph.D., MS, and Certificate in Graduate Studies. Dr. Faiola brings to his current post, 19 years of experience (1979-1998) in the industrial sector and an array of academic experience in teaching and research, including his many published papers and books in the field of HCI and CMC; and as a three-time Fulbright Scholar to Russia in Communication Technology, Usability, and New Media.

Research Interests

Dr. Faiola’s research comprises the theoretical and applied domains of contextual design of information technologies, with an emphasis on understanding the social and cultural aspects that impact human-system interaction. His research falls within the cross-disciplinary fields of human-computer interaction (HCI), human factors and usability engineering, and computer-mediated communication (CMC). The specific context-of-use includes the design and study of health information technologies and virtual game-based learning.

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