Pranali Mandaokar
Contact Information
105 Garfield Avenue
Eau Claire, WI 54702
Biography
Dr. Pranali Mandaokar is an Assistant Professor of Business Communication and Information Systems in the College of Business at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ–Eau Claire. She holds a Ph.D. in Information Technology and Masters in Computer Science from The University of Texas at San Antonio, an M.Tech. in Computer Science from K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering, and a B.Sc. from MIT Academy of Engineering, Pune.
Her research focuses on cybersecurity, misinformation harms, crisis communication, and disaster management, integrating behavioral, computational, and data-driven methods such as natural language processing and machine learning. Her work has been published in IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing and presented at AMCIS, IFIP, and HITS conferences.
Dr. Mandaokar serves as Managing Editor for Information Systems Frontiers, reviewer for top IS outlets, and coordinator for the Workshop on AI–Information Assurance Nexus (WaIIaNE). Her teaching interests include cybersecurity, data analytics, and business programming.
Education
- Ph.D. in Information Technology, 2025 | The University of Texas at San Antonio, TX.
- Master of Science in Computer Science, 2021 | The University of Texas at San Antonio, TX.
- Master of Technology in Computer Science, 2016 | K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
- Bachelor in computer Science, 2011 | MIT Academy of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Teaching and Research Interests
- Information Security Management
- Disaster Management during storm events
- Cyber Security
- Misinformation Harm During Crisis
Published Research
Refereed Journal Articles (Published):
- Rohit Valecha, Pranali Mandaokar, & Raghav H. Rao (2021). Phishing Email Detection using Persuasion Cues. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, 19(2), 747-756. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Conference Proceedings:
- Pranali Mandaokar, Thi Tran, Naga Vempala, Rohit Valecha, Govind Hariharan, & Raghav H. Rao. (2024). Misinformation Potential Harm, Emotions and Misinformation Sharing during Health Crisis on Social Media. In HITS
- Pranali Mandaokar, Rohit Valecha, Rui Chen, Raghav H. Rao. (2024). Social Media Communication by Emergency Management Authorities During a Major Winter Storm. In AMCIS.
- Pranali Mandaokar, Paras Bhatt, & Choo, K. K. R. (2021). Investigating Formation of Collective Identity Driving the Black Lives Matter Movement During COVID-19. In AMCIS.
- Thi Tran, Pranali Mandaokar, Naga Vempala, Rohit Valecha, Govind Hariharan, & Raghav H. Rao. (2021). User Engagement and Uncertainty from COVID-19 Misinformation on Social Media: An Examination of Emotions and Harms. Pre-ICIS 2021 Workshop on Information Security and Privacy (WISP 2021), AIS SIGSEC (Special Interest Group on Information Security and Privacy).
- Thi Tran, Pranali Mandaokar, Naga Vemprala, Rohit Valecha, Govind Hariharan, & Raghav H. Rao. (2021). Conversational Uncertainty from Misinformation in Social Media during COVID-19: An Examination of Emotions. Proceedings of the Annual IDeaS Conference: Disinformation, Hate Speech, and Extremism Online, 2021. Operated by Center for Informed Democracy & Social - cybersecurity (IDeaS), Carnegie Mellon University.