Biography
Dissertation Title: Structural and situational facilitators of planned organizational network change. (Defending May 2010).
Committee: David Krackhardt (chair), Denise Rousseau, Linda Babcock
Research Interests: Social network analysis, cognitive social structures, emotional intelligence, computational modeling and simulation of organizational behavior
Areas of Expertise: Social network analysis, agent-based modeling and simulation, meta-heuristic search and optimization
Career Objective: Investigate issues within organizational behavior and change using a fusion of social network and cognitive science perspectives.
Candidacy Papers:
Hunter, K.O. and David Krackhardt, "Structural Facilitators for Organizational Change," Heinz Second Paper (Phase 2 Candidacy), Defended June 9, 2006.
Hunter, K.O. and Patrick L. Larkey, "The Sales Manager as Scientist," Heinz First Paper (Phase 1 Candidacy), Defended June 15, 2005.
Conference Presentations:
Hunter, Keith (2009) "Balance theory and structural facilitators for organizational network change," INSNA Sunbelt XXIX, San Diego, CA
Hunter, Keith & David Krackhardt (2007) "Structural Facilitators of Organizational Network Change," Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
Hunter, Keith & Michael Johnson (2005) "Agent-based Modeling of Housing Mobility," INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Hunter, Keith & Pat Larkey (2003). "Talent on Task: Core Decisions and Agents," NAACSOS Conference 2003, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Hunter, K.O., Hart W.E., Forsythe, J.C. (2000), "A Naturalistic Decision Making Model for the Agent Based Simulation of Human Combatants," Conference on Human Behavior Representation and Computer Generated Forces, Orlando, FL
Hart, William & Hunter, K. (1999). "A Performance Analysis of Evolutionary Pattern Search with Generalized Mutation Steps," First Congress on Evolutionary Computation, Theory Session 1, Washington, D.C.
Industrial Experience: Keith's career prior to beginning studies at the Heinz College includes an enlistment in the United States Navy, technical writing, university lecturing, and software engineering within multiple research and development settings. At Carnegie Mellon University, Keith's skills and interests have broadened to include social network analysis and organizational behavior.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, December 1994
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Master of Science, Computer Science, December 1997
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Topic: Genetic Algorithms and Multi-criteria Optimization
Ph.D., Organizational Behavior and Management, Expected July 2010
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Dissertation area: Social networks and planned organizational change
Presentations and Proceedings