• Cognitive Biases
• Collaboration
• Decision-making
• Priming
• Cognitive Neuroscience
• NeuroIS
• Augmented Reality/Cognition
• Health IT

Journal Publications

Moravec, P., Kim, A., Dennis, A.R., & Minas, R.K. (2022) Do you really know if it's true? How asking users to rate stories affect belief in fake news on social media. Information Systems Research 33(3), 887-907.

Moravec, P., Minas, R.K., & Dennis, A.R. (2019). Fake News on Social Media: People Believe What They Want to Believe When it Makes No Sense at All. MIS Quarterly 43(4), 1343-1360.

Minas, R.K., Randolph, A., Dennis, A.R., Dimoka, A., Lee, A., Turel, O., & Panko, R. (2019). HICSS Panel Report on Cognitive Foreshadowing: Next Steps in Applying Neuroscience and Cognitive Science to Information System Research, Communications of the Association for Information Systems 44, 907-917.

Minas, R.K. & Dennis, A.R. (2019). Visual Background Music: Creativity Support Systems with Priming. Journal of Management Information Systems 36(1), 230-258.

Minas, R.K., Dennis, A.R., Potter, R.F., & Kamhawi, R. (2018). Triggering insight: Using neuroscience to understand how priming changes individual cognition during electronic brainstorming. Decision Sciences 49(5), 788-826.

Dennis, A.R. & Minas, R.K. (2018). Security on Autopilot: Why Current Security Theories Hijack our Thinking and Lead Us Astray. The DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems 49(1), 15-38. *Best Paper for 2018 in DATA BASE.

Minas, R.K., Poor, M., Dennis, A.R., & Bartelt, V. (2016). A prime a day keeps calories away: The effects of supraliminal priming on food consumption and the moderating role of gender and eating restraint. Appetite 105, 494-499.

Dennis, A.R., Minas, R.K. & Lockwood, N.S. (2016). Mapping the corporate blogosphere: Linking audience, content, and management to blog visibility. Journal of the Association of Information Systems 17(3), 162-193.

Minas, R.K., Potter, R.F., Dennis, A.R., Bartelt, V., & Bae, S. (2014). Putting on the thinking cap: Using NeuroIS to understand information processing in virtual teams. Journal of Management Information Systems 30(4), 49-82.

Massey, A.P., Khatri, V., & Minas, R.K. (2013). The influence of psychographic beliefs on website usability requirements. AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction 5(4), 157-174.

Dennis, A.R., Bhagwatwar, A., & Minas, R.K. (2013). Play for performance: Using computer word games to improve test-taking performance. Journal of Information Systems Education 24(3), 223-233.

Dennis, A.R., Minas, R.K., & Bhagwatwar, A. (2013). Sparking creativity: Improving electronic brainstorming with individual cognitive priming, Journal of Management Information Systems 29(4), 195-216.

Minas, R.K., & Park, S. (2007).  Attentional window in schizophrenia and schizotypal personality: Insight from negative priming studies.  Journal of Applied and Preventive Psychology 12(3), 140-148.

Book Chapters

Dennis, A.R., Minas, R.K., Williams, M.L. (2019). Creativity in Computer-Mediated Virtual Groups. In P.B. Paulus & B.A. Nijstad (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Group Creativity: Innovation through Collaboration. Oxford University Press.

Conference Publications and Abstracts

Minas, R.K. & Crosby, M. (2016). Overloaded and Biased? Using Augmented Cognition to Understand the Interaction between Information Overload and Cognitive Biases. HCI   International 2016. Toronto, Canada. *Best Paper Award in the Augmented Cognition Track at HCI International 2016

Minas, R.K., Johnston, A.C., Warkentin, M., Dennis, A.R., & Menard, P. (2016). Priming to Elicit Protection Motivated Behaviors: A Research Proposal. The 2016 Dewald Roode Workshop on Information Systems Security Research. Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Han, J., Liao, W., Minas, R., Dennis, A., & Potter, R.F. (2016).  Relationships Between Neural Patterns During Picture Priming and Creative Thinking During Electronic Brainstorming. Research presented at the International Communication Association annual conference in Fukuoka, Japan.

Minas, R.K., Dennis, A.R., & Massey, A.P. (2016). Opening the Mind: Designing 3D Virtual Environments to Enhance Team Creativity. 49th Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences. Kauai, Hawaii.

MInas, R.K., Samuel, B., Yuan, I., & Khatri, V. (2014). Exploring the iterative nature of corrective SQL maintenance: An eye tracking study. Workshop of Information Technology and Systems. Auckland, New Zealand.

Minas, R.K., Potter, R.F., Dennis, A.R., Bartelt, V., & Bae, S. (2013). Overloaded or biased? Using EEG and NeuroIS to elucidate information processing in virtual teams. 3rd Annual Interdisciplinary Symposium on Decision Neuroscience. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Dennis, A.R., Minas, R.K., & Bhagwatwar, A. (2012). Sparking creativity: Improving group brainstorming with a supraliminal priming computer game. 45th Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences. Maui, Hawaii. *Best Paper Award in the Collaboration Systems and Technology Track at HICSS 45

Minas, R.K., Yuan, L., & Khatri, V. (2012). Top-down, bottom-up or just information foraging? Exploring the process of corrective SQL maintenance tasks. 11th Annual Symposium on Research in Systems Analysis and Design. Vancouver, Canada.

Dennis, A.R., Bhagwatwar, A., & Minas, R.K. (2012). Play for performance: Using computer word games to improve test-taking performance. 45th Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences. Maui, Hawaii.

Dennis, A.R., Minas, R.K., & Bhagwatwar, A. (2011). Sparking creativity: Improving group brainstorming with a supraliminal priming computer game. Big 10 Information Systems Conference. Cleveland, OH.

Minas, R.K. & Harper, J. (2010). Adoption and use of information technology by healthcare practitioners. 14th Annual Conference on Education. Athens, Greece.

Minas, R.K., Cowan, R.L., & Park, S. (2008). Increased schizotypal traits and altered affect in young cannabis users. The College on Problems of Drug Dependence. San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Minas, R.K. & Park, S. (2007). Increased psychoticism and reduced negative affect in young cannabis users. Proceedings of the 11th International Congress on Schizophrenia Research. Colorado Springs, CO.

• Professor of the Semester for BBA Core Major Course, Shidler College of Business, 2022
• Shirley M. Lee Research Award, Shidler College of Business, 2020, 2016, and 2019
• Chancellor's Citation for Meritorious Teaching, University of Hawaii, 2018
• Dennis Ching Teaching Award, Shidler College of Business, 2018
• Paper of the Year for 2018 in DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems
• Professor of the Semester for BBA Electives, Shidler College of Business, 2015, 2016
• Best Paper in the Augmented Cognition Track at the Human-Computer Interaction International Conference 2016, Toronto, Canada, Summer 2016
• Professor of the Semester for BBA Electives, Shidler College of Business, Spring 2015
• University Research Council Travel Grant, 2014
• Doctoral Consortium at International Conference on Information Systems, 2013
• HICSS-45 Best Paper in the Collaboration Systems and Technology Track, 2012