Nim Dvir

Ph.D. candidate and adjunct instructor

University at Albany – State University of New York (SUNY)

Interests

Human information behavior
User experience (UX)
Content strategy
Computational text analysis
Natural language processing (NLP)
Web development
User-centered design (UCD)
Mixed methods research (qualitative and quantitative)

Specializations

Human Computer Interaction (HCI)
Management Information Systems (MIS)
Knowledge Management (KM) / Information Management (IM)

Education

2020

Ph.D. Information Studies

University at Albany
State University of New York (SUNY)

2014

M.B.A. Marketing and Information Systems

Zicklin School of Business
Baruch College - City University of New York (CUNY)
Cum Laude

2011

B.A. Political Science and Communications

Presidential Honor Program
New York University (NYU)
Cum Laude

Experience

2017

Tel-Aviv, Israel

Visiting lecturer

Department of Information Systems
Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo

2015 – Present

NY, USA

‎Adjunct faculty

University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY)

2014 – 2015

NY, USA

UX researcher
Project manager

ClaimFame LLB

2012 – 2014

NY, USA

Research assistant

Zicklin School of Business Research Center
Baruch College, City University of New York (CUNY)

2011 – 2015

NY, USA

Information manager
Researcher

The World Zionist Organization (WZO)

2006 – 2011

Tel-Aviv, Israel

Chief digital content strategist

Ma’ariv media group (maariv.co.il)
Pnai Plus Magazine (pplus.co.il)
‎ Yedioth Aharonot (Ynet‏.‏co‏.‏il)‎

Teaching

All courses are offered in-person and online

E-Commerce: Principles, methods ‎and technologies
Research methods for Information Studies
Programming for problem solving: Introduction to Python
Programming for Informatics: Advanced Python
Databases management and programming
Managing information technology

Me teaching

Selected Research Publications

Nim Dvir (2018). Sticky words: Evaluation and optimization of information interactions based on linguistic analysis. In Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T), (Vol. 81, pp. 797–798). Vancouver, Canada: Association for Information Science and Technology..

Preprint PDF Project Source Document

Nim Dvir, Ruti Gafni (2018). When less is more: Empirical study of the relation between consumer behavior and information sharing on commercial landing pages. In Informing Science: The International Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline, 21, 019–039..

PDF Project Project Source Document DOI

Ruti Gafni, Nim Dvir (2018). How content volume on landing pages influences consumer ‎‎behavior: empirical evidence. In Proceedings of the Informing Science and Information Technology Education (InSITE) Conference. La Verne, California..

PDF Project Slides Source Document DOI

Nim Dvir (2018). Mitigating challenges of open government data.

Preprint Project DOI