Interactions - November/December 2014

indicated. The data in the table was supplied by the program director based on his knowledge of the content of each course. From the diagram, one can see a balance among the different waves; however, in keeping with the design orientation of the program, the ethnographic/critical third wave is more highly represented—indeed, within HCI, the program at Indiana is known as the design-oriented HCI program. It’s important to note that the four waves theory arises out of a historical account of HCI (augmented to include notions of transdisciplinary design as the fourth wave) and does not include everything covered in the curriculum. For example, it is hard to place enterprise-centered notions of design strategies within the four waves;

Design Strategies is a course currently taught by faculty with MBAs.

Table 3 shows the faculty core competences in terms of their research and scholarship foci (again, ascribed by the program director). Although all four waves are represented, the third and fourth waves are more prominent. Other HCI programs are better known for their technical and cognitive paradigm foci; the table shows that these are not the foci of the Indiana faculty. As with the courses, it is important to note that the four waves do not necessarily characterize every competence of the faculty. Moreover, these ascriptions of faculty competence refer to the present circumstance at the time of writing—many faculty change